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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
I'm not sure it's good for broadcasters. Rupert Murdoch knew the golden era was coming to an end which is why he sold Sky (to Comcast) and most of Fox (to Disney).
The beneficiaries of the current situation to date have been on the production side (studios like Elstree and Shepperton and beyond, writers, actors, producers, directors etc).
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It’s ultimately good for rights holders, they get to extract money from consumers for content every time on their streaming service.
In the dystopian streaming future where you are unable to record and retain even a few hours of your favourite content not only will you have to subscribe to be able to retain the ability to view such content you might even have to follow it around as it moves from one fledgling streamer to another. All the while unable to skip any ads or trailers said provider mandates to be included.
Gone are the days when you could rely on the economies of scale of a single pay-tv platforms to provide the broadest range of content from TV and movie studios with an extensive back catalogue.
Given the precarious financial situation of many of the “streamers” they’ll be eager to exploit more ways of monetising end users now that growth has stalled.