Thread: VOD Netflix/Streaming Services
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Old 05-05-2019, 11:32   #5237
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Comcast, Liberty Global don’t operate on a global scale? Where have you been coming up with this?
I didn't say they didn't. However, until relatively recently, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, and Sky have concentrated on UK domestic services. Of course, Sky have been expanding into the continent over recent years and BBC has its own channel in the US and provides a limited service to different parts of the world.

Virgin Media, although part of Liberty Global, has served only the UK and Ireland.

All of the content distributors are going to have to expand massively to catch up with global streaming service activity. That's what Comcast, with its takeover of Sky, is all about.

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Originally Posted by oliver1948uk View Post
But it's already been explained that advertisers want to target the RICH people who can afford to pay for the no advert service and have little interest in us POOR people who will have to sit through the adverts but can't afford the goodies.
That may be what the advertisers want. That doesn't mean that streaming services have to pander to their needs. As I said before, the SVOD services will lose subscribers if they carry intrusive advertising.
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