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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Well, this is an example of how scheduled linear tv will lose content to the streamers. Face it, the conventional channels are being attacked on all sides. They have no long term future. Make the most of it while you can.
https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/08/disn...ch-window.html
Sky, which at one point looked as if it would come under the control of Disney before being snapped up by Comcast, has announced in the past week that it will be saying goodbye to two Disney-run services on its German and Austrian platforms, including film channel Cinemagic, sparking debate on whether Sky Cinema Disney and other linear Disney channels will continue in the UK and Ireland on Sky when current arrangements end in 2020. The current deal with Sky is likely to be the reason why the UK isn't among the first countries to get Disney+.
Disney already pulled its children's TV service off Sky's Now TV in 2016, in a move linked to Disney's desire to control more of its rights on online platforms. But Disney has since gained access to a lot of content that's traditionally been broadcast on Sky, including National Geographic programming and first-run The Simpsons on Sky 1, meaning the stakes will be high for Sky. |
Streaming providers face the same content challenge. This isn't a victory for streaming over linear, it's simply the end to end vertical integration of content by a single provider.
The question you haven't asked is whether Disney doing this makes a viable platform as opposed to the guaranteed income month in month out from existing platforms. As yet untested.
Of course, your digital advertising blogs won't ask that question!