VOD : Netflix/Streaming Services

[theone2k10]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I got shot down by some for suggesting pay tv platforms would move to smaller bundles of channels over time with delivery over the Internet and on a device of your choice. A few interesting links

DirecTV Now from $35 a month
Link

Hulu

Link

It's already happening slingtv, playstation vue, directv, hulu plus comcast and verizon have packages launching soon.
In a way sky are already doing it too with nowtv, plus there's tvplayerplus too i wiuldn't be surprised if bt launch a package in the near future.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

I got shot down by some for suggesting pay tv platforms would move to smaller bundles of channels over time with delivery over the Internet and on a device of your choice. A few interesting links

DirecTV Now from $35 a month
Link

Hulu

Link

A decline in the number of TV channels and an increase in the number of streaming services is what we can look forward to I think, MM.

[mike_gain]

Originally Posted by Chad

More deals on the TV streaming front. This one appears to be for new customers only.

Sign up for TV Player Plus using promo code "PLUS2016" to get your first month free and your following 2 months for £2.49.

Over a year it works out at £49.89 or £4.15 per month on average. Of course your free to leave anytime. I think it's a great deal for 30 of the most popular pay TV channels.

As posted earlier the Now TV Entertainment pass for a year works out at £3.16 per month. That deal plus the TV Player Plus deal gives you almost all of the top pay TV channels for only £7.31 per month. No wonder people are moving away from conventional TV.

Couldn't agree more. VM are getting a call at the weekend where I'll be downgrading to the lowest TV option possible. We can't get freeview so need cable to get most free to air channels sadle and cable is the most convenient option.

I've worked out that if I buy enough vouchers from Currys to do me the year and add my Netflix subs and my Amazon subs (which kind of don't count fully due to the free delivery and cloud storage included) I'd be £23 a month for all of them, which also includes the movies and the Now TV kids sub (which is excellent value on its own in my opinion). The one show I'm waiting on to air is Hell on Wheels but I've figured that I'd be cheaper just renting/buying that from Amazon when it becomes available than paying VM an increased monthly sub for 3/4 months.

I'm also hoping Santa is going to deliver a couple of Roku devices so I can have the 3 main subs in one place, and I can make use of their search and "My Feed" feature although if that doesn't prove to be as useful as promised I might get a V6 and make use of the serieslink+ feature to keep track of on demand content.

TV Player looks great but not all the channels are available on all the platforms.....essentially if you want to watch on the TV through a set top box/tv app you don't get the full suite (unless that's changed recently).

I've found that streaming services are even more convenient that recording shows in order to timeshift. With the streaming services I don't even have to wait for a broadcast time...for example I was off last Thursday when the new series of Vikings became available on Amazon. I just watched it after dropping the kids off at School. if that were on a traditional channel I'd have been waiting till after it was broadcast (which certainly wouldn't be at 9:30 in the morning).

[zantarous]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Why do you not think it would be in the customer's interest, zantarous?

If VM did a wholesale deal, the cost should be lower and included within our subscription. How is that a bad thing? It would certainly suit me!

For one thing it ties you in to one provider, they could for instance try and tie you in to a 12 month contract for those services as well and then we could also be back to bundling x number of services for a fixed cost, which could include services you might not want. There is also the issue of the wholesaler not having all the services you want so you may still have to pay extra for additional services and before you know it you are back to a large TV pack full of services you don't want but perceive to be getting at a discount.

The fact that I can pay monthly via PayPal or credit card and simply cancel or renew any service I want on a monthly basis far outweigh any benefit that a wholesaler could bring.

The real benefit for streaming TV is that it can be very niche and targeted, for instance I recently got in to Anime, never paid it any attention for my entire life and watched a recommendation on Netflix and now am hooked, this is something that has never really had a good home on UK TV but a simple £4.99 payment a month and I can watch up to 80 shows in 1080p within an hour of them being broadcast in Japan plus a huge back catalogue. Chances of it appearing on Virgin, probably less then the fabled Sky Atlantic.

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by mike_gain

I might get a V6 and make use of the serieslink+ feature to keep track of on demand content.

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Pretty much my setup for the last few years. I went to free M TV and streaming, Several months ago, I paid £5 extra to get a couple of channels that have current US drama acquisitions, that are not on Now TV (M+). M+ is now replaced by Mix TV (there are a few channel variations), which is the lowest package you can be on to get a V6.

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by zantarous

The real benefit for streaming TV is that it can be very niche and targeted, for instance I recently got in to Anime, never paid it any attention for my entire life and watched a recommendation on Netflix and now am hooked, this is something that has never really had a good home on UK TV but a simple £4.99 payment a month and I can watch up to 80 shows in 1080p within an hour of them being broadcast in Japan plus a huge back catalogue. Chances of it appearing on Virgin, probably less then the fabled Sky Atlantic.

I was also a latecommer to animé and like you once hooked. Rarely shown on UK TV ( An emasculated copy, with the appaling US dub, of Gundam Wing was shown in the graveyard slot on cartoon network long ago).

I now go to specialist sites and download fan subbed series. A few are available on the likes of Amazon but they're usually the horrid American dubbed versions.

Although animé is a drawn artform, it is very different to children's cartoons, often depicting death in detail so rarely gets a look in on UK TV.



From Gundam Seed Destiny E18: "Attack the Lohengrin"

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[zantarous]

There is a ton of anime available on Netflix but I also sub to Crunchyroll and Funimation, although I might drop the Funimation one as their service is terrible constant, buffering, audio looping, it is a said state of affairs to pay for a service and then have to resort to a pirate site to actually watch the episode.

[heero_yuy]

I subscribed to Crunchyroll specifically to get a series that was not available elsewhere and was only released in Japan. A while ago I used to get stuff from realitylapse.com but it seems to have disappeared / been taken down unless it's under a new name.

[muppetman11]

Sky continue with push into OTT content

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12...e_ott_content/

[RichardCoulter]

TalkTalk adds Cartoonito.

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/201612154...#axzz4T745CRn1

---------- Post added at 16:26 ---------- Previous post was at 16:24 ----------

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/201612174...#axzz4T745CRn1

Cord Cutting wanes:

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/201612174...#axzz4T745CRn1

For every article saying streaming services are on the rise, there seems to be another saying the opposite!

It would be interesting to get a definitive answer.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

TalkTalk adds Cartoonito.

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/201612154...#axzz4T745CRn1

---------- Post added at 16:26 ---------- Previous post was at 16:24 ----------

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/201612174...#axzz4T745CRn1

Cord Cutting wanes:

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/201612174...#axzz4T745CRn1

For every article saying streaming services are on the rise, there seems to be another saying the opposite!

It would be interesting to get a definitive answer.

That's because of the type of options currently available. If the main terrestrials were to club together on one web site (which will come with time), there would be a more rapid change in favour of streaming.

[denphone]

Oh dear OB clutches at straws again it seems.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by denphone

Oh dear OB clutches at straws again it seems.

C'mon, Den, don't be an old fuddy duddy!

The times they are a-changin', old bean!

[denphone]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

C'mon, Den, don't be an old fuddy duddy!

The times they are a-changin', old bean!

Yes l have to admit the grey hairs are now taking over from my black hair sadly OB but there is still life in this old dog yet.

Most people l know still have their main pay TV services as streaming services are generally a nice little add on for them and l suspects that is the way it will play out for for the vast majority of households in this country.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by denphone

Yes l have to admit the grey hairs are now taking over from my black hair sadly OB but there is still life in this old dog yet.

Most people l know still have their main pay TV services as streaming services are generally a nice little add on for them and l suspects that is the way it will play out for for the vast majority of households in this country.

Maybe the majority of households of the older generation, Den. But I am seeing at first hand the very different ways of doing things and the expectations of those younger than me and I think many will be surprised at the sheer speed of the changes that will affect us in the coming years.