Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
28-08-2019, 10:14
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Add to that, Disney and Amazon offer a lower annual subscription rate. If you want the freedom to pay monthly and hop on and off a service, you will pay a premium for it.
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What's wrong with that Chris? If you want to lock yourself in to a 12 month contract you get a discount. It's called freedom of choice.
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28-08-2019, 10:37
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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What's wrong with that Chris? If you want to lock yourself in to a 12 month contract you get a discount. It's called freedom of choice.
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There’s nothing wrong with it at all. My point is, hopping on and off services from month to month costs more and therefore may be a less common pastime than OB is predicting.
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28-08-2019, 11:19
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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There’s nothing wrong with it at all. My point is, hopping on and off services from month to month costs more and therefore may be a less common pastime than OB is predicting.
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Well OB is predicting a three monthly change whereas I predict in the main it will be monthly in the beginning.
Yes, it will cost more but will be worth it for the sheer amount of different content IMHO.
Really it all depends on the content available from each streamer. Disney+ will be giving us Marvel, Star Wars etc. MGM Stargate + the rest. Everyone will tailor their choice of streamer to suit their tastes.
Only once we know what is out there and from whom will it settle down and people will pehaps choose 2 or 3 on a 12 month contract and have a couple of others for the odd month for certain content.
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28-08-2019, 11:45
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by pip08456
Well OB is predicting a three monthly change whereas I predict in the main it will be monthly in the beginning.
Yes, it will cost more but will be worth it for the sheer amount of different content IMHO.
Really it all depends on the content available from each streamer. Disney+ will be giving us Marvel, Star Wars etc. MGM Stargate + the rest. Everyone will tailor their choice of streamer to suit their tastes.
Only once we know what is out there and from whom will it settle down and people will pehaps choose 2 or 3 on a 12 month contract and have a couple of others for the odd month for certain content.
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Yes, I agree with that, and of course in time we will have even more choice from the subscription free AVOD services as well. As you know from my previous posts, Mrs Old Boy and I will be avoiding those!
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28-08-2019, 13:09
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
In a world of multiple streamers, I can only see an increase in password sharing between friends/family.
I'm sure these big companies have already thought of this though
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28-08-2019, 13:15
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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In a world of multiple streamers, I can only see an increase in password sharing between friends/family.
I'm sure these big companies have already thought of this though
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It happens now so no reason to think it won't happen in the future. It can be controlled to an extent by limiting the number of connected devices.
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28-08-2019, 17:12
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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A lot of those so called shows are finished! Most look pretty rubbish too imo, mind you if you get off on that, then fine, all to their own i suppose...
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28-08-2019, 17:20
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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A lot of those so called shows are finished! Most look pretty rubbish too imo, mind you if you get off on that, then fine, all to their own i suppose...
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It's about the catalogue , ITV has a huge library of content with many great shows I believe The Bodyguard which was shown on BBC One is an ITV production as an example.
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28-08-2019, 17:26
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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A lot of those so called shows are finished! Most look pretty rubbish too imo, mind you if you get off on that, then fine, all to their own i suppose...
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Celebrity Fit Club might appeal to you MM.
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It's about the catalogue , ITV has a huge library of content with many great shows I believe The Bodyguard which was shown on BBC One is an ITV production as an example.
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Don't ITV own the production company Mammoth Screen that was behind Poldark as they have bought several production companies in the last few years.
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28-08-2019, 17:40
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
Yes that's right Den their list of production conpanies is huge.
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28-08-2019, 17:42
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Celebrity Fit Club might appeal to you MM.
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Don't ITV own the production company Mammoth Screen that was behind Poldark as they have bought several production companies in the last few years.
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31-08-2019, 00:55
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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In a world of multiple streamers, I can only see an increase in password sharing between friends/family.
I'm sure these big companies have already thought of this though
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This raises an interesting point. Do subscribers see value themselves or collectively?
I’m sure the geniuses at these deep pocket multinational companies can hazard a guess to the extent it goes on. However if they stop it, do they gain a net subscriber or lose one?
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01-09-2019, 18:36
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I did a bit of comparing like for like so for example HULUs top package is $96p/m around £79p/m which is about the same as SKYs top package i believe?
So streaming isn't really cheaper at all.
I know HULU is USA and Japan only at the moment but i thought it'd be ideal to compare.
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01-09-2019, 19:47
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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I did a bit of comparing like for like so for example HULUs top package is $96p/m around £79p/m which is about the same as SKYs top package i believe?
So streaming isn't really cheaper at all.
I know HULU is USA and Japan only at the moment but i thought it'd be ideal to compare.
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Don't know where you got that figure from
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The ad-free version of Hulu is sticking at $11.99 per month
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01-09-2019, 19:58
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Don't know where you got that figure from
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Where did i get figure from?
Say showtime, starz, cinemax and hbo = equivalant of Sky cinema, then live tv and no ads addon = skys package including sports and boxsets.
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