Bonfire of Streamers

[jfman]

I think the risk for anyone Silicon Valley related as they have form for ploughing money in relentlessly until it doesn't work any more so could cut and run.

Apple obviously see it as something good to have in their ecosystem but equally profits all come from the hardware. If generative AI lives up to the promise (and it may not) where we are in terms of consuming content changes, and the cost of creating that content reduces rapidly.

A back catalogue counts for nothing if AI tech can create almost anything. No real need for anyone in the production chains just an idea and some computing power. No big ego actors to pay.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by jfman

Sky’s basic package available through Now isn’t (nor are any of “the streamers”) comparable with the packages they and cable operators were retailing in the past with a multitude of content from a broad range of providers across many different genres.
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You cannot be serious? I included Sky Cinema, Disney+ and Discovery+ in that £29 calculation. So what channels are we missing? Just the smaller rubbish ones that virtually no-one watches.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

You cannot be serious? I included Sky Cinema, Disney+ and Discovery+ in that £29 calculation. So what channels are we missing? Just the smaller rubbish ones that virtually no-one watches.

The same content that “the streamers” were falling over themselves to regain control of the back catalogues of was available before. Essentially anything on Paramount for example, or third party content on Netflix.