VOD Netflix/Streaming Services - Page 309

Kabaal · 28-10-2018, 15:40

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Originally Posted by denphone

You could say that with quite a few threads in this forum.

True. Probably the result of a relatively small vocal userbase, arguements end up being recycled.

OLD BOY · 30-10-2018, 15:45

Anyone for darts?

https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2018...arts-coverage/

Eurosport secures exclusive darts coverage

Discovery-owned sports network Eurosport has struck a multi-market deal to exclusively screen major tournaments in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) calendar for the next three years.

Starting from January, viewers in the UK, Netherlands and Australia will be able to watch the three highest-profile tournaments in the BDO calendar – the World Professional Darts Championships in January, this summer’s World Darts Trophy and the BDO World Masters in September – exclusively live on Eurosport.

Discovery-owned free-to-air channel Quest TV will share rights to each tournament with Eurosport in the United Kingdom.

denphone · 30-10-2018, 17:25

WarnerMedia’s FilmStruck Subscription-Streaming Service to Shut Down.

https://www.wired.com/story/rip-film...treaming-wars/

https://variety.com/2018/digital/new...er-1202998364/

OLD BOY · 30-10-2018, 18:11

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Originally Posted by denphone

WarnerMedia’s FilmStruck Subscription-Streaming Service to Shut Down.

https://www.wired.com/story/rip-film...treaming-wars/

https://variety.com/2018/digital/new...er-1202998364/

Yes, that didn't last long, did it?

denphone · 30-10-2018, 18:15

Too pricey one suspects..

jfman · 30-10-2018, 18:43

Think of the poor investors!

Horizon · 31-10-2018, 22:04

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Originally Posted by denphone

Too pricey one suspects..

As AT&T is launching a new Warner global streaming service next year around the same time as Disney's service, they are shutting some of their other streamers down like this one and a South Korean streamer they owned too.

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

So with my subscription I currently watch shows and movies from Sky , NBC Universal , ABC , Fox , HBO , Showtime , Disney , Warner Bros , Paramount , Viacom , UKTV , Discovery , Nat Geo plus much much more.

How much is this liable to cost me when I have to subscribe separately considering I currently get all the above for around £30.

That's the question with the streamers, isn't it?

When it was just Netflix, everything was available under one roof for one price, but currently there are lots of streamers out there.

I expect the media companies to further consolidate next year and then we'll see what happens with regards to the streaming services.

As HBO's streamer is currently priced at $15, not all the current streamers will survive. I would expect each media company to eventually just have one global steaming service, although at what price, I've no idea. And as I reckon there will be only 3-6 global media companies in the end, that's how many streamers there will be too, excluding our UK based ones.

Once the bulk of the cable/sat channels disappear, as I expect they will, we may well opine the days when we could subscribe to so many channels and content for such a relatively small price.

muppetman11 · 01-11-2018, 10:39

Netflix now appears to be available on Sky Q from today.

ozsat · 01-11-2018, 11:15

It is.

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Netflix now appears to be available on Sky Q from today.

OLD BOY · 01-11-2018, 12:45

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Originally Posted by muppetman11

Netflix now appears to be available on Sky Q from today.

Time for Virgin to keep one step ahead and add Prime to their apps!

denphone · 01-11-2018, 12:57

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Time for Virgin to keep one step ahead and add Prime to their apps!

Always the optimist l see..

OLD BOY · 02-11-2018, 09:18

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Originally Posted by Horizon

As AT&T is launching a new Warner global streaming service next year around the same time as Disney's service, they are shutting some of their other streamers down like this one and a South Korean streamer they owned too.

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That's the question with the streamers, isn't it?

When it was just Netflix, everything was available under one roof for one price, but currently there are lots of streamers out there.

I expect the media companies to further consolidate next year and then we'll see what happens with regards to the streaming services.

As HBO's streamer is currently priced at $15, not all the current streamers will survive. I would expect each media company to eventually just have one global steaming service, although at what price, I've no idea. And as I reckon there will be only 3-6 global media companies in the end, that's how many streamers there will be too, excluding our UK based ones.

Once the bulk of the cable/sat channels disappear, as I expect they will, we may well opine the days when we could subscribe to so many channels and content for such a relatively small price.

There are only three major streaming services available in the UK at the moment - Netflix, Amazon and Now TV.

I would envisage maybe half a dozen popular streamers here altogether with the passing of time (excluding those devoted to sport) and if we use those in place of the existing scheduled channels, the price will be similar to what we pay now for the Full House.

Most of them (like Netflix and Amazon) will be less than a tenner a month. Some (like Hayu on Virgin) will be free to subscribers and others will be bundled by the cablecos at a reduced price, as Sky has done with Netflix and the Sky Box Sets.

The fragmentation of sports coverage and the price of these services is a problem, however, but we will probably end up with three or four main players including Sky and presumably BT. I would not discount Eleven Sports at this stage, but the other main players could possibly include Discovery, Disney or Amazon. The technical issues associated with streaming, including latency, should be resolved over the next couple of years or so.

I think we have much to look forward to rather than be nervous about, and competition between these services should keep prices down to an acceptable level. Just look at how the streaming services have improved our choice of non-sports programming from a few short years ago, offering excellent value for money.

cheekyangus · 02-11-2018, 15:59

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

There are only three major streaming services available in the UK at the moment - Netflix, Amazon and Now TV.

I would envisage maybe half a dozen popular streamers here altogether with the passing of time (excluding those devoted to sport) and if we use those in place of the existing scheduled channels, the price will be similar to what we pay now for the Full House.

Most of them (like Netflix and Amazon) will be less than a tenner a month. Some (like Hayu on Virgin) will be free to subscribers and others will be bundled by the cablecos at a reduced price, as Sky has done with Netflix and the Sky Box Sets.

The fragmentation of sports coverage and the price of these services is a problem, however, but we will probably end up with three or four main players including Sky and presumably BT. I would not discount Eleven Sports at this stage, but the other main players could possibly include Discovery, Disney or Amazon. The technical issues associated with streaming, including latency, should be resolved over the next couple of years or so.

I think we have much to look forward to rather than be nervous about, and competition between these services should keep prices down to an acceptable level. Just look at how the streaming services have improved our choice of non-sports programming from a few short years ago, offering excellent value for money.

Personally I wouldn't count Now TV for various reasons, it's not comparing like with like. One, it's a Sky owned service without the Sky branding, so if anyone is getting added to the list it's Sky. Two, Now TV doesn't (to my knowledge) commission content unlike Netlfix and Amazon and therefore has no exclusives.

In my head I view Now TV in the same bracket as VM, their parent company Sky or BT i.e. as a deliverer of TV not a creator of content.

Horizon · 02-11-2018, 16:03

Old Boy, Having thousands of hours of tv shows and films available at a touch of a button is indeed excellent value for money, I agree.

At the moment I am concerned that "old" Hollywood is just trying to replicate in the streaming world what it currently has in the tv channels world and I don't think this model is viable.

Disney et all, seem to want to launch as many streamers each as possible, rather than sticking everything under one roof. Perhaps a year from now when Apple, Disney, AT&T, possibly Comcast and others launch their services, things may be different, , but we'll see.

muppetman11 · 02-11-2018, 16:06

Personally think a lot of what's being said is pie in the Sky the majority of people will not pay for individual subs bundling content is here to stay for some time.