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Originally Posted by fjtorres
That is changing.
Skinny live stream bundles are bringing the consumer price for "cable" channels more in line with what the cablecos pay the networks.
Sling was just the beginning. Their skinny bundles and special interest add-ons bring per channel costs to under $1 a month with total bills in the $20-30 range.
https://www.cnet.com/news/sling-tv-e...-need-to-know/
Philo is moving their $16 service beyond the browser into streaming apps:
https://www.cnet.com/news/philo-chea...74374991200794
And ATT just announced that they will supplement their DirecTV Now fat bundle which runs $35-50+ with a new $15 a month skinny bundle service called WATCH.
https://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-chief...vice-in-court/
The djinn is out of the bottle: streaming is here to stay and a mainstream option so everybody wants a chunk of the money the cablecos have been extorting. Providing access to content is no longer a big value add so owning the content is necessary for survival and content owners are disintermediating the distributors. Note that Hulu is co-owned by Fox, Disney, and NBC-Universal and Philo is backed by the networks they carry.
And while I don't think we'll be getting a pure ala carte service just yet, it is already possible to assemble a customized lineup of mostly channels you watch and save a few hundred dollars a year compared to cable or satellite. |
I think the big thing you are missing is that people don't want to go to a bunch of different streaming services, watching one show on this service, a different show on that service and so on. Everyone wants a bigger piece of the pie and some want the whole cake, but they risk killing the golden goose.