It was this plus the combo of the Hulu deal parameters that have effectively killed the cheap streaming era going fwd.
Streaming DTC as your sole channel is wholly unnecessary and just not cost effective.
Did you notice that Disney announced a 100 disc Blu Ray collection of their entire animated film library the day before? The fact that they are now offering a physical media version of content that is already available to D+ subscribers shows just how little revenue they were generating by keeping all that content on D+.
That's a specific set for specific audience (who won't balk at the price). They won't sell that many. Most people are going to streaming and physical media will become an expensive niche market.
Wrong. Streaming doesn't pay the bills. Streaming subscribers were conned into a predatory loss leading model when there was no justification whatsoever for a discount for viewing broadcast tv/cable/theatrical productions via a 3rd party service.
TLDR: Streaming consumers were tricked into an unsustainable low price that is now bankrupting the content providers. Whether you get the cable bundle via a trad cable line box or a wireless box from your provider, cheap streaming a la carte is thankfully going away.
It was this plus the combo of the Hulu deal parameters that have effectively killed the cheap streaming era going fwd.
Streaming DTC as your sole channel is wholly unnecessary and just not cost effective.
Did you notice that Disney announced a 100 disc Blu Ray collection of their entire animated film library the day before? The fact that they are now offering a physical media version of content that is already available to D+ subscribers shows just how little revenue they were generating by keeping all that content on D+.
That's a specific set for specific audience (who won't balk at the price). They won't sell that many. Most people are going to streaming and physical media will become an expensive niche market.
Wrong. Streaming doesn't pay the bills. Streaming subscribers were conned into a predatory loss leading model when there was no justification whatsoever for a discount for viewing broadcast tv/cable/theatrical productions via a 3rd party service.
TLDR: Streaming consumers were tricked into an unsustainable low price that is now bankrupting the content providers. Whether you get the cable bundle via a trad cable line box or a wireless box from your provider, cheap streaming a la carte is thankfully going away.