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You just invented the Cable TV network. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_in_t

You just invented the Cable TV network. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_in_the_United...

noelsusman 7y ago
This is what confuses me about the current conversation around streaming services. It seems like everyone just wants cable again.
- goostavos 7y ago
  Why is it confusing? Having content fractured across 10 different services each at $10.99/mo is a pain in the bum. Just finding a movie under this setup is hard. I either have to bounce around from service to service, or start googling on my phone to see where it is actually streaming -- and probably find out its exclusively on some _other_ streaming platform. It's only a matter of time before some clever MBA comes up with Cable2.0, which bundles up all the streaming services under one roof (or series of roofs (cable packages!)) for 60% of the what it would cost to maintain subscriptions to all of them. ...Then the ads will come back And we'll have gone full circle.
  - noelsusman 7y ago
    Finding movies is easy. I just googled "Avengers Endgame" and it told me it's available instantly for $5 from Google Play, Youtube, Vudu, and Amazon. I googled "The Graduate" and it told me it's available for $4 on various platforms and free on Netflix with a subscription. I google "Seinfeld" and it told me it's availabe on Hulu and TBS with a subscription. I would much rather pick and choose which entertainment I actually want to pay for than pay a large monthly fee for everything. It saves me money.
- pixelbath 7y ago
  "everyone" in this instance being "parties that stand to profit from this business model." I don't think consumers want this at all, and I'd even go so far as to argue the only reason cable still exists as a service is that no company has found a cheap way to stream live sports.
  - noelsusman 7y ago
    Reading this thread, and other similar ones on different platforms, it seems like people definitely do want to pay one monthly fee to a single company that provides all of their entertainment needs. That's just on-demand cable. Ironically, some of the cable companies have figured out how to stream live sports for cheap. I pay my cable company $25 a month for live streaming of ABC, Fox, NBC, CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, NFL Network, Fox Sports, NBC Sports, TBS, Food Network, National Geographic, and CNN.
coldtea 7y ago
To my understanding the cable tv network 1) wasn't on demand 2) there were competing cable networks not a single one sharing profits based on which production network's shows people watched

You just invented the Cable TV network. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_in_the_United...

noelsusman 7y ago

This is what confuses me about the current conversation around streaming services. It seems like everyone just wants cable again.

goostavos 7y ago
Why is it confusing? Having content fractured across 10 different services each at $10.99/mo is a pain in the bum. Just finding a movie under this setup is hard. I either have to bounce around from service to service, or start googling on my phone to see where it is actually streaming -- and probably find out its exclusively on some _other_ streaming platform. It's only a matter of time before some clever MBA comes up with Cable2.0, which bundles up all the streaming services under one roof (or series of roofs (cable packages!)) for 60% of the what it would cost to maintain subscriptions to all of them. ...Then the ads will come back And we'll have gone full circle.
- noelsusman 7y ago
  Finding movies is easy. I just googled "Avengers Endgame" and it told me it's available instantly for $5 from Google Play, Youtube, Vudu, and Amazon. I googled "The Graduate" and it told me it's available for $4 on various platforms and free on Netflix with a subscription. I google "Seinfeld" and it told me it's availabe on Hulu and TBS with a subscription. I would much rather pick and choose which entertainment I actually want to pay for than pay a large monthly fee for everything. It saves me money.
pixelbath 7y ago
"everyone" in this instance being "parties that stand to profit from this business model." I don't think consumers want this at all, and I'd even go so far as to argue the only reason cable still exists as a service is that no company has found a cheap way to stream live sports.
- noelsusman 7y ago
  Reading this thread, and other similar ones on different platforms, it seems like people definitely do want to pay one monthly fee to a single company that provides all of their entertainment needs. That's just on-demand cable. Ironically, some of the cable companies have figured out how to stream live sports for cheap. I pay my cable company $25 a month for live streaming of ABC, Fox, NBC, CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, NFL Network, Fox Sports, NBC Sports, TBS, Food Network, National Geographic, and CNN.

coldtea 7y ago

To my understanding the cable tv network 1) wasn't on demand 2) there were competing cable networks not a single one sharing profits based on which production network's shows people watched