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The 9.99$ Netflix plan's content was subsidized by cable subscriptions. It was never sustainable, that's why Netflix has never decreased prices with decreased c
by ThatPlayer 4y ago
The 9.99$ Netflix plan's content was subsidized by cable subscriptions. It was never sustainable, that's why Netflix has never decreased prices with decreased content, but has raised prices instead. And once cable subscriptions started dropping cable networks had to look elsewhere for income.
Also current streaming is the closest thing we have to a la carte, which has always been a complaint about cable: I don't want to pay a single subscription for everything, I want to pay a cheaper subscription for what I want to watch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_la_carte_pay_television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_la_carte_pay_television
- V__ 4y agoI don't think the 'a la carte' comparison really applies to streaming. Cable had sport-, documentary, kid-channels etc. Streaming has studios with a variety of content where selecting 'a la carte' is not really possible. There are niche streaming services, but compared to the big ones they aren't really noteworthy.