...the content production industry is not doing okay, because it's working "for hire" for people who are almost exclusively interested in advertising revenue.

...the content production industry is not doing okay, because it's working "for hire" for people who are almost exclusively interested in advertising revenue. If the people who produce TV shows had good contracts, they could also sell me their content directly - with no middle men. Or at least, different middle men. There's no technological reason they couldn't. I agree that you're right that it's a distribution problem. But there's a supply of video, and a demand for video, and people standing in the way of that market. The people standing in the way are eventually going to go away. ...that's my belief, anyway. Until then, when I have money and want to watch a show, but can't, TV is broken.