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One way to view the current wave of content disappearing from the streaming services in a slightly, maybe, sort of positive light is that it does signal that co
by WorldMaker 3y ago
One way to view the current wave of content disappearing from the streaming services in a slightly, maybe, sort of positive light is that it does signal that companies are remembering why they'd resell content to other companies/platforms (because it makes more money that way) and are about to return to rotating content through multiple streaming platforms. (Paramount said this explicitly with Star Trek: Prodigy that they are shopping its mostly completed second season to other companies right now. Paramount and Disney both have content that was previously "streaming exclusive" that they plan to air on broadcast TV networks now.)
I don't know if that guarantees we will return to that feeling that most everything will be on Netflix eventually (or something like Netflix), but it's starting to sound possible again knowing the streamers are starting to feel that pinch on "exclusive content" not making money being resold to other distribution channels.
I also don't know if it that hope excuses the bad ways that the streaming services have been pulling content without warning nor the questionable "coincidental" timing of doing much of this in the middle of a strike in a way that leaves questions about if the National Labor Board is tracking this data.