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The mismanagement at Dish and DirecTV is staggering. The pendulum has now swung so far in the fragmentation direction that there is real value in bundling dispa

The mismanagement at Dish and DirecTV is staggering. The pendulum has now swung so far in the fragmentation direction that there is real value in bundling disparate content in a restricted fashion, and charging people for it - like cable/satellite bundles. Except now, the business models available are much more diverse because the telemetry of streaming is so much better. Where did the masters of media bundling go? As a consumer, I really dislike that the media industry has made it my problem to figure out who owns the rights to something. Just take my money and let me see the content. Having to google “<movie> streaming” to see a list of options in different streaming providers who have varying levels of service at different tiers of their paid subscriptions is inane. Whoever figures out the bundling problem will own a lot of eyeballs, and probably be able to monetize on ads too.

candiddevmike 2y ago
I think it's more likely we'll each have a GenAI that will basically reproduce a close approximation of the things you like (including old reruns) for your one personal entertainment "bundle" than to see a real bundle platform like this emerge. Hey <your assistant>, watch Seinfeld <generates indistinguishable Seinfeld>
convolvatron 2y ago
the issue here is that the content producers have long followed a model where they want to make things as complicated as possible. many distribution channels with different pricing models and different time and geographic windows. they want to squeeze every last drop out of their portfolio. they also want the agency to renegotiate distribution at the drop of a hat, and to do as many experiments with bundling and marketing as they can. so unless you own the whole thing soup to nuts ala Netflix (which is apparently really running out of resources to produce decent content), idk what a distributor is going to able to do here

candiddevmike 2y ago

I think it's more likely we'll each have a GenAI that will basically reproduce a close approximation of the things you like (including old reruns) for your one personal entertainment "bundle" than to see a real bundle platform like this emerge. Hey <your assistant>, watch Seinfeld <generates indistinguishable Seinfeld>

convolvatron 2y ago

the issue here is that the content producers have long followed a model where they want to make things as complicated as possible. many distribution channels with different pricing models and different time and geographic windows. they want to squeeze every last drop out of their portfolio. they also want the agency to renegotiate distribution at the drop of a hat, and to do as many experiments with bundling and marketing as they can. so unless you own the whole thing soup to nuts ala Netflix (which is apparently really running out of resources to produce decent content), idk what a distributor is going to able to do here