Disney+ Streaming

Sun Dec 1 21:30:23 UTC 2019

Each service *is a cable company*, requiring it's own set-top box (or a 
plug-in that works on your current box/tv.

Note also that you can't DVR any of this stuff, and it *does* go away.

Cheers,
-- jra

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ross Tajvar" <ross at tajvar.io>
> To: "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com>
> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog at nanog.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2019 2:33:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Disney+ Streaming

> Well, not exactly. Each service is still a bunch of shows and movies
> bundled together. If you only want to watch one show, you can't just buy
> that, you have to buy the whole service.
> 
> Of course, there are services where you can buy individual movies and
> episodes (Google Play comes to mind). But Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, etc.
> don't operate that way.
> 
> -Ross
> 
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 1:53 PM Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
> 
>> While I agree about the likely outcome, I will point out that consumers
>> have been
>> begging for unbundling for years.
>>
>> This fragmentation of streaming services _IS_ the direct result of that
>> request.
>>
>> It’s unbundled service, exactly what they have been asking for.
>>
>> Owen
>>
>>
>> > On Nov 26, 2019, at 01:54 , Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 12/Nov/19 22:36, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> I actually suspect streaming is going to decline (at least in
>> >> comparison to where it could have grown to) if this streaming service
>> >> fragmentation continues.
>> >>
>> >> I think people are going to reject the idea that they need to subscribe
>> >> to a dozen streaming services at $10-$20/mo. each and will be driven
>> >> back the good old "single source" (piracy) they used to use before 1
>> >> (or perhaps 2) streaming services kept them happy enough to abandon
>> >> piracy.
>> >>
>> >> The content providers are going to piss in their bed again due to
>> >> greed.  Again.
>> >
>> > This!
>> >
>> > At the beginning of this year, I dumped Prime Video because while I
>> > initially got it for "The Grand Tour", almost all the other content was
>> > not available in Africa. Didn't see the point of shelling out over
>> > US$100/year for just one show, especially since we already have Netflix
>> > + a local linear pay TV service.
>> >
>> > I bought the wife a new iPhone 11 Pro earlier this month. This got us
>> > 1-year's worth of free AppleTV+. Not a lot of content so far, but I hear
>> > the same about Disney+. Granted 2 of the 3 shows on TV+ are not bad. But
>> > it's free, so what the heck.
>> >
>> > I'm not keen on paying for more than one streaming service, if I'm
>> > honest. There already isn't enough time in the world for regular life,
>> > never mind watching one streaming service... now we have to deal with
>> > more, each with their own price? Not sure how well the streaming
>> > providers expect regular folk to take all of this fragmentation.
>> >
>> > As my daughter would say, "They can miss me with it :-)".
>> >
>> > Mark.
>> >
>>

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