Video Streaming Wars

Tue Oct 15 18:27:45 UTC 2019

Once upon a time, Brian J. Murrell <brian at interlinx.bc.ca> said:
> The video streaming wars are this years version of last years cable
> channel bundling.  Everyone knows the game the cablecos play where they
> bundle 14 channels of crap with one channel that people actually want
> and because it's 15 channels, hey, well that's going to cost
> $20.99/mo., you know, because you are getting 15 channels!  Oh, no,
> sorry, no way to get just that one channel you want for just it's cost.
> You need to buy all 15.

Most of that is at the behest of the content providers, like Disney.
Want to carry Disney Movies?  You have to carry ESPN-U in the same
package.  So... now those very same content providers are trying to cut
out the middle-man of the linear TV (cable, sat, IPTV) providers, and
recreate the same bundling.

-- 
Chris Adams <cma at cmadams.net>