<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Different target audiences.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Now the parents can be watching "Good Omens" or "Game of Thrones" on Netflix while the kids are streaming "The Lion King" on Disney+ streaming. Instead of the whole family watching one show together, now we have segmentation in the marketplace. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">End result is more total overall bandwidth consumption.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Matt</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 12:38 Brian J. Murrell <<a href="mailto:brian@interlinx.bc.ca">brian@interlinx.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Tue, 2019-11-12 at 15:26 -0500, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I can foresee a lot of families subscribing to Netflix *and* Disney+<br>
> because neither one has all the content the family wants to watch.<br>
<br>
Absolutely. But the time spent watching Disney would *replace* (not be<br>
in addition to, or would it? Would Disney's content result in existing<br>
streamers watching more hours of streaming than they did before?)<br>
Netflix watching.<br>
<br>
> Has anybody seen a significant drop in total streaming traffic due to<br>
> Netflix<br>
> users jumping ship to Amazon/Hulu, or are consumers just biting the<br>
> bullet,<br>
> coughing up the $$, and streaming more total because across the<br>
> services<br>
> there's more stuff they want to watch?<br>
<br>
I actually suspect streaming is going to decline (at least in<br>
comparison to where it could have grown to) if this streaming service<br>
fragmentation continues.<br>
<br>
I think people are going to reject the idea that they need to subscribe<br>
to a dozen streaming services at $10-$20/mo. each and will be driven<br>
back the good old "single source" (piracy) they used to use before 1<br>
(or perhaps 2) streaming services kept them happy enough to abandon<br>
piracy.<br>
<br>
The content providers are going to piss in their bed again due to<br>
greed. Again.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
b.<br>
<br>
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