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" <[email protected]> > To: "Owen DeLong" <[email protected]> > Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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. >> > >> -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
