Lately it seems like every media mogul is trying to start their own streaming service. You have Netflix and Amazon. Then you have Hulu. Then CBS All Access. SlingTV, DirecTV, and now I hear Disney and Verizon are wading into the waters.
It is like a shark smelling blood (in this case money). The future of TV is going to be streaming. That's a given. The ability to watch your shows on any device, anywhere you are, is pretty powerful.
The problem I see is that you have too many greedy people all trying for a slice of the pie. If every network has it's own exclusive content (aka CBS All access with only CBS shows, Disney with only Disney/ABC shows) and all wanting to charge the consumer monthly rates of around $10/month, and each having a different interface, they are all going to lose. People are not going to spend $10/month on a whole multitude of different media sources.
They want something like cable is now, where you pay a monthly rate and get all of the media sources/networks in one place. The marketplace can't sustain every network trying to be it's own separate media resource.
I hope they work this crap out fast.
It is like a shark smelling blood (in this case money). The future of TV is going to be streaming. That's a given. The ability to watch your shows on any device, anywhere you are, is pretty powerful.
The problem I see is that you have too many greedy people all trying for a slice of the pie. If every network has it's own exclusive content (aka CBS All access with only CBS shows, Disney with only Disney/ABC shows) and all wanting to charge the consumer monthly rates of around $10/month, and each having a different interface, they are all going to lose. People are not going to spend $10/month on a whole multitude of different media sources.
They want something like cable is now, where you pay a monthly rate and get all of the media sources/networks in one place. The marketplace can't sustain every network trying to be it's own separate media resource.
I hope they work this crap out fast.
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