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[denphone]

Originally Posted by jfman

Another one bites the dust.

And there will be a few more with the neverending price rises which seem to be happening willy nilly.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by denphone

And there will be a few more with the neverending price rises which seem to be happening willy nilly.

And this is still before a recession!

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by denphone

And there will be a few more with the neverending price rises which seem to be happening willy nilly.

I think it’s inevitable that there will have to be some consolidation of the streamers, but that doesn’t detract from the obvious fact that streaming is the future for TV.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I think it’s inevitable that there will have to be some consolidation of the streamers, but that doesn’t detract from the obvious fact that streaming is the future for TV.

Not if none of them are making any money it's not.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by TimeLord2018

That link is from November 2022

It's only right that someone called TimeLord spotted this!

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Ah, thank you, TimeLord! I didn’t notice the year!! I wondered why reports seemed to be contradicting one another!

Cordbusters are very reliable also very good for someone like yourself who is interested in how streaming is developing etc.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

It's only right that someone called TimeLord spotted this!

You’re right there. I saw ‘4 November’ and assumed that it was current!

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Originally Posted by jfman

Not if none of them are making any money it's not.

They will make money in the end, but that is a bit difficult while they are building up their programme libraries.

Consolidation and experimentation with what works will improve the economics of providing streaming services.

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

You’re right there. I saw ‘4 November’ and assumed that it was current!

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They will make money in the end, but that is a bit difficult while they are building up their programme libraries.

Consolidation and experimentation with what works will improve the economics of providing streaming services.

The UK streaming market is very saturated people only have so much money to go around.

[OLD BOY]

Agreed. That’s why consolidation and some reimagining is required.

[denphone]

The awful PQ and buffering on the Virgin 360 box with the Amazon Prime app last night trying to watch the Liverpool game.

[TimeLord2018]

EE TV launches with custom Apple TV box
https://www.theguardian.com/business...e-tv-box-uk-bt

Also you can add one or two extra EE TV Box Minis without paying extra.

BT TV Pro box has now been updated to the EE software version aswell with
New Apps - Discovery + and Apple TV

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Agreed. That’s why consolidation and some reimagining is required.

Apple and Paramount have reportedly discussed bundling their streaming services.
https://advanced-television.com/2023...unt-to-bundle/

[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Agreed. That’s why consolidation and some reimagining is required.

What they'll do is bundle, just as "Sky multi channels" tied together channels you don't watch with those you do. It generated the biggest pie to be sliced up for the content providers.

Channels always had the opportunity to go it alone on Sky and various cable platforms. We even briefly had "top up tv" on DTT.

The reality is the pay-tv market is a crowded one in the UK and streaming as a technology marginally, but not significantly, lowers the barrier to entry for content providers who want to take end to end control. Netflix and Amazon have hoovered up what new revenue exists in this space.

If you want to come in and "blow Sky out the water" for football rights it's going to hit your profit margins for the whole period of the contract.

[Gavin-D]

The Channel 4 app has today launched on Sky Q

https://www.channel4.com/press/news/...ptimum-viewing

[buckeye]

I think I'm a couple of days late with this, but Paramount+ have reintroduced their half price (£34.95) for 12 months offer.
I think this must be meant for new customers because I had to sign up with a new email address to get the offer despite my subscription lapsing last month so I lost my profiles and shows saved to them,
however if like me you use the Kodi addon to watch the service everything previously bookmarked still works with the new account.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by buckeye

I think I'm a couple of days late with this, but Paramount+ have reintroduced their half price (£34.95) for 12 months offer.
I think this must be meant for new customers because I had to sign up with a new email address to get the offer despite my subscription lapsing last month so I lost my profiles and shows saved to them,
however if like me you use the Kodi addon to watch the service everything previously bookmarked still works with the new account.

It is also available to current subscribers.