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#274475 24-Aug-2020 14:41

Is there going to be a point when there are too many streaming services for the NZ population?

Thinking about this the other day. Could there be a point when a streaming service takes a programme from another streaming service or from SKY or TV1, TV2, TV3 etc and the number of subscribers and the revenue they provide is less than what the previous rights holder was paying them?

And would it be profitable for a programme to stay on the previous service and be on the new streaming service in the long run?

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#2548758 24-Aug-2020 14:46

i think this is already happening, or at least a cross over of availability. The Karate Kid reboot was amazon (i think) and is becoming available on Netflix.

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#2548762 24-Aug-2020 14:49

Agree, was thinking about this the other day. Currently use TVNZ on demand, Netflix, Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, Sky go, Spark Sport, Spotify, ... probably need to add Neon. Is getting too fragmented.

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#2548774 24-Aug-2020 15:05

zenourn:

...Is getting too fragmented.

And it will continue to do so, I'm afraid to say.

A lot of the big production studios are seeing the value in having their own global streaming services, so we will see every medium-large sized outfit with a sizable back-catalog opening their own service for business. Those content distributors not in the production game will find themselves without the big-name content to pull people, so they will be slowly whittled away or pivot to offering more niche stuff. That's why Netflix, Amazon, and Apple have all started producing their own content once they saw the writing on the wall.

I imagine there will still be some cross pollination between medium entities. Disney also has quite the monopoly now, so it will be a little different for them.

We are a bit behind the curve here, since all the existing distribution deals still are in force, but once they expire and more big-time studios start pushing global (Disney's Hulu, NBC Universal's Peacock, Warner Brother's HBO Max to name a few on the horizon), I can see the landscape looking different.

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#2548807 24-Aug-2020 15:45

Very much so I think. I remember reading a news story somewhere about piracy being on the rise again as there are too many streaming services offering their own content.

Goes back to how people were upset for paying over $100/month for Sky TV and were happy when Netflix showed up and only cost around $15/month. Now all these streaming services have shown up you could easily be back to paying over $100/month for them all.

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#2548867 24-Aug-2020 16:16

DjShadow:

Very much so I think. I remember reading a news story somewhere about piracy being on the rise again as there are too many streaming services offering their own content.

Goes back to how people were upset for paying over $100/month for Sky TV and were happy when Netflix showed up and only cost around $15/month. Now all these streaming services have shown up you could easily be back to paying over $100/month for them all.

I prefer to have a life and hardly watch television.

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#2548870 24-Aug-2020 16:19

DjShadow:
Goes back to how people were upset for paying over $100/month for Sky TV and were happy when Netflix showed up and only cost around $15/month. Now all these streaming services have shown up you could easily be back to paying over $100/month for them all.

zenourn:
Currently use TVNZ on demand, Netflix, Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, Sky go, Spark Sport, Spotify, ... probably need to add Neon. Is getting too fragmented.

TVNZ on demand $0
Netflix Standard $16.99
(Amazon) Prime $12.99
Disney+ $9.99
Apple TV+ $8.99
Sky go ? free add-on to Sky
Spark Sport $30.00
Spotify $9.99

Adds up to $88.95/month

And if you want the sports that only Sky has, add another $39.99/month for Sky Sports Now
Grand total $128.94

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#2548871 24-Aug-2020 16:19

One service to rule them all...

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#2548873 24-Aug-2020 16:21

ajw:

DjShadow:

Very much so I think. I remember reading a news story somewhere about piracy being on the rise again as there are too many streaming services offering their own content.

Goes back to how people were upset for paying over $100/month for Sky TV and were happy when Netflix showed up and only cost around $15/month. Now all these streaming services have shown up you could easily be back to paying over $100/month for them all.

I prefer to have a life and hardly watch television.

I consider being entertained and enjoying something as having a life so for me that includes TV.

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#2548877 24-Aug-2020 16:23

PolicyGuy:

TVNZ on demand $0
Netflix Standard $16.99
(Amazon) Prime $12.99
Disney+ $9.99
Apple TV+ $8.99
Sky go ? free add-on to Sky
Spark Sport $30.00
Spotify $9.99

Adds up to $88.95/month

And if you want the sports that only Sky has, add another $39.99/month for Sky Sports Now
Grand total $128.94

Now how to you track what is playing on these services, when new shows are released etc... what we need is a single interface to bring them all together with notifications and easy to see lists.

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#2548880 24-Aug-2020 16:26

ajw:

I prefer to have a life and hardly watch television.

And you felt the need to intentionally comment this on a TV streaming services thread why?

Don't be that person...

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#2548883 24-Aug-2020 16:27

Try justwatch to see what is streaming on which service here in NZ

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#2548895 24-Aug-2020 16:39

Handsomedan:

One service to rule them all...

The service shall not be named.

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#2548896 24-Aug-2020 16:41

cruxis:

Handsomedan:

One service to rule them all...

The service shall not be named.

Does that service "sail the seven seas", perchance?

I don't subscribe to more than 3 services at-a-time; I just try to plan out what's available to watch on a service, subscribe, watch it, flip, and repeat. It's not always as easy as that, but there is certainly no need to have 5+ services accruing charges when I only watch a tiny slice of each.

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#2548903 24-Aug-2020 17:08

Netflix is only near permanent for me. I’ll alternate between over ones depending what’s on Amazon,Disney. And will look at Hulu etc if they go international.

Neon no go, quality failure so not in consideration.

Total cost $30-$40 all good quality add free. Before streaming came along Sky cost $50, plus any premium channels, I.e for movies above $70. And other services don’t charge multiroom.

Very happy with new way content is now being delivered.

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#2548906 24-Aug-2020 17:12

Alas, this is what a lot of people wanted. Instead of having one or two services with the bulk of the content, people chose to support all the other services that popped up. Look at Disney for example: Had nobody signed up for it, then the service would have died off and the content would likely have been redistributed back around the other services. However, more than 50 million people voted with their wallets and decided that they're content to sign up to yet another service.

Call me cynical...

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