History related tv series and movie news megathread.

[StCapps]

Nice. Tv is dead, Hollywood is next.

What do you mean by "TV is dead"?

[SuburbanFarmer]

Nice. Tv is dead, Hollywood is next.

What do you mean by "TV is dead"?

I mean the current business model of network/cable television. There are a few big spectacles left, big-ticket shows, and some sports coverage, and that's it. The rest is 300+ channels of filler, with nobody watching. Netflix hath come to pass, and there shall be none left in its wake.

[StCapps]

I mean the current business model of network/cable television. There are a few big spectacles left, big-ticket shows, and some sports coverage, and that's it. The rest is 300+ channels of filler, with nobody watching. Netflix hath come to pass, and there shall be none left in its wake.

Network TV has been fucked long before Netflix came along, and Cable TV has never been stronger.

Streaming serives aren't going to displace cable anytime soon, they don't have enough quality original shows, and I don't see that changing anytime in the near future. HBO, FX and AMC are the big players, and the likes of Netflix, Hulu and Amazon are well behind them. If you only have one subscription to a television streaming service, then you are missing out on a fuck ton of quality television, unless you are resorting to piracy, that is just a fact.

[SuburbanFarmer]

I mean the current business model of network/cable television. There are a few big spectacles left, big-ticket shows, and some sports coverage, and that's it. The rest is 300+ channels of filler, with nobody watching. Netflix hath come to pass, and there shall be none left in its wake.

Network TV has been fucked long before Netflix came along, and Cable TV has never been stronger.

Streaming serives aren't going to displace cable anytime soon, they don't have enough quality original shows, and I don't see that changing anytime in the near future. HBO, FX and AMC are the big players, and the likes of Netflix, Hulu and Amazon are well behind them.

Think further ahead, at how that content is consumed. Cable subscriptions will continue to plummet, as even normies begin to realize that it's all there on Netflix or another streaming service within a month. Why pay thousands/year, just to see it sooner, and sit through advertising?

Not only that, but they've been completely headed-off from establishing their own services for any kind of premium. Sure, HBOGo exists, but it's not commanding any sort of premium pricing, because a growing portion of users simply go around the paywalls anyway. CBS Online tried a desperation play, with Star Trek, and is in the process of failure.

Re: Amazon and Hulu, they're still playing catch-up to Netflix - not even in the running, outside of some very small amounts of unique content. This trend will continue for some time, as the institutions crumble.

[StCapps]

Why pay thousands/year, just to see it sooner, and sit through advertising?

Because paying for all subscriptions to all the streaming services you need will be just as expensive, unless you watch hardly any TV. If you thought a la carte TV is going to be way cheaper for the TV connoisseur then you are sadly mistaken. It's not like all the good shows are all one streaming service.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Why pay thousands/year, just to see it sooner, and sit through advertising?

Because paying for all subscriptions to all the streaming services you need will be just as expensive, unless you watch hardly any TV. If you thought a la carte TV is going to be way cheaper for the TV connoisseur then you are sadly mistaken.

Then you're not much of a 'connoisseur' - more of a 'glutton'. If you're picking/choosing for what you actually want, it will be ludicrously cheap.

[StCapps]

Why pay thousands/year, just to see it sooner, and sit through advertising?

Because paying for all subscriptions to all the streaming services you need will be just as expensive, unless you watch hardly any TV. If you thought a la carte TV is going to be way cheaper for the TV connoisseur then you are sadly mistaken.

Then you're not much of a 'connoisseur' - more of a 'glutton'. If you're picking/choosing for what you actually want, it will be ludicrously cheap.

Well HBO, FX, AMC, Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, you think that is cheap? Not to mention the sports and what have you that you'll want on top of that. Shit adds up bro, they aren't going to start sharing content, the market is only going to keep fragmenting and each new service will require it's own subscription. These subscription steaming services are going to fleece you as bad as the cable companies did, it's in their best interests to do so.

Wishful thinking isn't going to change reality, the TV landscape isn't consolidating, it's fragmenting.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Because paying for all subscriptions to all the streaming services you need will be just as expensive, unless you watch hardly any TV. If you thought a la carte TV is going to be way cheaper for the TV connoisseur then you are sadly mistaken.

Then you're not much of a 'connoisseur' - more of a 'glutton'. If you're picking/choosing for what you actually want, it will be ludicrously cheap.

Well HBO, FX, AMC, Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, you think that is cheap? Not to mention the sports and what have you that you'll want on top of that. Shit adds up bro, they aren't going to start sharing content, the market is only going to keep fragmenting and each new service will require it's own subscription. These subscription steaming services are going to fleece you as bad as the cable companies did, it's in their best interests to do so.

Wishful thinking isn't going to change reality, the TV landscape isn't consolidating, it's fragmenting.

They’ll certainly try to. And, may well succeed with a lot of rubes.

But that’s never going to offset the absurd advertising revenues of old-world network/cable distribution.

[StCapps]

There is not going to be one streaming service to rule them all, that gives you a one-stop shop for all good TV, especially when it comes to new content. It's not going to happen, as much as you might want it to, the market simply is not moving in that direction, and because it isn't the a la carte model is not going to be anywhere near as cheap as you envision. Musical chairs with who is going to be the gatekeeper of quality TV, but nothing really changes.
/shrugs

[SuburbanFarmer]

There is not going to be one streaming service to rule them all, that gives you a one-stop shop for all good TV, especially when it comes to new content. It's not going to happen, as much as you might want it to, the market simply is not moving in that direction.
/shrugs

Not yet, anyway. I think people are becoming a hell of a lot more discerning about what’s “good” tv, apart from the Boomers.