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To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (1881)6/3/2019 8:02:23 AM
From: TimF  Respond to of 2280
 
Disney has the content. HBO probably too, maybe Showtime (although for both as you mention some will subscribe watch a season of a few shows and drop off). Hulu gets content from several networks. Amazon has the money for/from Prime. And of course there's Netflix.

I'm not sure who else is really going to be able to make it.



To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (1881)6/10/2019 9:40:43 AM
From: Glenn Petersen  Respond to of 2280
 
Tim has it right. The four dominant players will be Netflix, Disney/Hulu, HBO/WarnerMedia and Amazon Prime. Netflix and Disney/Hulu will be the two elephants.

The others will shake out or adopt a hybrid approach. CBS Access could probably succeed by streaming its streaming original content behind heir paywall and then licensing it to one of the other streamers.