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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by sjs382 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:12PM (#14963407)
Remember when á la carte tv was the dream?
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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by monocasa on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:26PM (#14963532)
We assumed it wouldn't be ~$10 a channel.
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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by tjohns on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:11PM (#14964688)
Ya, but each channel only showed a limited selection, on their own schedule, with commercials.

Compare that with the amount of binge watching that you can do with a $10 Netflix subscription.

Things are infinitely better online than what I was getting with my cable subscription.

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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by timfrietas on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:28PM (#14963554)
It already was, though. HBO, Cinemak, Starz were all in that range.
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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by monocasa on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @07:59PM (#14964215)
But it wasn't because it was ~120 channels for ~$120/m.
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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by throwaway91111 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:32PM (#14964437)
Did that dream still involve channels? They only make sense as an economic bundle.
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