Re:PBS Launching Streaming Service on Amazon Prime
by 0815test on Monday March 18, 2019 @02:57PM
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Why does PBS need to be "working with other service providers", which mostly do not pursue the public interest, in order to bring their programming online? If they have content on catalog that's fully paid for and controlled by them (and I do understand that this is not the case for some nominally-"PBS" content), they should just throw it up on the Internet Archive and link to it from their website. The video-publishing monopoly of Google/Apple is not something that we should be encouraging, IMHO.
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Re:PBS Launching Streaming Service on Amazon Prime
by reaperducer on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:12PM
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If they have content on catalog that's fully paid for and controlled by them... they should just throw it up on the Internet Archive and link to it from their website.
There's already a PBS streaming app on AppleTV and other platforms. I'm not sure why/if PBS is doing this.
If the current PBS app dies because of the Amazon deal, it'll be at least the second streaming app PBS has killed.
Re:PBS Launching Streaming Service on Amazon Prime
by ascagnel_ on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:16PM
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Chances are, they're doing what HBO, Showtime, et al. have already done -- they're offering their content on multiple storefronts, as well as their own. It's relatively hard to get a customer to add their credit card to your page, but Apple, Amazon, Google, etc., already have your payment info and eyeballs.