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Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:03AM (#21004388)
Technical aspects are trivial - pirate streaming sites have no problem managing a single portal that pulls from a wide array of video sources and players.

The problem is with the exclusive deals, with the IP holders ruining the space for everyone in an attempt to maximize short-term revenue (it will kill their long-term revenue), perhaps thinking this is battle royale, and they obviously will be a platform that wins in the end.

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Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by Freak_NL on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:19AM (#21004530)
> battle royale

I don't think it's the Highlander end-game they are envisioning, rather there seems to be a drive towards a new (imagined) equilibrium with specific streaming services servicing specific demographics — like Disney is aiming straight for the 'wholesome and family-friendly'-niche.

Of course we all lose as consumers (until you hoist the Jolly Roger in despair).

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Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by blaser-waffle on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:52AM (#21005434)
Disney owns wayyy too many different subsidiary companies and IPs to just focus on wholesome, family programming. Like they own Fox, FX, ESPN, National Geographic, Hulu, Lucasfilm, Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, huge chunks of other networks like A&E and Vice Media.

You know that hip, edgy Vice News, the one with stories about doing drugs in war torn Africa? Yeah Disney owns like ~16-20% of that.

Disney is EVERYWHERE; be afraid of The Mouse.

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Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by Freak_NL on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @10:00AM (#21005488)
That's Disney the company. Disney+, the streaming service, is pursuing family-friendly.

All the edgier material goes on Hulu apparently.

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