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Re:Disney Bans Netflix Ads as Streaming’s Marketing Wars Int... by TulliusCicero on Friday October 04, 2019 @11:52AM (#21158859)
Anyone imagining they were gonna get all their favorite shows for less money was likely delusional. Especially if that includes sports.

It costs a certain amount of money to make these programs, if everyone is paying 50% less to get channels/services 'a la carte', then there's not enough money to make all those shows anymore.

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Re:Disney Bans Netflix Ads as Streaming’s Marketing Wars Int... by nickthemagicman on Friday October 04, 2019 @02:40PM (#21160588)
Have you done a cost breakdown on cable budgets?

How do you know 50% of this money isn't going to executives,shareholders, and bloated corporate hierarchy...and the actual budget for the shows is the same no matter the pricing.

Streaming services charge way way less than cable with much better content.

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Re:Disney Bans Netflix Ads as Streaming’s Marketing Wars Int... by hobofan on Saturday October 05, 2019 @03:12AM (#21164208)
> then there's not enough money to make all those shows anymore

But now that you have a more complete picture of the lifetime value of a show you know which top 50% (or top XX%) of shows to keep producing in which to cancel.

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