We Lost the Streaming Wars | The Backdrop
Added 2024-09-03 15:03:01 +0000 UTCIn this latest episode of The Backdrop, Darren Mooney examines how the return of Amazon's The Rings of Power coincides with the end of the streaming wars -- spoilers, we lost.
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Darren, let the folks in the comments always feel your righteous pun-ishment.
Ultraczar
2024-09-05 08:08:38 +0000 UTCThe pirate bay. Streaming services had the chance to outcompete media piracy, but they got too greedy.
Luci
2024-09-04 18:09:36 +0000 UTCI’ll always click on a video with puns before I click one without :D I’ve had Netflix for years and it’s the only one I’ve kept, Disney and Amazon have been jettisoned with Netflix’s plan going down a step. It’s not even that I can’t afford it, I’m just not feeling the value. There’s also the new ways people consume content. I’ve mentioned before I’m as likely to play a game on a weekend or watch a series on YouTube as I am to watch a film (which I’m old enough to still collect DVDs for) or a tv series. And even if I did, the thing I wanted to watch was rarely on a service I had anyway. As always, businesses learning the line doesn’t go up forever methinks, but great video, love the breakdown and chronology!
Tim Wilson
2024-09-04 12:59:04 +0000 UTCNetflix
Darren Mooney
2024-09-03 22:15:51 +0000 UTCFiscal calendar vs release schedules is an aspect I hadn't considered. Hoggish Greedly catchin strays for Zaslav's terrible leadership might be a step too far 🤣
jahr
2024-09-03 21:08:12 +0000 UTCi say keep up the puns Darren, they're terrible but if they make you happy go for it! :)
Jeremy
2024-09-03 18:16:27 +0000 UTCGreat video, but I think you understate the impact of the new agreements with writers, directors, & actors. Or put another way studious not having to pay people that worked on streaming was a lot of what drove its massive initial growth. Prior to those agreements streaming lowered labor costs for studious because of how streaming revenue was treated for future royalty & participation payments. This increased the appeal of streaming to studios because they got to keep a much larger portion of revenue from streaming vs. movie tickets & DVD/BluRay sales. The "death of streaming" really coincided with the new guild agreements that made studios actually pay the talent that produced the shows & movies.
Bj Last
2024-09-03 17:02:00 +0000 UTCI took an arrow in the knee during the streaming wars.
laurence m
2024-09-03 17:00:28 +0000 UTCIn response to that last pun: BOOOOOO! :P
Jeremiah Maxel
2024-09-03 16:55:31 +0000 UTCThe puns won.
Pyrian
2024-09-03 16:12:03 +0000 UTCRight now most people seem to believe it's Netflix.
Jim Roberts-Miller
2024-09-03 15:24:41 +0000 UTCBut who won?
Holy Zen!
2024-09-03 15:20:02 +0000 UTC
