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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7495346" data-attributes="member: 20564">I've got Netflix and Prime, but Prime was gotten for (and pays for itself with) free shipping - if it was just for the video I wouldn't have it.The fragmentation of the streaming services is based on the idea that people are willing to spend (near-) Netflix level monthly subscriptions on &quot;one more service&quot;.&nbsp; To the people pitching them it's a long term income stream.The problem is that as there gets to be more and more, each with a limite amount that viewers want, that's not going to be the most widespread case.&nbsp; Amazon's Anime Strike! already hit into that and folded.&nbsp; Netflix, with the wide catalog of different things on it that it could fit all of your needs, can be worth Netflix prices.&nbsp; Something like CBS All Access, where their catalog is shows you either already watched, or didn't bother to watch when they are free, doesn't have that appeal.&nbsp; Especially when popular shows of their may not be available due to other licensing deals.&nbsp; (I think they said their are a total of 12 episodes of Big Bang Theory available out of 11 seasons of shows.&nbsp; Just as an example of how shows you'd expect may not be there.)So if the services (possibly including Netflix as they lose content) want the volume of subscribers, they will need to charge less.&nbsp; Find the equilibrium where they maximize profits - if they don't have to pay per-watch or per-viewer licensing fees, more viewers will be more profitable overall then fewer viewers with a higher cost.So we'll see where this ends up.&nbsp; I think that the plethora of new streaming are all trying to jump on the bandwagon and in two years the environment will be very different, with some failing and many with competitive pricing as an &quot;add on&quot; service vs. the &quot;everything&quot; service that Netflix and the other big ones command currently.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7495346, member: 20564"] I've got Netflix and Prime, but Prime was gotten for (and pays for itself with) free shipping - if it was just for the video I wouldn't have it. The fragmentation of the streaming services is based on the idea that people are willing to spend (near-) Netflix level monthly subscriptions on "one more service". To the people pitching them it's a long term income stream. The problem is that as there gets to be more and more, each with a limite amount that viewers want, that's not going to be the most widespread case. Amazon's Anime Strike! already hit into that and folded. Netflix, with the wide catalog of different things on it that it could fit all of your needs, can be worth Netflix prices. Something like CBS All Access, where their catalog is shows you either already watched, or didn't bother to watch when they are free, doesn't have that appeal. Especially when popular shows of their may not be available due to other licensing deals. (I think they said their are a total of 12 episodes of Big Bang Theory available out of 11 seasons of shows. Just as an example of how shows you'd expect may not be there.) So if the services (possibly including Netflix as they lose content) want the volume of subscribers, they will need to charge less. Find the equilibrium where they maximize profits - if they don't have to pay per-watch or per-viewer licensing fees, more viewers will be more profitable overall then fewer viewers with a higher cost. So we'll see where this ends up. I think that the plethora of new streaming are all trying to jump on the bandwagon and in two years the environment will be very different, with some failing and many with competitive pricing as an "add on" service vs. the "everything" service that Netflix and the other big ones command currently. [/QUOTE]

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