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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9025575" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I mean ... yeah.The avalanche has begun, it is too late for the pebbles to vote. Or, put another way, now that the Zaslav has broken the seal, expect the deluge.Netflix pioneered the idea of the long-tail with streaming services, but did so early on when they could cheaply buy streaming rights to various programs. Then, everyone yanked back their content and put it up on their own streaming services along with commissioning tons more shows since they were all competing to be one of the surviving streaming services.Unfortunately, many of them have learned something- this costs a lot of money. You either get it subsidized (Amazon, Apple), you already have a profitable model (Netflix), or you're shoveling money into the abyss. So they are turning around and determining what people are actually watching, and applying cost/benefit to it- the marginal value of some of the shows being available isn't worth the cost to these platforms. Expect more shaking out and consolidation. IMO, etc.</blockquote>