Streaming services, which do you have or are you getting rid of?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I don't get how this will change the current situation. Hulu is integrated into the Disney+ app on my Roku right now, even though I can sub to one without the other. This recent news indicates that you will still be able to sub to Hulu and Disney+ separately after this takes effect. The cynic in me thinks it will just be a way to obscure another price increase.

Are you in Canada? Everywhere but the US has this merged already, but there were contractual weirdnesses here.

It's mostly a legacy of Hulu beginning as a team-up of multiple studios, before they all went all-in on streaming. Disney has been buying out its former partners for years now, and now, they're the sole owner.

 

[Retreater]

Does anyone use Kanopy through their Library?
I have a vendor call this afternoon about adding the service for our patrons. I'm curious about anyone's experience with it.

 

[Rabulias]

Are you in Canada? Everywhere but the US has this merged already, but there were contractual weirdnesses here.

It's mostly a legacy of Hulu beginning as a team-up of multiple studios, before they all went all-in on streaming. Disney has been buying out its former partners for years now, and now, they're the sole owner.

No, I'm in the US. I can get Hulu, Disney+, or both. Right now I have Disney+, but I see Hulu as an option on the main Disney+ screen. I have been following the Hulu-Disney+ saga for years, wondering why they don't just consolidate into one service, but they still remain this strange joined-at-the-hip-but-still-distinct services even after this current announcement.

 

[Voadam]

No, I'm in the US. I can get Hulu, Disney+, or both. Right now I have Disney+, but I see Hulu as an option on the main Disney+ screen. I have been following the Hulu-Disney+ saga for years, wondering why they don't just consolidate into one service, but they still remain this strange joined-at-the-hip-but-still-distinct services even after this current announcement.

I am in the U.S. and the Hulu on my just Disney+ subscription is a limited thing, not all stuff on Hulu is on there. Things I have watched on the hulu on there have gone unavailable too.

 

[Spellslinging Sellsword]

Paramount plus just bought the rights to stream all UFC fights eliminating the pay per view model.

 

[chuckdee]

I'm the perfect idiot patron in that if I get a subscription, I'm unlikely to take the time to cancel and rotate them.

Currently I have:

Prime
Netflix
D+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle
Paramount+
Apple TV
HBO Max/Showtime bundle
Peacock
Starz

and

Youtube music
Spotify

and

PSN
XBox Ultimate

and thinking about getting AMC+

 

[TiQuinn]

Just read an article that if an NFL fan wanted to stream all of the NFL games, it’d cost them about $1,500 a season across YouTube TV, and then all of the individual service that have carved out this game or that game each season.

And there’s still no option for a fan of one team to simply see all the games for that one team.

 

[darjr]

Dumping Disney.

 

[AnotherGuy]

I'm the perfect idiot patron in that if I get a subscription, I'm unlikely to take the time to cancel and rotate them.

Currently I have:

Prime
Netflix
D+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle
Paramount+
Apple TV
HBO Max/Showtime bundle
Peacock
Starz

and

Youtube music
Spotify

and

PSN
XBox Ultimate

and thinking about getting AMC+

I can barely keep up with the podcasters I listen to, how do you manage?

 

[payn]

Just read an article that if an NFL fan wanted to stream all of the NFL games, it’d cost them about $1,500 a season across YouTube TV, and then all of the individual service that have carved out this game or that game each season.

And there’s still no option for a fan of one team to simply see all the games for that one team.

That sounds way higher than it ought to be, but yeah using youtube TV for sports is very expensive. NFL+ is your best bet at 16 a month, but it wont have season opener, MNF, TNF, or SNF. To get all those you need Prime, Peacock, and ESPN. Lets say 16 X 4 = 64 bucks a month. So, 256 bucks a year to cover all the bases.

Last year I had NFL+ for redzone, Prime (not that I TNF games are often worth watching) and peacock at a reduced price of 25 bucks for entire NFL season. So, I came in at 145 bucks for the NFL season. If I had wanted ESPN+ it would have taken me up to 256.