I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of "streaming aggregators" that bundle together Netflix/Hulu/Disney+/etc. subscriptions into a single thing so you don't have to manage several individual subscriptions. I'm sure that exists already, actually.
Thus completing the cycle back to whence we came (from cable subscriptions), but on the internet instead of television.
I think those are called "torrent sites", where people get the streams from multiple services and aggregate them on a single site.
Meanwhile, everyone else seems to be interested in forcing users to pay for and use as many different services as possible, starting with 5G's network slicing features.
If I'm interested in a particular show, I usually use https://justwatch.com to see which streaming service(s) carry it.
Once that's narrowed down, it's usually not a problem to pull up the respective app and start the show. Something integrated might save the redundant in-app search but that's probably less than one minute of the average 45 minute viewing session.
I think in the long run, it would Netflix vs Amazon Prime. The prime channels is a very unique way to keep users in a single app and access the content from other networks.
I synced my HBO to Prime, so I don't have to switch apps. They already have content from Showtime, HBO, Starz, if they could get disney on board. You will basically end up using Netflix vs Prime apps.(or Hulu).
Apple has ridiculous amounts of money to play with and they will instantly jump to tens of millions of subscribers when they bundle it with Apple Music and Apple Magazines.
Disney simply has too much incredible content to be ignored. Pixar, Marvel and everything from Fox. At the very least it will dominate as the preferred choice for families. Also just saw then that Disney which owns 60% of Hulu are interested in buying the rest of the company. If they did I imagine they would shut it down and fold it into Disney+ as well.
Amazon has some of the poorest content out there at the moment and quite a good distribution system. There's only a handful of great shows they make, at least so far.
Contrast that to Disney which is aces on content, and a wildcard on distribution. It's more likely than not to be a bigger competitor than Prime.
Q: How competent Disney is in terms of technology: content distribution over internet, multiple form factor of devices, taking care of scale, latency, slow network, and then algorithms for big data analysis - devising content strategies, customizing as per consumer taste, preference...
Disney is CRAZY competent at content distribution.
ESPN is a Disney company, Movies Anywhere (is/was) a Disney project, the Disney+ service they are talking about is actually public v2.0 (They rolled out something similar in Europe a few years back, called Disney Life).
Disney has a universal "login" system, that shares your profile/preferences everywhere from parks to cable, its got everything favorite sports teams/players and can serve up custom content and more.
There is a lot going on at the house of mouse. (Do a job search on the Disney website and set your region to tech hub outside of LA/Orlando...)
Think about the brand awareness, marketing savvy, and analytics endeavours they have to manage their movie empire. They're not dropping Billion dollar movies every few months by accident.
On the streaming side they've got multiple tech houses under their umbrella with oodles of experience on all fronts.
Naw, Disney has gathered multiple cultural touchstones and is putting them all onto their managed platform. This is a stunning play for a generation of content consumers, and arguably puts everyone else in a race for second place.
Speaking of which: an HBO/NetFlix merger has never made more sense...
Disney owns BAMTech, the company responsible for the baseball streaming service and they rearchitected HBOs service after HBOs in house effort flailed.
[+] [-] wgerard|7 years ago|reply
Thus completing the cycle back to whence we came (from cable subscriptions), but on the internet instead of television.
[+] [-] jarfil|7 years ago|reply
Meanwhile, everyone else seems to be interested in forcing users to pay for and use as many different services as possible, starting with 5G's network slicing features.
[+] [-] threeseed|7 years ago|reply
Only a few players are on board however.
[+] [-] scarface74|7 years ago|reply
Gentlemen, there’s only two ways I know of to make money: bundling and unbundling
[+] [-] steamer25|7 years ago|reply
Once that's narrowed down, it's usually not a problem to pull up the respective app and start the show. Something integrated might save the redundant in-app search but that's probably less than one minute of the average 45 minute viewing session.
[+] [-] CrazedGeek|7 years ago|reply
[+] [-] forgot-my-pw|7 years ago|reply
Though it aggregates digital cable channels on the net.
[+] [-] ryacko|7 years ago|reply
[+] [-] vthallam|7 years ago|reply
I synced my HBO to Prime, so I don't have to switch apps. They already have content from Showtime, HBO, Starz, if they could get disney on board. You will basically end up using Netflix vs Prime apps.(or Hulu).
[+] [-] threeseed|7 years ago|reply
Apple has ridiculous amounts of money to play with and they will instantly jump to tens of millions of subscribers when they bundle it with Apple Music and Apple Magazines.
Disney simply has too much incredible content to be ignored. Pixar, Marvel and everything from Fox. At the very least it will dominate as the preferred choice for families. Also just saw then that Disney which owns 60% of Hulu are interested in buying the rest of the company. If they did I imagine they would shut it down and fold it into Disney+ as well.
[+] [-] sfcguyus|7 years ago|reply
Contrast that to Disney which is aces on content, and a wildcard on distribution. It's more likely than not to be a bigger competitor than Prime.
[+] [-] achow|7 years ago|reply
Can we see equivalent of this from Disney https://medium.com/netflix-techblog
Or, it is that Disney just uploads their existing content on web with some kind of delayed release logic along with a payment gateway.
[+] [-] roberte3|7 years ago|reply
ESPN is a Disney company, Movies Anywhere (is/was) a Disney project, the Disney+ service they are talking about is actually public v2.0 (They rolled out something similar in Europe a few years back, called Disney Life).
Disney has a universal "login" system, that shares your profile/preferences everywhere from parks to cable, its got everything favorite sports teams/players and can serve up custom content and more.
There is a lot going on at the house of mouse. (Do a job search on the Disney website and set your region to tech hub outside of LA/Orlando...)
[+] [-] reboog711|7 years ago|reply
Also check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAMTech for more info on the team behind the scenes.
[+] [-] bonesss|7 years ago|reply
On the streaming side they've got multiple tech houses under their umbrella with oodles of experience on all fronts.
Naw, Disney has gathered multiple cultural touchstones and is putting them all onto their managed platform. This is a stunning play for a generation of content consumers, and arguably puts everyone else in a race for second place.
Speaking of which: an HBO/NetFlix merger has never made more sense...
[+] [-] scarface74|7 years ago|reply