Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
11-08-2022, 18:05
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Prime app on V6 logged me out yesterday. When I logged in again the profiles that we have were visible for the first time.
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The app has updated to the new interface now I think , its much easier to find Content whether that's Prime Video Content or channels like Paramount+ and StarzPlay.
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Didnt't realise in the US you can't get Disney + (no ads) and Hulu* (no ads) as a bundle without ESPN+.
*We increasingly get new Hulu Originals on Disney+ , at least 6 are due to premiere on Disney+ later this year , aswell shows from FX channel and upcoming ABC shows like Alaska Daily , Avalon and Will Trent
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To add current Disney+ subscribers in the US will begin receiving the ad version unless they agree to pay more for the ad-free plan , they basically just putting ads of 4 mins per hour on the regular Disney+ and are creating a new ad free tier
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14-08-2022, 14:45
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So they are basically making you pay more for what you had before.
So if the same is implemented here we will be looking at £109.99 for the annual sub with no ads and £10.99 a month for the monthly sub with no ads.
This streaming world is starting to get really expensive.
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14-08-2022, 14:56
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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So they are basically making you pay more for what you had before.
So if the same is implemented here we will be looking at £109.99 for the annual sub with no ads and £10.99 a month for the monthly sub with no ads.
This streaming world is starting to get really expensive.
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And yet some say it's the way forward.... They are asking for churn.. people will drop it and rejoin every 4/5 months. It's the hassle of doing so as well as avoiding spoilers that keeps people hooked.
Don't forget that two years ago it was £4.99 per month.... Robbing bar stewards
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15-08-2022, 14:30
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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So they are basically making you pay more for what you had before.
So if the same is implemented here we will be looking at £109.99 for the annual sub with no ads and £10.99 a month for the monthly sub with no ads.
This streaming world is starting to get really expensive.
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Yes, in my view, the version with ads should be free, perhaps with reduced content, although you can’t blame them for charging. Sky have been doing that all along, even for their premium channels.
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15-08-2022, 15:16
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So let me get this straight. The £7.99 package will have ads and the ad free is £10.99? so instead of introducing a ad supported cheap version they are simply creating a new more expensive tier and adding ads to what is available now? if that is the case then that is atrocious
I think if they do that in the UK then people will vote with their feet or at best stay on ad supported. It is a time of cost cutting not splashing out
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15-08-2022, 15:22
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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And yet some say it's the way forward.... They are asking for churn.. people will drop it and rejoin every 4/5 months. It's the hassle of doing so as well as avoiding spoilers that keeps people hooked.
Don't forget that two years ago it was £4.99 per month.... Robbing bar stewards
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The challenger brand is just becoming the same as the establishment brand. How long until the streamers say you have to take out contracts and just can't pause your subscription?
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15-08-2022, 16:57
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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So let me get this straight. The £7.99 package will have ads and the ad free is £10.99? so instead of introducing a ad supported cheap version they are simply creating a new more expensive tier and adding ads to what is available now? if that is the case then that is atrocious
I think if they do that in the UK then people will vote with their feet or at best stay on ad supported. It is a time of cost cutting not splashing out
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Yes it's terrible, I was considering doing the £6 of Tesco Clubcard vouchers for 3 months of access but now I may just stick to using CinemaHD and get everything for free, it's moves like this that will increase piracy.
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15-08-2022, 17:30
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Just surprised , that people here are surprised that this is happening.
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15-08-2022, 17:45
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Just surprised , that people here are surprised that this is happening.
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Indeed some of us have been pointing out for years that the low cost streaming future what absolute fantasy.
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15-08-2022, 19:07
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Indeed some of us have been pointing out for years that the low cost streaming future what absolute fantasy.
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Unless, of course, people start voting with their feet. Frankly, if we are about to face a huge financial squeeze, I'd rather dump the Sky TV channels, which cost quite a lot for very little.
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15-08-2022, 19:35
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Unless, of course, people start voting with their feet. Frankly, if we are about to face a huge financial squeeze, I'd rather dump the Sky TV channels, which cost quite a lot for very little.
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Sky channels are so good OB that you pay for them twice.
Through Virgin and Now.
It’s also irrelevant to the point at hand. Costs are going up across the market regardless of how the content is delivered. Pay more and get less. Not the future we were promised at all.
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15-08-2022, 19:56
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Sky channels are so good OB that you pay for them twice.
Through Virgin and Now.
It’s also irrelevant to the point at hand. Costs are going up across the market regardless of how the content is delivered. Pay more and get less. Not the future we were promised at all.
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I don’t see how you think we get less, unless you are referring to sport.
I have already addressed your point about paying twice. I was right when I said you don’t take in the replies to the points you make.
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15-08-2022, 20:02
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I don’t see how you think we get less, unless you are referring to sport.
I have already addressed your point about paying twice. I was right when I said you don’t take in the replies to the points you make.
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It’s just a paradox to consistently claim their offering is poor yet here we are.
We clearly get less. The further splintering of rights by studio across different platforms means we can no longer enjoy from the traditional incumbents using economies of scale to bring us more content.
Indeed, even Channel 4 and Five would previously have had a decent offering of US content slipping down to them now being retained by studio run streaming services. You yourself have post countless times this to be the case, and a lowering of quality of what is left over for what you deem “linear” channels in a poorly defined way.
Who pays for that? Philanthropic studios?
No, the mugs. The end user.
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15-08-2022, 20:13
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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It’s just a paradox to consistently claim their offering is poor yet here we are.
We clearly get less. The further splintering of rights by studio across different platforms means we can no longer enjoy from the traditional incumbents using economies of scale to bring us more content.
Indeed, even Channel 4 and Five would previously have had a decent offering of US content slipping down to them now being retained by studio run streaming services. You yourself have post countless times this to be the case, and a lowering of quality of what is left over for what you deem “linear” channels in a poorly defined way.
Who pays for that? Philanthropic studios?
No, the mugs. The end user.
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It’s not a paradox. My wife is not really very good at coping with the streamers at her age, and as you well know, the older you are the less you can cope with new stuff.
I don’t know what rocks your boat, but the pay TV listings are much worse than they ever were before and I find myself recording less and less. Go into the streamers and you get a fantastic choice to watch any time.
It is true that there are fewer shows available on the pay TV channels as well as most of the terrestrials these days, but I still believe that the streamers offer much better value than the pay-tv channels. Netflix on its own has more choice, and you can jump between the streamers too because you are not hooked into a contract.
You could have all you need through a Freeview box and just one streamer, which you could change from time to time.
As you know, I am not talking about sport, which is a different matter altogether.
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