Streaming bout to get expensive

[Blake]

"New York(CNN Business)Disney threw down the gauntlet to its competitors last week, with a slate of remarkable programming on Disney+ alongside some eye-popping subscriber numbers and forecasts.

Fans of Disney+ will have roughly 10 new series from Marvel and Star Wars alongside a cornucopia of other content. Disney plans on spending between $14 billion and $16 billion across its streaming ventures to make all those shows and movies.

Someone has to pay for all that content -- and that someone is probably you, the customer. If Disney wants to achieve its forecast of hitting profitability in fiscal 2024, it has to raise prices...

It said it will do that in March. And, after that, it'll likely have to do it again.

"Increasingly streaming, in general, is taking a greater share of the consumer's wallet," Bernie McTernan, a senior analyst at Rosenblatt Securities, told CNN Business.

And it's not just Disney (DIS) that is raising prices. Netflix (NFLX) has already announced a price increase and other competitors may have to do the same if they want to produce the kind of content Disney showed it could while remaining a stable business.

Take HBO Max, for example.....

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/13/media/streaming-price-disney-netflix/index.html

[ChumpDumper]

Yep. I figure I'll do a lot of month-long subscriptions to binge shows. I do want to pay for the content I watch but not continuously for all the crap I'm not watching. Already do that with CBS All Access and took advantage of some Christmas deals to get my backlog of Showtime and Epix series viewed in two months for like $5. Peacock is starting to run its premium series free for a week each if any of those catch your eye. Seeing as we won't be going to movies or live theater for almost another year, it's a pittance.

[lefty]

Still better than cable

[Blake]

Yeah I got Showtime right now on the 99 cents for a month deal to finish up Ray Donovan and Billions.

But yeah, gonna also be jumping in and out of services too except for Prime and maybe Netflix because of how many people are currently watching stuff on it on my account. I do have Disney locked for another year.

[SpursforSix]

Yep. I figure I'll do a lot of month-long subscriptions to binge shows. I do want to pay for the content I watch but not continuously for all the crap I'm not watching. Already do that with CBS All Access and took advantage of some Christmas deals to get my backlog of Showtime and Epix series viewed in two months for like $5. Peacock is starting to run its premium series free for a week each if any of those catch your eye. Seeing as we won't be going to movies or live theater for almost another year, it's a pittance.

Yep. It's too bad there's not some service that will automatically renew and cancel memberships on a monthly basis for you and remind you what you have. I'd probably be OK on a yearly basis with 2 months of Netflix, HBO, and Disney and then one month a year of things like EPIX, Showtime, Cinemax. Along with the full year of Prime.

[Blake]

Still better than cable

The sports thing tho

[lefty]

The sports thing tho
It depends on how much sports one consumes

NBA : I only watch the occasional big playoff game or the NBA Finals so I'll find a quality stream and watch on my iPad; if I have an interest in a specific regular season game, I'll catch the extended highlights on YouTube

Soccer : I have a subscription to DAZN, for soccer leagues that are not included I'll check illgal streams
DAZN aso includes NFL league pass so I can always watch any NFL game when I feel like it but it's a rare occurence
(I'm in Canada by the way)

[SpursforSix]

The sports thing tho

Now that the Spurs suck, I don't need the NBA package anymore...I'm OK with just catching them when they come on national. As to NFL, I'm good with YouTube TV (Fox, CBS, and RedZone).

[baseline bum]

Now that the Spurs suck, I don't need the NBA package anymore...I'm OK with just catching them when they come on national. As to NFL, I'm good with YouTube TV (Fox, CBS, and RedZone).

LOL Spurs have no national games this year :lol

[SpursforSix]

LOL Spurs have no national games this year :lol

:rollinFor real?
I'm still Ok with that I guess.

I'll just catch them in the playoffs. :flag:

Edit...I will get to see Spurs/Mavs

[Blake]

It depends on how much sports one consumes

NBA : I only watch the occasional big playoff game or the NBA Finals so I'll find a quality stream and watch on my iPad; if I have an interest in a specific regular season game, I'll catch the extended highlights on YouTube

Soccer : I have a subscription to DAZN, for soccer leagues that are not included I'll check illgal streams
DAZN aso includes NFL league pass so I can always watch any NFL game when I feel like it but it's a rare occurence
(I'm in Canada by the way)

Yeah I do consume a lot of pro/college basketball/football

[Mitch]

They're gonna have to start offering more than superheroes and wookies :lol

[lefty]

They're gonna have to start offering more than superheroes and wookies :lol
Wait you don't like Frozen? :lol

[Chucho]

They're gonna have to start offering more than superheroes and wookies :lol

Truth.

HBO Max > Disney+.

At $6.99, Disney is painless, but I keep it almost only for the Simpsons 2-12. If it goes up, no need to keep it.

HBO is going to be releasing theatrical movies all 2021. No brainer who's putting out a wider variety of content for a wider audience.

[baseline bum]

:rollinFor real?
I'm still Ok with that I guess.

I'll just catch them in the playoffs. :flag:

Edit...I will get to see Spurs/Mavs

Absolute zero :lol

[baseline bum]

Edit...I will get to see Spurs/Mavs

:rollin

[Xevious]

Yep. I figure I'll do a lot of month-long subscriptions to binge shows. I do want to pay for the content I watch but not continuously for all the crap I'm not watching. Already do that with CBS All Access and took advantage of some Christmas deals to get my backlog of Showtime and Epix series viewed in two months for like $5. Peacock is starting to run its premium series free for a week each if any of those catch your eye. Seeing as we won't be going to movies or live theater for almost another year, it's a pittance.
Jumping in and out of services is probably the way to go and probably what I would do if single. I'd cancel Hulu in a fucking heartbeat if the wife didn't watch a bunch of network tv shit on it.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Yep. I figure I'll do a lot of month-long subscriptions to binge shows. I do want to pay for the content I watch but not continuously for all the crap I'm not watching. Already do that with CBS All Access and took advantage of some Christmas deals to get my backlog of Showtime and Epix series viewed in two months for like $5. Peacock is starting to run its premium series free for a week each if any of those catch your eye. Seeing as we won't be going to movies or live theater for almost another year, it's a pittance.

I took a date to a drive in movie theater in August in New Braunfels, it was a blast

[Reck]

I haven't torrented in a while so maybe it's time to grab a VPN and start. :lol

I'm subscribed to a couple of these out of convinience, tbh.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Now that the Spurs suck, I don't need the NBA package anymore...I'm OK with just catching them when they come on national. As to NFL, I'm good with YouTube TV (Fox, CBS, and RedZone).

Free streams have been just fine for me since 2013.

[Millennial_Messiah]

I haven't torrented in a while so maybe it's time to grab a VPN and start. :lol

I'm subscribed to a couple of these out of convinience, tbh.

lol you don't need Tor or a VPN to stream, just use google chrome, and incognito mode if you're a scared little biatch.

[Reck]

lol you don't need Tor or a VPN to stream, just use google chrome, and incognito mode if you're a scared little biatch.

Good enough if you are content with watching on a computer screen. I dont play that.

I rather watch my shit on a 50 inch 4k TV. Anything short of 1080p and 40 inch just doesn't cut it for me.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Good enough if you are content with watching on a computer screen. I dont play that.

I rather watch my shit on a 50 inch 4k TV. Anything short of 1080p and 40 inch just doesn't cut it for me.
HDMI bro... are you tech stupid? lol.

from 2017-2019 I hdmi'd my PC to my wife's 72 inch flat screen every sunday

[Reck]

HDMI bro... are you tech stupid? lol.

from 2017-2019 I hdmi'd my PC to my wife's 72 inch flat screen every sunday

You do realize hooking up your PC via HDMI takes no know how and what's more it does nothing for quality. It's just a mirror that actually degrades the quality to and from.

[Mitch]

Wait you don't like Frozen? :lol

I took my niece to watch that when it came out, I haven't watched a Disney flick since I was maybe 10 or 11 at that point. Didn't know the whole movie was gonna be a musical tbh

[lefty]

I took my niece to watch that when it came out, I haven't watched a Disney flick since I was maybe 10 or 11 at that point. Didn't know the whole movie was gonna be a musical tbh

i’m fine with Disney animated movies but I fucking hate it when they sing

[ChumpDumper]

I took a date to a drive in movie theater in August in New Braunfels, it was a blast
Meh, that's been available for over a decade here. The novelty wears off pretty quickly.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

russian and chinese streaming feeds

praise biden!

[Blake]

They're gonna have to start offering more than superheroes and wookies :lol

Seems to be working so far them

[Blake]

HDMI bro... are you tech stupid? lol.

from 2017-2019 I hdmi'd my PC to my wife's 72 inch flat screen every sunday

sliding in a subtle brag about a 72in tv while bragging that you steal shows.

Lol Andy

[ChumpDumper]

Jumping in and out of services is probably the way to go and probably what I would do if single. I'd cancel Hulu in a fucking heartbeat if the wife didn't watch a bunch of network tv shit on it.Yeah, I'd keep Amazon Prime because of the shipping and the music service I'm signed up for and HBO Max. Could probably rotate the other services every month.

[Millennial_Messiah]

sliding in a subtle brag about a 72in tv while bragging that you steal shows.

Lol Andy
lol "stealing" shows

lol not knowing the difference between free riding vs. free loading.

also, I mostly just "steal" football.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

andy say hi to your mom for me

[Blake]

lol "stealing" shows

lol not knowing the difference between free riding vs. free loading.

also, I mostly just "steal" football.

Explain the difference to me

[Blake]

i’m fine with Disney animated movies but I fucking hate it when they sing

Let it go, dude

[Millennial_Messiah]

Explain the difference to me

Free riding = commensalism

Free loading = parasitism

Biology 101

[Blake]

Free riding = commensalism

Free loading = parasitism

Biology 101

Lol "commsenalism"

[Millennial_Messiah]

Lol "commsenalism"

One party benefited, other party unharmed. Like a horse taking a dump in a thick patch of grass helping the grass grow. The horse doesn't benefit, but the grass and other plant life does.

That's commensalism in biology. Maybe you flunked out of 9th grade?

Freeloader = parasitism, like a parasite in a host, virus in a human/dog/computer/whatever, the parasite is the beneficiary while the host is negatively affected

[Blake]

One party benefited, other party unharmed. Like a horse taking a dump in a thick patch of grass helping the grass grow. The horse doesn't benefit, but the grass and other plant life does.

That's commensalism in biology. Maybe you flunked out of 9th grade?

Freeloader = parasitism, like a parasite in a host, virus in a human/dog/computer/whatever, the parasite is the beneficiary while the host is negatively affected

Whatever you need to tell yourself.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Whatever you need to tell yourself.

:lol shilling out to corporatocracy

[Millennial_Messiah]

:lol shilling out to corporatocracy
:lol still bitching about corporatocracy and voting Democrap :rollin

[FrostKing]

Yeah I do consume a lot of pro/college basketball/football
Are your favorite teams even good right now? You are probably around the same age as me. We've seen and experienced it all in these domestic sports. Not to mention the quality has declined. Spend that time working on your own physical body and spend that money on traveling. Atleast pick up new sports to follow for a few years, new history, new traditions, new fans, new perspective.

[lefty]

Spend that time working on your own physical body and spend that money on traveling. .
:lol I should probably start doing that tbh

Although the traveling part is tricky right now , I want to go back to Spain, but covid man.....

[FrostKing]

:lol I should probably start doing that tbh

Although the traveling part is tricky right now , I want to go back to Spain, but covid man.....
I suspect the EU will force travelers to take the vaccine. I am visiting this Summer and expect it to be mandatory in some form.

[lefty]

I suspect the EU will force travelers to take the vaccine. I am visiting this Summer and expect it to be mandatory in some form.
Possibly

But even with that, I wouldn't be able to enjoy the trip with all the restrictions so I might as well stay put

[FrostKing]

Possibly

But even with that, I wouldn't be able to enjoy the trip with all the restrictions so I might as well stay put
Well I think it could go both ways. Not everything will be open but there will be less tourist. I think the farther East you go the less restrictions.

Buzzkill the fanzones for Euros will likely be canceled but I was planning to see friends & family this year anyway.

Visiting outdoor sites and mountains/seas might never be better.

[lefty]

Well I think it could go both ways. Not everything will be open but there will be less tourist. I think the farther East you go the less restrictions.

Buzzkill the fanzones for Euros will likely be canceled but I was planning to see friends & family this year anyway.

Visiting outdoor sites and mountains/seas might never be better.

Good point, last time I went to Barcelona, the city was infested with beer drinking tourists, sometimes it felt like I didn't travel at all
I might go back after all :lol

[Blake]

Are your favorite teams even good right now? You are probably around the same age as me. We've seen and experienced it all in these domestic sports. Not to mention the quality has declined. Spend that time working on your own physical body and spend that money on traveling. Atleast pick up new sports to follow for a few years, new history, new traditions, new fans, new perspective.

Lol thanks for the advice I guess.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Are your favorite teams even good right now? You are probably around the same age as me. We've seen and experienced it all in these domestic sports. Not to mention the quality has declined. Spend that time working on your own physical body and spend that money on traveling. Atleast pick up new sports to follow for a few years, new history, new traditions, new fans, new perspective.

Not mutually exclusive

but I'd never watch poverty ball except bits and pieces of when the USA is playing in the world cup, which hasn't happened since 2014

[FrostKing]

Not mutually exclusive

but I'd never watch poverty ball except bits and pieces of when the USA is playing in the world cup, which hasn't happened since 2014
At my age, I'm only investing time in sports where my team is competitive. So my interest rotates. I notice this has decreased my alcohol consumption.

[Millennial_Messiah]

At my age, I'm only investing time in sports where my team is competitive. So my interest rotates. I notice this has decreased my alcohol consumption.
how old are you? Avante status? :lol

[FrostKing]

how old are you? Avante status? :lol
Haha in my mid 30s.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Haha in my mid 30s.

You act like you're an old man or something lmfao.

I bet I'll still be ~130-135 pounds in my mid 30s. Nothing's going to make me fat or anything.