How things have changed

[osu1991]

Early Gen X and majority of my consumption is regular old youtube on the tv app.

 

[osu1991]

A lot of tv personalities have started making their own shows and releasing them to Youtube, especially former personalities of various Foodnetwork shows. Jay Leno's Garage has been on youtube for many years. I saw The Martin Bros have been putting some content out on youtube of their custom auto work now that Motor Trend ended all their shows too. So there is a lot of good content on Youtube and its not just amateur entrepreneurs. Richard Rawlings moved his Gas Monkey Garage content to youtube many years ago after arguments with Discovery on the direction of the show.

Michael Symon, Carla Hall and Clinton Kelly launched an updated version of The Chew called Chewed Up on Youtube about 6 months ago. Its been so successful that LG is sponsoring it now and moved them to the LG test kitchen and gave them their own 24/7 channel on the LG OS free streaming service.

It's success has led to Clinton Kelly and Stacey London launching a new show Why'd They Wear That as a spin on their old shows. Today Michael Symon launched Simply Symon as a new version of his Symons Dinners Cooking Out show after Foodnetwork cancelled it along with nearly all their other non competition food shows.


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[ncted]

I see a lot of that celeb stuff on YT. Honestly, that is not why I watch things there. I still gravitate mostly to original, long form stuff from people who aren't famous in the classical way. Of course, the app keeps recommending that celeb stuff to me no matter how much I tell it I am not interested.

 

[Bruce]

 

[Bruce]

10 months in a row, streaming is ahead of Cable/Streaming combined, by 5.9% more-

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[MikeD-C05]

Once Streaming is dominant media source, then you will see people start cutting out streaming sources and go back to OTA and Free Tv stations, due to price increases. Will come back full circle to the 1950s with 3 or 4 ota stations to watch for free.

I can already see that with every merger they are just consolidating back to cable again. Paramount wants Warner/ Discovery and CNN and Hbo will go away as a stand alone and become merged with Paramount. Showtime is no longer a stand alone source. Now merged into Paramount. We will end up with all the extra sources consolidated to 3 or 4 sources and we will be back to cable with ever increasing prices.

 

[navychop]

Will come back full circle to the 1950s with 3 or 4 ota stations to watch for free.

Which is what ATSC3 is designed to stop, IMHO.

 

[dishdude]

Once Streaming is dominant media source, then you will see people start cutting out streaming sources and go back to OTA and Free Tv stations, due to price increases. Will come back full circle to the 1950s with 3 or 4 ota stations to watch for free.

I can already see that with every merger they are just consolidating back to cable again. Paramount wants Warner/ Discovery and CNN and Hbo will go away as a stand alone and become merged with Paramount. Showtime is no longer a stand alone source. Now merged into Paramount. We will end up with all the extra sources consolidated to 3 or 4 sources and we will be back to cable with ever increasing prices.

Subscribers are going to have to see value or they will cancel. This isn't the old days with contracts and having to wait around all day for a technician to install new boxes or a satellite on your house if you change services, people will click through and cancel, go for promos, binge watch and cancel, etc.

 

[b4pjoe]

There are contracts on streaming services. If you want a cheaper price you have to sign up for a year and pay the full amount. If you want to cancel you can but you don't get any money back. They don't cancel it until that yearly subscription ends. So if you don't want a contract you have to pay the higher monthly fee. But at least now you have a choice which way to go.

 

[navychop]

And I don't think binge watching is as successful anymore. They don't always keep all episodes and seasons available. And some might just no longer be available.

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[dishdude]

There are contracts on streaming services. If you want a cheaper price you have to sign up for a year and pay the full amount. If you want to cancel you can but you don't get any money back. They don't cancel it until that yearly subscription ends. So if you don't want a contract you have to pay the higher monthly fee. But at least now you have a choice which way to go.

That's not at all like the contracts the satellite companies have, that's a discount for prepaying for a year.

 

[b4pjoe]

That's not at all like the contracts the satellite companies have, that's a discount for prepaying for a year.

Yeah that is what I said but you are still locked in for that year since they don't do refunds.

 

[telstar_1]

DiSH started out offering discounted annual subs but then in a few years stopped. So, why? It really ticked off some of my cx's, who liked both getting the discounting as well as not having to deal with a monthly bill. The reason was because a lot of the crooks they had attracted to sell DiSH had told people they would get lifetime free service (and charged exorbitantly for the system/install), bought them a year of basic, and then skipped town. Then after that DiSH started demanding SSNs and pushing autopay. All crookery-driven. Themselves as crooks, associating themselves with crooks.

 

[Jimbo]

There are contracts on streaming services. If you want a cheaper price you have to sign up for a year and pay the full amount. If you want to cancel you can but you don't get any money back. They don't cancel it until that yearly subscription ends. So if you don't want a contract you have to pay the higher monthly fee. But at least now you have a choice which way to go.

I wish all Streaming services offered Yearly deals.

 

[b4pjoe]

I wish all Streaming services offered Yearly deals.

Yeah if you know you are going to be there for that long you can definitely save some money. Disney+ and Hulu both have yearly deals but not if you bundle them. You have to just go monthly when you bundle them.

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[Jimbo]

Yeah if you know you are going to be there for that long you can definitely save some money. Disney+ and Hulu both have yearly deals but not if you bundle them. You have to just go monthly when you bundle them.

I Know Netflix does not ... they won't even take my money and put it in my account to withdrawl (without me using a Gift Card)

Drives me nuts that Netflix doesn't want your money for the year, they make intrest on it ... thier excuse is that they allow you to Cancel at any time ... I said, yes you do, what does that have to do with it.

Personally, I think they are lazy, regarding this.

And they don't want to discount thier precious price (that keeps going up and up and up.)

 

[Jimbo]

Yeah if you know you are going to be there for that long you can definitely save some money. Disney+ and Hulu both have yearly deals but not if you bundle them. You have to just go monthly when you bundle them.

I have 2 that I know I'll do for sure year round, thats Netflix and Paramount Plus ...
The others I use fron time to time, although Hulu I find myself using this past year (I have it in a Bundle with ESPN and Disney) Surprisingly, I find ESPN almost useless.

 

[Bruce]

Comcast Corporation, one of the largest telecommunications and media conglomerates in the United States, has shed more than 13 million pay-TV subscribers since reaching its zenith in the late 2000s. The company's video subscriber base, which includes traditional cable television services, stood at approximately 24.2 million customers toward the end of 2008. By the close of the first quarter of 2026, that figure had plummeted to roughly10.95 million, representing a loss of about 13.25 million subscribers, or more than half of its historical peak.

Comcast Has Lost Over 13 Million TV Subscribers Since It Peaked Back in 2008 - A Look Back At This Historic Fall That Saw It Lose More Than Half of Its TV Subscribers | Cord Cutters News

Comcast Corporation, one of the largest telecommunications and media conglomerates in the United States, has shed more than 13 million pay-TV subscribers since reaching its zenith in the late 2000s. The company’s video subscriber base, which includes traditional cable television services, stood...

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[dishdude]

Comcast Corporation, one of the largest telecommunications and media conglomerates in the United States, has shed more than 13 million pay-TV subscribers since reaching its zenith in the late 2000s. The company's video subscriber base, which includes traditional cable television services, stood at approximately 24.2 million customers toward the end of 2008. By the close of the first quarter of 2026, that figure had plummeted to roughly10.95 million, representing a loss of about 13.25 million subscribers, or more than half of its historical peak.

Comcast Has Lost Over 13 Million TV Subscribers Since It Peaked Back in 2008 - A Look Back At This Historic Fall That Saw It Lose More Than Half of Its TV Subscribers | Cord Cutters News

Comcast Corporation, one of the largest telecommunications and media conglomerates in the United States, has shed more than 13 million pay-TV subscribers since reaching its zenith in the late 2000s. The company’s video subscriber base, which includes traditional cable television services, stood...

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Couldn't happen to a nicer company!

 

[Bruce]

The average monthly cost of cable television in the United States has climbed to $147, marking a significant increase that reflects broader trends in media consumption and rising operational expenses for providers. This figure represents the baseline expense for standard television packages across major cable operators, excluding additional fees for premium channels, equipment rentals, or taxes that often push household bills even higher.

This is without Broadband services ( bundled), also, paying a lot more for a lot less new scripted content and now….sports.

The Cost of Cable TV Has Jumped Almost 55% Over the Last 10 Years | Cord Cutters News

The average monthly cost of cable television in the United States has climbed to $147, marking a significant increase that reflects broader trends in media consumption and rising operational expenses for providers. This figure represents the baseline expense for standard television packages...

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