Does the Future of Streaming Look More Like Cable?

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🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In the last few years, streaming has overtaken cable as the go-to means of watching TV. But as more streaming platforms flood the market, the industry’s major players are finding it harder to grow. WSJ’s Jessica Toonkel says companies are finding new solutions in the old cable bundle playbook. Further Reading: - You Hated Your Cable Package. Your Streaming Services Are Bringing It Back. - Paramount Explores Merging Showtime Streaming Service Into Paramount+ - Disney Explores Membership Program Like Amazon Prime - Walmart Reaches Video-Streaming Deal to Offer Paramount+ to Members Further Listening: - Netflix Turns to Ads - NBC's Olympic Bet on Peacock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How many streaming services do you think you can name?
0:08.6	Can I start with the big ones?
0:10.2	Yes.
0:11.2	Okay.
0:12.2	Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV, HBO Max.
0:16.5	There are a lot of streaming services these days.
0:19.8	Are calling Jessica Tunkle writes about them?
0:22.2	Curiosity Stream, AMC Plus, Shutter.
0:26.0	I mean, I know a lot of streaming services.
0:29.4	You're at 13 right now.
0:31.1	I'm quite impressed.
0:32.1	We could keep going.
0:34.8	Let me think.
0:36.4	Jessica was able to name 17 streaming services.
0:39.9	Just off the top of her head, there are so many,
0:43.7	each with their own little jingles.
0:45.2	It's getting hard to keep track of them all.
0:55.6	It's absurd.
0:57.0	It's absurd.
0:57.9	It's absurd.
0:59.0	So how much would it cost as a consumer to sign up for all of those?
1:05.7	I mean, even just like the 17 that you just named off,
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