Managing Our Streaming Services
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Now that many of us are living without cable, we’ve grown reliant on the many streaming services available in the market. What once was Netflix and Hulu has now expanded to include more and more platforms — potentially resulting in a bill higher than the cost of cable if not managed properly. Listeners share how they keep track of their streaming services, which ones they’ve cut out, and which they can’t live without.
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| 0:00.0 | BrainLeara on WNYC and now we'll wrap up today's show with a temperature check and a your media budget check on streaming services. |
| 0:18.0 | How are you navigating this evolving age of streaming? |
| 0:21.0 | 212 433 WNYC. |
| 0:25.0 | Tell us your own streaming management practices at 21233 962 Call or Text. |
| 0:33.8 | Over the last decade, I'm sure many of you listening |
| 0:37.0 | have made the switch from cable to streaming services |
| 0:41.3 | or even added streaming services, even if you still have cable. |
| 0:45.0 | But the trend is that Americans are deciding they're paying a few bills for various |
| 0:50.1 | platforms that you'll definitely use rather than a large bill for a lot of channels |
| 0:55.1 | that never go watch seems like a better use of that hard-earned cash right and with |
| 1:00.5 | most of them most of the services you can come and go month by month if you |
| 1:07.1 | choose but have you noticed in recent years the sheer number of streaming services offered in the market. |
| 1:14.0 | What started out as mostly Netflix and Hulu, |
| 1:17.8 | has balloon, there's Disney Plus, |
| 1:20.5 | Paramount Plus, every time you turn around if you're watching something on CBS, they're promoting |
| 1:24.8 | Paramount Plus now. |
| 1:26.7 | Max, formerly HBO Max, Peacock, related to NBC. |
| 1:31.4 | I could go on and on listing them, but get the idea not to mention in the last year |
| 1:36.4 | Prices for access to many of these platforms have swelled as many of you have been experiencing it. |
| 1:43.6 | And it's onset, for example, Netflix was 799. |
| 1:48.3 | Now you're paying over $20 a month for the premium tier. You can get Hulu's premium tier for 1199 and 2019. |
| 1:58.0 | Now it's 1799. So at what point do these costs outweigh the price of good old classic cable? |
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