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Nor sure why anyone would expect somwthkng else. Streaming doesn’t make things any cheaper than traditional tv, production might be slightly cheaper but not because of streaming. Shareholders still want the same roi.

Everything being VoD is a pretty nice feature though.

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> Streaming doesn’t make things any cheaper than traditional tv

Streaming is oodles cheaper than owning traditional TV station.

But the networks didn’t (mostly) own the traditional TV stations. Streaming cuts the middlemen out of the loop which is probably a bit cheaper though overall.

The new middlemen are cloud (unless you're amazon/google) and internet providers.

It really isn't cheaper. Netflix pays $1bil/yr to aws. The only advantage streaming providers have is that you're already paying for an internet connection. But TV over internet solutions have been a thing for a long time so even this doesn't really matter. At the end of the day it's just bits going through a plastic tube from one computer to another. If anything, the 1 to 1 on-demand aspect of streaming would make this the more expensive option.

> Netflix pays $1bil/yr to aws

So actual hardware would cost them like 1/4 of that.

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