Skavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 days agoDisney Bet Big on Streaming, and the Numbers Show It Losing Ground to Netflix and YouTubepeakd.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down11
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkDisney Bet Big on Streaming, and the Numbers Show It Losing Ground to Netflix and YouTubepeakd.comSkavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 days agoUltimately it doesn’t matter if consumers can choose between different services if the services don’t have the same “content” due to exclusive rights.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·3 days agoThat’s legally irrelevant.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoFor now. Studios owning cinemas was also legally irrelevant until it wasn’t.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoIt was not irrelevant, as one studio would control the only cinema accessible in an area. Unless studios become ISPs which have monopoly in a town say, and block all but their own streaming service, the concept of monopoly is irrelevant.
Ultimately it doesn’t matter if consumers can choose between different services if the services don’t have the same “content” due to exclusive rights.
That’s legally irrelevant.
For now. Studios owning cinemas was also legally irrelevant until it wasn’t.
It was not irrelevant, as one studio would control the only cinema accessible in an area.
Unless studios become ISPs which have monopoly in a town say, and block all but their own streaming service, the concept of monopoly is irrelevant.