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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
I mean, cable is like 100$. How much can you possibly be paying for streaming? 15$ for Netflix, 10$ for Crave, and Prime is basically free since I used for years before the streaming became available. Disney's thing will be I think $8 at launch? 33$ is still a far fry from $100+ for cable, unless you're tracking on the average $8 a month you pay for centre ice or whatever but even then...
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Or you could use real numbers and take the content into consideration.
$20 month for crave/hbo/movies, $15 Netflix, Prime $10, Disney $8 estimate, NBC $7 estimate.
That’s $60. But includes absolutely no sports making any comparison to cable at $100 pointless.
So let’s add TSN $20, Sportsnet Now $20.
Now we’re up to $100 total but obviously would still lack access to many core network channels cable offers. I don’t watch a lot of network TV but I’ll happily pay an extra $10 a month to watch shows live and commercial free instead of streaming them off the City/Global/CTV websites a day or two after air with mandatory commercials.
But that’s also missing one of the key problems, Netflix, amazon and Disney have unique content meaning cable subscribers need it too. And as content becomes more and more fractured, you’re likely to need access to half a dozen or more services to watch all the shows you used to be able to watch on Netflix alone.