Why streamers are shrinking their content libraries
KEY POINTS
- In the face of profit pressures and growing competition for users, streamers have taken to removing content to avoid the residual payments and licensing fees.
- Narrowing content libraries naturally means a need for differentiation.
- Data from Fandom, which hosts more than 50 million wiki pages on entertainment properties, suggests where the major streaming platforms are best poised to specialize based on current viewership.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/02/streaming-platforms-are-shrinking-their-content-libraries.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
So streaming services are really becoming on demand cable. How long until someone bundles a bunch and makes a company out of it?
Weird, my plex library grows by the day.
Wait, are they using "streamer" to refer to the provider and not the subscriber? That's weird.
well, a streamer should be an individual content creator, not a subscriber or a platform - and this article is talking about the big service providers.
was really difficult to understand what the hell was going on until then.
Yeah that's true actually.
I can appreciate a cover photo showing a 3rd generation Apple TV (2012) controller used in 2024.