Re: Disney+ Streaming

[Brandon Butterworth <brandon () rd bbc co uk>]

On Fri Nov 29, 2019 at 12:41:50PM +0200, Mark Tinka wrote:
> It's either naive or presumptuous of any VoD provider to think that they
> can each have 100% of the market

Yes, rent seekers are going to seek rent so they will try and be the
tier 1 content provider and all the other content has to pay them
to be seen. They hope to lock up internet as they did with cable

> More so, that sharing the market
> through fragmentation is a viable way to guarantee their going concern
> over the long term.

And try busting or buying each other as they fight to be the only
one.

Aggregators get away with it as there is some value in not having
to mess around buying each item individually but they get greedy
and there is easy profit in selling bundles of exclusive stuff
you won't use.

If they'd stick to just being frictionliess marketplaces for buying
any content you want they'd be providing a useful service (as IXP
help in peering).

brandon