From: lalbert1@aol.com   
      
   On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 12:06:34 GMT, usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote:   
      
   >A thread to discuss the world of streaming video, present and future.   
   > ...   
   >Some questions to open up the discussion:  What's your TV setup?  Have you   
   "cut   
   >the cord?"  What streaming services do you have, and why?  Do you like them?   
   >What do you think is the future of video entertainment distribution?  Will it   
   be   
   >more fragmentation, or a market collapse and consolidation?  Or is this a   
   >transition to some other model, and if so what?   
      
      
   Our TV setup is uncomplicated.  The only thing we watch on the network   
   station(s) is the local news.  Comcast cable provides us with   
   additional news programs on PBS, CNN, MSNBC, and NHKTV (Japan).  In   
   addition to being news junkies we also watch TCM on cable.   
      
   We have streamed Amazon and Netflix for years for movies, and we like   
   them both.  We recently discovered a free streaming service for movies   
   that has better movies overall than either of them, Kanopy.   
   All that is required to join Kanopy (it's ad-free) is a library card.   
   You can read about it at:   
   https://clark.com/streaming-tv/kanopy-review-library-card-free-streaming/   
   "Featuring content from big-name production companies and HBO   
   Documentaries, Kanopy is available as a resource to members of more   
   than 4,000 libraries around the world.".   
      
   I think the future of video entertainment distribution will be more of   
   the same of what exists now, specialty streams like Disney and   
   Criterion,  sports streams, shlock streams of crappy films and network   
   comedy shows, etc. -  all driven by advertising dollars.   
      
   Les   
      
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