XPost: rec.arts.drwho, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   The Doctor wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > Your Name   wrote:   
   > >   
   > > A complete NON-surprise that the ratings are lower than the   
   > > pre-Disney seasons. Disney of course bought into Doctor Who   
   > > because they stupidly believed it would raise their number   
   > > of subscribers, which it wasn't ever going to do and anybody   
   > > with more than one braincell could have told them the   
   > > 'ratings' would drop dramatically. The only legal way for   
   > > international viewers to watch "Doctor Who" currently is to   
   > > subscribe to Disney+, which most people simply weren't going   
   > > to bother doing, especially for just one show and continual   
   > > prices rises (both for Disney+ and general retail prices for   
   > > everything).   
   > >   
   > > Subscription-based streaming services themselves weren't   
   > > really a good idea to begin with, let alone numerous   
   > > services all with their own 'exclusive' content. The old   
   > > cable and satelitte TV services have been struggling for   
   > > decades to retain and grow subscriber numbers.   
   >   
   > So Disney+ is not as popular as hoped.   
      
   Or more accurately...   
      
   Doctor Who is not as popular as Disney hoped!   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)