XPost: rec.arts.drwho, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   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).   
      
   I don't think the directors of these streaming services live in   
   the real world. I would never have thought anyone around the   
   world would subscribe to Disney+ JUST for "Doctor Who"... it's   
   not that kind of essential show. Maybe when the Tenth Doctor and   
   Rose/Martha were around it might have happened to some degree,   
   as that was a popular time for the show. But Disney were being   
   delusional if they thought in 2023 that "Doctor Who" would be   
   the show to hook the masses in to their shiny new streaming   
   service.   
      
   Now, I did think "Doctor Who" post 2023 would be more popular   
   than it has been... but even as a fan, and had I needed to, I   
   still wouldn't have subscribed to Disney+ just to watch "Doctor   
   Who" at the prices they are charging.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   There is a use for streaming services but I doubt anyone   
   subscribes to any of them for just one show. When they were a   
   bit cheaper, and during covid, they played their part in   
   entertaining us, but now with the continual price rises, and   
   adverts,  people will be more choosy in which ones they   
   subscribe to. So whenever  I see reports that subscriber numbers   
   are down on ______ service I just think, "What did you expect?"   
      
   Nobody can subscribe to everything so somebody is going to   
   suffer.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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