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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
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   Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   DW is suffering beacuse of an antiDisney sentiment.   
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