XPost: rec.arts.drwho, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-02-08 15:41:29 +0000, Blueshirt said:   
      
   > 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!   
      
   Even more accurately, streaming services are, unsurprisingly, not as   
   popular as the greedy fools in management thought they were going to be   
   ... mainly because there are simply far too many streaming services.   
      
   They can't get the amount of subscribers to maintain the services, so   
   now most are shifting towards advertising, which will simply push even   
   more people to stop bothering to subscribe. Some service are also   
   looking at sharing their "exclusive" content, but it's just far too   
   late. The number of streaming service will continue to dwindle until   
   only those with very deep pockets remain and only for as long as those   
   pockets can sustain the loses via the profits from the conmpanys' other   
   businesses (the theme parks for Disney, but even those are struggling   
   with rising costs).   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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