XPost: rec.arts.drwho, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article ,   
   Your Name   wrote:   
   >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).   
   >   
   >   
      
   Too many commercial in the streamers.   
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