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Why streamers are shrinking their content libraries (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave to c/economics
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  • In the face of profit pressures and growing competition for users, streamers have taken to removing content to avoid the residual payments and licensing fees.
  • Narrowing content libraries naturally means a need for differentiation.
  • Data from Fandom, which hosts more than 50 million wiki pages on entertainment properties, suggests where the major streaming platforms are best poised to specialize based on current viewership.
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[–] hackeryarn 18 points 7 months ago

So streaming services are really becoming on demand cable. How long until someone bundles a bunch and makes a company out of it?

[–] Agent641 8 points 7 months ago

Weird, my plex library grows by the day.

[–] Heavybell 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait, are they using "streamer" to refer to the provider and not the subscriber? That's weird.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

well, a streamer should be an individual content creator, not a subscriber or a platform - and this article is talking about the big service providers.

was really difficult to understand what the hell was going on until then.

[–] Heavybell 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah that's true actually.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I can appreciate a cover photo showing a 3rd generation Apple TV (2012) controller used in 2024.