There have been a lot of streaming services coming out in the past 9 months. Four, to be exact. Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, and NBC's Peacock. Combine those with the preexisting Netflix and Prime Video, and that's six streaming services, which can cost $45 altogether at a minimum cost, or $72 at the most.
But, in an overly crowded sea of streaming wars, who should you choose your hard-earned money on? Which horse should you bet on? And who will remain victorious when the day breaks and the sun shines?
Well, let's go through and find out. This will be a (Fairly) well-organized presentation, breaking down each streaming service with the following qualifications; Content, Company, Cost, Competition, and Composition.
Content, of course, is what the streaming service includes, Company is the company's business practices, Cost being.... the cost... and Competition being how the streaming service is in the marketplace. The Composition is how the streaming site looks and how it operates.
And most of their original films have garnered very mixed reviews. Most of them are viewed as the type of franchise-starter that starts the movie you want to see at the end of the movie. The ones that have actually gotten good reviews (Enola Holmes), actually came from other studios that Netflix bought the movie from.
And the streaming service's website is laid out very professionally and appealingly. Every movie/television show is laid out in lines, and each line is organized by category, such as "Comedies," "Netflix Originals," and "Classic & Cult TV." There's also a search bar that comes in handy.
And I think Prime Video really suffers from two things: Content and format.
Basically, Prime Video has no original kid-friendly content. Most of their bigger television shows like Jack Ryan, The Boys, and The Marvelous Ms. Maisel are all TV-MA. They don't have a Stranger Things for tweens and teens or a Trollhunters for kids. And the three shows I just listed are basically the extent of the original content on the platform. It doesn't have a lot going for it.
But, there is one saving grace: Prime Video recently picked up a Lord of the Rings television series, set during the second age. This could be Amazon's big hit if it's TV-14. If it's more in line with Game of Thrones, I doubt anyone would care because that's all they would compare it to. It needs to be more in line with Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. And, Amazon has committed to five seasons of this, overall costing a billion dollars. That's right. A billion dollars. It's going to be the most expensive television show ever produced. It's expected to premiere in 2021, but COVID will probably delay that.
But, in terms of price, Prime Video by itself costs $9 a month. Amazon Prime in general costs $13 a month.
And, the second thing going against Prime Video is the way it's formatted. I have no clue what's on or on this thing. Unlike Netflix, where everything you see you can watch, I would say that 80% of the stuff on Prime Video is stuff that you have to pay for, digitally renting or buying. It's barely a streaming service. And you can't really tell what's included or not. For example, it has individual channels that you have to pay for like CBS, HBO, and Starz, as well as newly released films you have to rent. And sometimes, the stuff included with Prime Video is grouped with stuff that's not!
You can tell that Amazon is not an entertainment company like Netflix or Disney. It's just putting the stuff on there and hoping people will accidentally pay for things they thought were included.
Apple TV+ is actually dying out as we speak. Only half of the 10 million people it has actually use the service, and that's because there's literally nothing on it. The only time I saw anything on it was when they released Greyhound, which I disliked so much I didn't even review it.
But, Apple realized this and is trying to get the rights to older shows to keep up with Netflix. So far they have... Fraggle Rock. Yeah.
And the layout of the site is terrible. Once again, it's not an entertainment company making entertainment. It's a corporate entity trying something for the first time, and failing at it.
Disney+ is, right now, probably the best deal for streaming. It's only $7 and includes a huge library of nostalgia friendly content including, but not limited to: Every animated Disney film, every Pixar film, every Star Wars film, every MCU film, most of the X-Men movies, The Simpsons, Ice Age, Little Einsteins, Phineas and Ferb, and family-friendly Fox content like The Peanuts Movie and Avatar.
That's a huge library of content. Not to mention the originals like Hamilton, Clone Wars (Season 7), The Mandalorian.
But that's right now. Disney has a lot planned for upcoming originals, including a Home Alone remake, Flora & Ulysses, reboots for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Cheaper by the Dozen, Inspector Gadget, Night at the Museum, The Parent Trap, Robin Hood, The Sword in the Stone, Lilo & Stitch, and Robin Hood. Additional content includes Ice Age and Rio spin-offs, Hocus Pocus 2, Prince Anders, and The Rocketeers. And that's only the movies, which aren't technically "Originals" since most of them are reboots, but I digress.
For television shows, we have (Big breath): WandaVision. Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Chip 'n' Dale, Monsters at Work, Loki, What If...?, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, a Cassian Andor series, Hawkeye, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, an Obi-Wan Kenobi series, an Ice Age series, a National Treasure series, a female-led Star Wars series, and a Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. I'm very excited about Percy Jackson. By the time it starts a casting search (2022-2024), I would be about the right age to play Luke Castellan, so I need to figure out how to be an actor, support myself financially in adulthood, get street cred, and audition. Then I should be good.
And Disney+ is formatted beautifully. Disney knows how to appeal to the masses. But, does Disney+ have any downsides?
Well, yes it does. None of these streaming sites are perfect. First of all, allowing Artemis Fowl anywhere near it was a mistake. Second of all, Disney introduced a "Premier Access" tier with Mulan, where you pay $30 (In addition to the $7) to see a movie. That's a huge mistake. Disney+ was created as a place for all Disney content for $7, and not even a year later they broke that promise to release another soulless remake for an overpriced cost.
So they need to stop that, but you know they won't. We'll probably see it again, depending on if they think that theaters will be safe for Soul and Black Widow. Another problem with Disney+ is that they're not including more mature content on the site. Fox also owns a bunch of other properties like Independence Day, Mrs. Doubtifre, The Martian, Bohemian Rhapsody, and the Planet of the Apes movies. And Black-Ish.
Granted, I know nothing about streaming service rights, but those are all Fox movies. And they moved a Love, Victor series over to Hulu for no reason other than being "Edgy" but I'm pretty sure it was them thinking there might be backlash over a gay tv show on a family-friendly site, and there are those people who might get angry about that.
And it has a huge amount of subscribers, 60 million, for only operating for a year (It launched November 12th). That's about half of Prime Video in a fourteenth of the time. Basically, Disney+ has a lot of potential, but Disney needs to trust its audience and release the edgier content on the platform.
Well, first of all, HBO is owned by Warner Bros., so there's that library. It also includes properties from 20th Century Studios and Universal Pictures (Until 2022), so expect those 20th Century Studios IPs on Disney+ in a few years. But, the sheer number of content it could have is actually a double-edged sword, because there are also things it might not have that you would expect it to. Stuff from Legendary, New Line, Paramount, Studio Ghibli, DreamWorks, DC, and Warner Bros. But it's not like Disney+ where it has everything. It seems to rather scattershot.
Its library includes content like LOTR, the Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Samurai Jack, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Fast and Furious, all the Hannah Barbera cartoons, and Friends, but I don't know if that stuff is there to stay or if it's like Netflix, where it will leave eventually. For example, I know Mulan's not going anywhere. That's Disney. But HBO? I dunno... it has a lot of content, but not exactly stuff the nuclear family can sit down together and watch. And if your family is watching Game of Thrones, well... best keep the little one's eyes closed. HBO Max has Game of Thrones, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Watchmen, Big Bang Theory, and Doctor Who. So, unlike Netflix, where you know what stuff is there to stay and that everything else will leave eventually, we have no clue what'll stay on HBO Max, and for $15, that's a very expensive question mark.
And right now, it only has 4.1 million subscribers. That's not too good for such a big company and price. But, expect that to change with the upcoming programming, most notably The Snyder Cut, a massive force of fan energy that will no doubt give the service a huge bump. And, it's going to have a Green Lantern show, Dune: The Sisterhood, a GCPD show (Like Gotham, but tied into The Batman), and a Friends reunion (Sadly not a continuation of the show).
And it's laid out fairly well. We just need to figure out where Batman: The Animated Series is and then we'll be fine. And in response to overpriced complaints, HBO will be making a cheaper version with ads sometime in 2021. In fact, they started a campaign to lower the cost to $12 for a year, so kudos to them for recognizing it's overpriced. Still overpriced ($8-10 would be optimal), but that's okay.
Overall, HBO Max has a lot of potential, but it's weighed down by its cost and an unsure library of content.
Those are excellent deals. For original content, we're getting a reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air called Bel-Air and a reboot of Battlestar Galactica. So again, not original content, but reboots of existing franchises.
But the biggest draw is definitely what's coming next January. Next January, The Office is leaving Netflix for Peacock. Whether or not this is free or not, however, is to be determined. Peacock has a lot of potential, especially since it's free. And it already has 10 million subscribers, so the free gimmick must be working. I mean, I'm definitely more likely to start watching 30 Rock for free instead of paying $15 for Friends.
And it's layout is extremely simple, although they should probably not have such big squares for their movies. It seems like the majority of the content on the site is free, and the ones that aren't free have a tiny purple corner, which is good enough. I don't know how many of the movies, if any, on the site will stay there, but you know what? Beggars can't be choosers. It's okay enough.
In conclusion, I made this graph, because one picture speaks a thousand words:
Right now, Disney+ is the best streaming service out there. It's extremely cheap for the amount of content it has, it not only has a ton of content already on the site but an extremely large amount of content coming. It doesn't hurt that it's owned by a billion-dollar corporation, so it will easily last the longest.
Next is Netflix, the current king of the streaming services. The things weighing it down are the sheer amount of debt Netflix is putting itself into to produce content. It's nearly 12 billion dollars down, and unlike Disney, isn't making a batch of successful blockbusters every other month. But, Netflix is also situated to last a very long time since it has a huge amount of subscribers. But Netflix is also extremely expensive, and only has a few popular things that it actually owns. It needs to either have a major upgrade in content or lower the price, especially since it's losing content left and right, coupled with a price increase, no less.
After that is HBO Max, which is very middle of the road. Mostly, it's just too expensive, almost as expensive as Netflix, with an unclear catalog of content. But, it is going places with the Snyder Cut. After that comes out... well, I don't know what'll happen to it. We'll just have to see.
After that is Peacock, which is ranked a bit lower because it only has, like, three good shows, but: It is free. That's just about the one thing going for it. None of the future content looks particularly good. But, what will really make or break this streaming service is whether or not The Office is for free.
After that, I rank Amazon Prime #5. Prime Video mostly has numbers because it comes with Amazon Prime. Other than that, it has not very popular content, is overpriced on its own, and has the most awful layout I may have ever seen for anything. I have no clue what's happening when I go onto Amazon Prime. But, it's getting a LOTR series, so it's got that going for it.
But, in an overly crowded sea of streaming wars, who should you choose your hard-earned money on? Which horse should you bet on? And who will remain victorious when the day breaks and the sun shines?
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Well, let's go through and find out. This will be a (Fairly) well-organized presentation, breaking down each streaming service with the following qualifications; Content, Company, Cost, Competition, and Composition.
Content, of course, is what the streaming service includes, Company is the company's business practices, Cost being.... the cost... and Competition being how the streaming service is in the marketplace. The Composition is how the streaming site looks and how it operates.
Netflix
Netflix has a huge plethora of content: It has extremely popular original shows such as Stranger Things, Witcher, Orange is the New Black, Tiger King, Trollhunters, and The Umbrella Academy. It also includes some licensed shows: The Office has found a huge audience on Netflix, but it is leaving soon. Netflix also has Breaking Bad, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, The Good Place, Community, and Star Trek. Netflix has also signed deals that include getting Seinfield on the service.
So that is a ton of content. A huuuuge amount, so it also comes with a huuuuge price: $16 for a "Premium" account, which is basically four screens and in HD. You can also have two screens and HD for $12. That's a fairly heft price, all things considered. And it's seen large increases in the past years: Just in 2017, it was $14.
For the competition, well, right now Netflix is the king among streaming services. It has the most subscribers with 182 million and has been around the longest (It was founded in 1997). Netflix has also been launching itself into debt these past years to try and craft it's own originals, with mostly good results.
Something Netflix could improve is its shows. It has crafted great shows but lacks any type of funny show where every episode is interchangeable. Basically, I can watch any episode of The Office and be satisfied, even not watching the previous episodes. With Netflix, I just can't watch a random episode of Stranger Things or The Good Place. There's too much plot as their seasons are shorter (10-ish episodes). It needs its own version of Community or The Office, basically, and it knows that. That's why they spent $500 million procuring the rights to Seinfield.
So that is a ton of content. A huuuuge amount, so it also comes with a huuuuge price: $16 for a "Premium" account, which is basically four screens and in HD. You can also have two screens and HD for $12. That's a fairly heft price, all things considered. And it's seen large increases in the past years: Just in 2017, it was $14.
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| Netflix's most popular television show, Stranger Things. |
For the competition, well, right now Netflix is the king among streaming services. It has the most subscribers with 182 million and has been around the longest (It was founded in 1997). Netflix has also been launching itself into debt these past years to try and craft it's own originals, with mostly good results.
Something Netflix could improve is its shows. It has crafted great shows but lacks any type of funny show where every episode is interchangeable. Basically, I can watch any episode of The Office and be satisfied, even not watching the previous episodes. With Netflix, I just can't watch a random episode of Stranger Things or The Good Place. There's too much plot as their seasons are shorter (10-ish episodes). It needs its own version of Community or The Office, basically, and it knows that. That's why they spent $500 million procuring the rights to Seinfield.
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| The Office has been a staple of Netflix since forever. What will happen when it leaves this January? |
And most of their original films have garnered very mixed reviews. Most of them are viewed as the type of franchise-starter that starts the movie you want to see at the end of the movie. The ones that have actually gotten good reviews (Enola Holmes), actually came from other studios that Netflix bought the movie from.
And the streaming service's website is laid out very professionally and appealingly. Every movie/television show is laid out in lines, and each line is organized by category, such as "Comedies," "Netflix Originals," and "Classic & Cult TV." There's also a search bar that comes in handy.
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| The current layout of Netflix |
Prime Video
Prime Video launched 14 years ago on September 7th, 2006. It currently has 150 million subscribers, but there's a catch to that: Prime Video comes with Amazon Prime. So a lot of people use Amazon Prime just because they buy stuff on Amazon, but they don't necessarily use Prime Video. It's just offered with Amazon Prime as part of a bundle, so there's no good way to know how many people actually use it. The best statistic I could find was 150 million users, but again. It would be more accurate to know how many accounts actually watch things on Prime Video.And I think Prime Video really suffers from two things: Content and format.
Basically, Prime Video has no original kid-friendly content. Most of their bigger television shows like Jack Ryan, The Boys, and The Marvelous Ms. Maisel are all TV-MA. They don't have a Stranger Things for tweens and teens or a Trollhunters for kids. And the three shows I just listed are basically the extent of the original content on the platform. It doesn't have a lot going for it.
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| Sorry, Amazon, but Jack Ryan doesn't cut "Family-friendly four-quadrant programming." |
But, there is one saving grace: Prime Video recently picked up a Lord of the Rings television series, set during the second age. This could be Amazon's big hit if it's TV-14. If it's more in line with Game of Thrones, I doubt anyone would care because that's all they would compare it to. It needs to be more in line with Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. And, Amazon has committed to five seasons of this, overall costing a billion dollars. That's right. A billion dollars. It's going to be the most expensive television show ever produced. It's expected to premiere in 2021, but COVID will probably delay that.
But, in terms of price, Prime Video by itself costs $9 a month. Amazon Prime in general costs $13 a month.
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| What will make or break this LOTR series is whether or not it looks to Peter Jackson's trilogy or Game of Thrones for style. Basically, how detailed they show Celebrimbor's death. |
And, the second thing going against Prime Video is the way it's formatted. I have no clue what's on or on this thing. Unlike Netflix, where everything you see you can watch, I would say that 80% of the stuff on Prime Video is stuff that you have to pay for, digitally renting or buying. It's barely a streaming service. And you can't really tell what's included or not. For example, it has individual channels that you have to pay for like CBS, HBO, and Starz, as well as newly released films you have to rent. And sometimes, the stuff included with Prime Video is grouped with stuff that's not!
You can tell that Amazon is not an entertainment company like Netflix or Disney. It's just putting the stuff on there and hoping people will accidentally pay for things they thought were included.
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| Half of the things shown aren't even included in the streaming service. |
Apple TV+
Out of all the streaming services, the one most likely to die off first is Apple TV+. Launched November 1st, 2019, Apple TV+ costs $5. In February 2020, it had 10 million subscribers, but most of them got it for free. This happens because buying an Apple product gets you an entire year of Apple TV+ for free. That's what happened to me. My family recently bought an Apple TV (An excellent purchase) and it was just gifted to us. We don't plan on renewing it, but we took the free year because why not.Apple TV+ is actually dying out as we speak. Only half of the 10 million people it has actually use the service, and that's because there's literally nothing on it. The only time I saw anything on it was when they released Greyhound, which I disliked so much I didn't even review it.
But, Apple realized this and is trying to get the rights to older shows to keep up with Netflix. So far they have... Fraggle Rock. Yeah.
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| "We need something that appeals to the youth of today." "How about an old muppet show from the 80s?" "Yeah. That would probably be pretty cheap to get the right to." |
And the layout of the site is terrible. Once again, it's not an entertainment company making entertainment. It's a corporate entity trying something for the first time, and failing at it.
Disney+
Disney+ has potential if they don't underestimate their audience. Unfortunately, this is Disney, and in the past decade or so, that is all they've done.Disney+ is, right now, probably the best deal for streaming. It's only $7 and includes a huge library of nostalgia friendly content including, but not limited to: Every animated Disney film, every Pixar film, every Star Wars film, every MCU film, most of the X-Men movies, The Simpsons, Ice Age, Little Einsteins, Phineas and Ferb, and family-friendly Fox content like The Peanuts Movie and Avatar.
That's a huge library of content. Not to mention the originals like Hamilton, Clone Wars (Season 7), The Mandalorian.
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| Disney+ may be owned by a greedy media conglomerate, but man. Those last four Clone Wars episodes were amazing. |
But that's right now. Disney has a lot planned for upcoming originals, including a Home Alone remake, Flora & Ulysses, reboots for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Cheaper by the Dozen, Inspector Gadget, Night at the Museum, The Parent Trap, Robin Hood, The Sword in the Stone, Lilo & Stitch, and Robin Hood. Additional content includes Ice Age and Rio spin-offs, Hocus Pocus 2, Prince Anders, and The Rocketeers. And that's only the movies, which aren't technically "Originals" since most of them are reboots, but I digress.
For television shows, we have (Big breath): WandaVision. Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Chip 'n' Dale, Monsters at Work, Loki, What If...?, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, a Cassian Andor series, Hawkeye, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, an Obi-Wan Kenobi series, an Ice Age series, a National Treasure series, a female-led Star Wars series, and a Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. I'm very excited about Percy Jackson. By the time it starts a casting search (2022-2024), I would be about the right age to play Luke Castellan, so I need to figure out how to be an actor, support myself financially in adulthood, get street cred, and audition. Then I should be good.
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| Disney+ just announced that the titular for She-Hulk will be played by Tatiana Maslany. |
And Disney+ is formatted beautifully. Disney knows how to appeal to the masses. But, does Disney+ have any downsides?
Well, yes it does. None of these streaming sites are perfect. First of all, allowing Artemis Fowl anywhere near it was a mistake. Second of all, Disney introduced a "Premier Access" tier with Mulan, where you pay $30 (In addition to the $7) to see a movie. That's a huge mistake. Disney+ was created as a place for all Disney content for $7, and not even a year later they broke that promise to release another soulless remake for an overpriced cost.
So they need to stop that, but you know they won't. We'll probably see it again, depending on if they think that theaters will be safe for Soul and Black Widow. Another problem with Disney+ is that they're not including more mature content on the site. Fox also owns a bunch of other properties like Independence Day, Mrs. Doubtifre, The Martian, Bohemian Rhapsody, and the Planet of the Apes movies. And Black-Ish.
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| Disney has confirmed that the next Pixar film, Soul, will premiere on Disney+ on December 25th. |
Granted, I know nothing about streaming service rights, but those are all Fox movies. And they moved a Love, Victor series over to Hulu for no reason other than being "Edgy" but I'm pretty sure it was them thinking there might be backlash over a gay tv show on a family-friendly site, and there are those people who might get angry about that.
And it has a huge amount of subscribers, 60 million, for only operating for a year (It launched November 12th). That's about half of Prime Video in a fourteenth of the time. Basically, Disney+ has a lot of potential, but Disney needs to trust its audience and release the edgier content on the platform.
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| The current layout of Disney+ |
HBO Max
The first thing you need to know about HBO Max is that it's expensive. It's $15 a month. That's a Netflix level price for... what, exactly?Well, first of all, HBO is owned by Warner Bros., so there's that library. It also includes properties from 20th Century Studios and Universal Pictures (Until 2022), so expect those 20th Century Studios IPs on Disney+ in a few years. But, the sheer number of content it could have is actually a double-edged sword, because there are also things it might not have that you would expect it to. Stuff from Legendary, New Line, Paramount, Studio Ghibli, DreamWorks, DC, and Warner Bros. But it's not like Disney+ where it has everything. It seems to rather scattershot.
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| HBO Max was marketed as including all 8 Harry Potter films. They left a month after the service launched. |
Its library includes content like LOTR, the Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Samurai Jack, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Fast and Furious, all the Hannah Barbera cartoons, and Friends, but I don't know if that stuff is there to stay or if it's like Netflix, where it will leave eventually. For example, I know Mulan's not going anywhere. That's Disney. But HBO? I dunno... it has a lot of content, but not exactly stuff the nuclear family can sit down together and watch. And if your family is watching Game of Thrones, well... best keep the little one's eyes closed. HBO Max has Game of Thrones, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Watchmen, Big Bang Theory, and Doctor Who. So, unlike Netflix, where you know what stuff is there to stay and that everything else will leave eventually, we have no clue what'll stay on HBO Max, and for $15, that's a very expensive question mark.
And right now, it only has 4.1 million subscribers. That's not too good for such a big company and price. But, expect that to change with the upcoming programming, most notably The Snyder Cut, a massive force of fan energy that will no doubt give the service a huge bump. And, it's going to have a Green Lantern show, Dune: The Sisterhood, a GCPD show (Like Gotham, but tied into The Batman), and a Friends reunion (Sadly not a continuation of the show).
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| I can't claim to know the ultimate fate of HBO Max, but Warner Bros. is killing it with the movies. Dune and The Batman both look amazing. |
And it's laid out fairly well. We just need to figure out where Batman: The Animated Series is and then we'll be fine. And in response to overpriced complaints, HBO will be making a cheaper version with ads sometime in 2021. In fact, they started a campaign to lower the cost to $12 for a year, so kudos to them for recognizing it's overpriced. Still overpriced ($8-10 would be optimal), but that's okay.
Overall, HBO Max has a lot of potential, but it's weighed down by its cost and an unsure library of content.
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| Is Friends popular enough on its own, or was it only popular because it was on Netflix? |
Peacock
Peacock is a streaming service from NBC that launched just last July 15th. And what's interesting about Peacock is that it has three tiers: One is free. You can watch several things on the site, including Psycho, 30 Rock, Psych, Parks and Rec, Beetlejuice, National Lampoon's Vacation, Downtown Abbey, Saved by the Bell, and Battlestar Galactica for free. That's right, for free. Granted, you do have ads, but they are all at the beginning, and the most you get is three minutes. You can unlock the more "Premium" original content for $5 more, with the ads at the beginning. And for $10, you get everything ad-free. Some of the premium stuff includes Cheers and Frasier.Those are excellent deals. For original content, we're getting a reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air called Bel-Air and a reboot of Battlestar Galactica. So again, not original content, but reboots of existing franchises.
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| The Office and Parks and Rec are both popular. But again, are they popular by themselves or because they were on Netflix? |
But the biggest draw is definitely what's coming next January. Next January, The Office is leaving Netflix for Peacock. Whether or not this is free or not, however, is to be determined. Peacock has a lot of potential, especially since it's free. And it already has 10 million subscribers, so the free gimmick must be working. I mean, I'm definitely more likely to start watching 30 Rock for free instead of paying $15 for Friends.
And it's layout is extremely simple, although they should probably not have such big squares for their movies. It seems like the majority of the content on the site is free, and the ones that aren't free have a tiny purple corner, which is good enough. I don't know how many of the movies, if any, on the site will stay there, but you know what? Beggars can't be choosers. It's okay enough.
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| All of this stuff is free, except for The Purge: Anarchy, which is noted by the purple corner. |
Conclusion
In conclusion, I made this graph, because one picture speaks a thousand words:
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Right now, Disney+ is the best streaming service out there. It's extremely cheap for the amount of content it has, it not only has a ton of content already on the site but an extremely large amount of content coming. It doesn't hurt that it's owned by a billion-dollar corporation, so it will easily last the longest.
Next is Netflix, the current king of the streaming services. The things weighing it down are the sheer amount of debt Netflix is putting itself into to produce content. It's nearly 12 billion dollars down, and unlike Disney, isn't making a batch of successful blockbusters every other month. But, Netflix is also situated to last a very long time since it has a huge amount of subscribers. But Netflix is also extremely expensive, and only has a few popular things that it actually owns. It needs to either have a major upgrade in content or lower the price, especially since it's losing content left and right, coupled with a price increase, no less.
After that is HBO Max, which is very middle of the road. Mostly, it's just too expensive, almost as expensive as Netflix, with an unclear catalog of content. But, it is going places with the Snyder Cut. After that comes out... well, I don't know what'll happen to it. We'll just have to see.
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| The Snyder Cut will make or break HBO Max. |
After that is Peacock, which is ranked a bit lower because it only has, like, three good shows, but: It is free. That's just about the one thing going for it. None of the future content looks particularly good. But, what will really make or break this streaming service is whether or not The Office is for free.
After that, I rank Amazon Prime #5. Prime Video mostly has numbers because it comes with Amazon Prime. Other than that, it has not very popular content, is overpriced on its own, and has the most awful layout I may have ever seen for anything. I have no clue what's happening when I go onto Amazon Prime. But, it's getting a LOTR series, so it's got that going for it.
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| Amazon Prime will survive, even if this LOTR show is a flop. |
Lastly is Apple TV. Apple TV is $5. That's the only good thing about it, and even then it's overpriced, because you're paying $5 for nothing. Nothing. The best existing IP Apple could procure for the service is Fraggle Rock. That's pathetic. And Apple has no existing movies, as it is a technology company. And since it's a technology company, it has no clue how to be a streaming service, which is why the site looks so bad. It's "Meh" that'll go out of business in five years (Or until Apple deems fit).
So, Disney+ has the best content-price ratio, Apple TV+ is sinking fast, and Netflix is going to last a while.
Alas, only time will tell if my predictions ring true.
So, Disney+ has the best content-price ratio, Apple TV+ is sinking fast, and Netflix is going to last a while.
Alas, only time will tell if my predictions ring true.
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| Perhaps HISHE explained it best: "That's ridiculous! I don't think you're saving any money." |
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