Hello! I came across this article and enjoyed it. I’m curious what your thoughts are on a sustainable model for something *close* to the existing “Peak TV” we’ve enjoyed? Like what is an ideal subscription fee that would provide a vast catalog commercial-free? $50/month per service? More?
I have definitely enjoyed and taken advantage of this heyday. It sounds like the real money is in advertising dollars. But I honestly think I would be willing to pay a premium to be able to watch what I want ad-free how I want it. How much of a premium? I don’t know…but I really hate commercials. It’s worth some amount to me to not have my entertainment boxed into 42 minute episodes interrupted throughout, breaking the story flow.
Or, maybe it’s back to purchasing seasons to watch after they have aired, like the good old days!
Peacock was an example, and they would need to triple their fee to match the revenue from their broadcast model.
Even if the services all tripled their prices, they would also probably need to implement a method to prevent subscribers from pausing their subscription during the year and catching up on all the shows for just a couple months fees.
The point was Friends & Squid Game each made hundreds of millions of dollars for the distribution channel, but the network/syndication model passed more along to its creators.
Hello! I came across this article and enjoyed it. I’m curious what your thoughts are on a sustainable model for something *close* to the existing “Peak TV” we’ve enjoyed? Like what is an ideal subscription fee that would provide a vast catalog commercial-free? $50/month per service? More?
I have definitely enjoyed and taken advantage of this heyday. It sounds like the real money is in advertising dollars. But I honestly think I would be willing to pay a premium to be able to watch what I want ad-free how I want it. How much of a premium? I don’t know…but I really hate commercials. It’s worth some amount to me to not have my entertainment boxed into 42 minute episodes interrupted throughout, breaking the story flow.
Or, maybe it’s back to purchasing seasons to watch after they have aired, like the good old days!
He kind of mentioned it in the article.
Peacock was an example, and they would need to triple their fee to match the revenue from their broadcast model.
Even if the services all tripled their prices, they would also probably need to implement a method to prevent subscribers from pausing their subscription during the year and catching up on all the shows for just a couple months fees.
Love the "did we get MoviePass-ed" at the end ahaha
Friends was a network show (later syndicated to cable and streaming)
The point was Friends & Squid Game each made hundreds of millions of dollars for the distribution channel, but the network/syndication model passed more along to its creators.
The Friends producers also created about 15 times more minutes of content than did the Squid Games producers.