What would it take to get some regulatory action to stem the tide of not just everyone making streaming services but them basically becoming like cable

Submitted by StarChild413 t3_ydbi1b in television

No, this is not to do with the Disney+ Doctor Who news (at least in and of itself, if there's any connection it's to do with all those people e.g. in the comments of the thread announcing that news thinking buying the broadcast rights meant Disney bought the franchise). It's more to do with how everybody's making a streaming service (and adding a + at the end even when their service isn't named after a network) and kinda becoming the very thing they swore to destroy with the different tiers, predatory policies, normalization of binging short seasons, and even being seen as show killers (where a show gets moved for last season before ending) etc. etc. etc.

Why hasn't there been any legal action against streaming services (and how can we make some happen), do they really donate that much to campaigns that politicians are worried about that going away?

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whris_cilson t1_itr5lhc wrote

Disclaimer: I had a stroke reading this, but I'll try my best to answer.

Whats wrong with binging seasons? You are not forced to do so, watch an episode a day or one each week like the last 93 years.

Give me an example of a show killer? First time I've read this term.

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_itrbpcc wrote

> Give me an example of a show killer? First time I've read this term.

I think they're referring to when a network intentionally moves a show to a bad time slot in a way that makes it look like they were trying to get the ratings to drop so they'd have an excuse to cancel it. Not sure how that would apply to streaming services, though.

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whris_cilson t1_itred9z wrote

Maybe he is referring to shows being moved from network tv into streaming? Although thats is the opposite of a show killer, more like a hail mary. I don't know of any case of the opposite (streaming --> network tv), so I don't think it's that either.

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_itrnn1v wrote

> I don't know of any case of the opposite (streaming --> network tv)

Offhand:

One Day at a Time and Tuca & Bertie were each (separately) picked up by cable networks for a new season or seasons after Netflix cancelled them.

BoJack Horseman's syndication rights were picked up by Comedy Central.

Universal Kids has aired several of the animated DreamWorks shows that were initially made for Netflix.

The Mysterious Benedict Society show was initially only a Disney+ Original, but will now be airing on Disney Channel the day before new episodes are added to Disney+.

A few cases of Disney+ or Hulu originals airing an episode or a season on TV as a promotional thing (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Solar Opposites, etc.).

But yeah, I don't think any of those situations would be what the OP would be talking about.

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DisapointmentRabbit t1_its05ur wrote

Pretty easy to do the same thing with streaming. Make it show up in your lists less often or not at all.

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facebook57 t1_itr6afm wrote

OP what form would this legislation or regulation take exactly? What would you like the government to actually do?

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__War_Eagle__ t1_itr6wd6 wrote

Is OP asking Congress to stop streaming services from canceling shows.

Faceplam

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WordsAreSomething t1_itr8uqh wrote

>kinda becoming the very thing they swore to destroy with the different tiers, predatory policies, normalization of binging short seasons, and even being seen as show killers (where a show gets moved for last season before ending) etc. etc. etc.

I don't remember streaming promising to not do any of those things.

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_itrb3nz wrote

> Why hasn't there been any legal action against streaming services (and how can we make some happen)

On what basis would the action even be taken? Nothing you've described is illegal.

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ViskerRatio t1_itsp2ao wrote

We've been here before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc.

The problem is that the streaming services are increasingly vertical monopolies that are competing on the basis of their monopoly properties rather than their services. If you want to watch Star Wars, you're stuck with Disney regardless of what else they do with their service. The same with HBO and Game of Thrones, Paramount and Star Trek, etc.

As a consequence, the streaming services are focused almost exclusively on content rather than providing a better service.

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