Reply #3: Not really [View All]

[Xithras]

I've never understood the hype over the streaming profit model. It's basically the same argument that the dotcommers used back in the 1990's to support their businesses and justify the massive investments in their sometimes questionable companies; "We'll give our content away for free and make money on the banner ads!" We all know how well that worked out for the dotcommers.

And advertising really is the only revenue stream available to these producers. Nobody is going to pay money to view an episode of House, when they can just DVR the episode while it's being broadcast on the TV they already own. Pinnacle, Apple, and other manufacturers even have devices out already to permit these same shows to be bounced from the DVR or cable box onto a viewers computer.

I really don't see where all this money they're fighting over is supposed to be coming from.