Uhmmmm, no.
30 replies (most recent on top)
the dark horse in the race is xandr ...if they can pull off advertising as a service and start generating decent revenue they can prop up the streaming service
DTVNow costs about as much as cable tv - what incentive do i have to spend just as much for a product that still needs some refinement and has some limitations still?
It's a good time to be in the movie making business
DTVNow could be a leader, but of course it won't happen. Budgets are minimal, projects are cancelled, and support/dev teams are being furloughed 25% of the month. The platform is hardly moving, and as a result is falling further & further behind everyone else. The suites in Dallas think "The masses are asses" and the public will flock to whatever c-ap they put out. They attempt to hide the failure by basically giving the service away for free, hoping customers will forget to cancel after the trial period. Nobody is buying the c-apy service at full price, so now they're offering a free Apple TV (again) , thinking this will keep subs inflated and shareholders complacent.
"We need to buy Disney" I am sure it has crossed stankey and randy's mind. Disney even had their IT department train their replacements and then fire them. I wonder how that lawsuit has gone the ex-employees filed. so it probably wouldn't be a big culture change.
We need to buy Disney
No.
Actually I get the gut feeling the company is going to pillage and sacrifice the telecom side of the business in order to prop up their fledgling darling of Cloud, Big Data and Content.
if we are looking to win the streaming market because of brand recognition, the millineals who dominate the streaming market, will choose either\or Google, Netflix, Amazon Prime, or AppleTV without hesitation
On the contrary, if you take a look at the latest DirectivNow pricing it clearly is not priced to be the leader in streaming. Its priced to maximize revenue per customer, which is the way the finance folks think within T. Take a look at the LWD where they talk about branding and they believe that they can get away with charging more. Only groupies, employees(with the discount) or those that have trees in which money grows would pay the current prices with such a competitive market. Pricewise it has been priced to fail, and maybe that's the plan as long as T is able to make more profits via content licensing to its competitors.
T will always have a seat at the table. If not through innovation, they will at least bully their way in by aquiring others taking the bits and pieces of what they want and discarding the rest.
Traditional TV will die and be replaced by Content creators like Disney, Netflix etc. T is just wasting money on DTV Now.
Disney + just announced $6.99 per month. AT&T will never be the leader in streaming...or anything else for that matter. Look at their fake 5Ge.
Top* dog sorry typo
AT&T would be too dog if they didn’t treat the streaming business like the cable business. You can’t continue to change the price and add fees that don’t exist in streaming. They can do it but they need to understand that there is a difference.
Most people have multiple streaming services prime, Hulu, netflix - say good bye to a bundled services - al carte will eventually cost the same. They are all loss leaders, hook you, then slowly ratchet up the monthly. You add in your internet service and your mobile plan boom $$$ a month. T has an advantage by owning the pipes and the content, they don’t have to match Netflix subscriber for subscriber because the customer is most likely using their network.
T just seems to have a knack for the reverse Midas touch
Hey Mr. P--poo,
If everything they touch somehow fails how is it you still have a job? Or do you? If not, spend your time seeking employment instead of trolling this site.
I have the exact opposite feeling. Everything T touches turn to p--poo.
Hell no, they are too late. Disney just announced and their stock jumps. AT&T announces a product and stock drops.
Yes.
The company as a whole is overstaffed.
Management, accounting, lawyers, contracors, shipping, techs, retail stores and add in technology if they are profitable today and these cuts are coming, they can very much compete.
Add in cell phone, smart tvs, automated vehicles in combo with 5G and Air gig.
The last 20 years advanced much to make a landline phone company into an international giant.
People need to quit being simple minded. They have the guns to compete with any streaming company and they will make most of their money off of ads.
The stock price is a direct reflection of the merger and the NCAA tourney fed many ads for nearly free.
Disney just announced its streaming service for $69.99 a year (discounted) or $6.99 a month.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/11/disney-plus-price/?yptr=yahoo
Is AT&T going to be able to compete with that?
AT&T will be a lower tier player in the streaming game.... Netflix and Disney will dominate.... AT&T will be one of the 'dwarfs'..... BTW IQIYI in China is growing dramatically in terms of subscribers. I think their market is captive because of government regulations that keep Netflix et al out of china, not to mention the cultural and language hurdles.... IQIYI is growing by 100K subscribers PER DAY!!!! Can you imagine that! There are A LOT of chinese people!!!!
The cord cutting is just a short term cost savings for consumers. Services like Netflix are under priced to bring in customers so they can become the de facto standard. Once everyone is onboard and you can't live without it, that subscription price will skyrocket. Combined with the cost of your internet service, you won't be saving much over traditional cable services. When you consider the average consumer pays for 3.4 streaming services, they could be paying more at the end of the day. You will ultimately pay the same for the content no matter what the method of delivery is.
Consumers want affordable options for content delivery. They don’t want to “cut the cord” only to move to the same or higher priced solution with limited options.
Like all new roll outs....there will be lots of competition for streaming dollars. As the streaming evolves we won't get better at it....we will simply just buy the competition.....hence the all out current assault on debt reduction. We are gonna need to be buyers in the next 18 months.
You’re kidding right?
In the eyes of RS, the John's are geniuses in every field, specially in the streaming arena. Just don't start using critical thinking around them....
We have all the pieces in place but it wouldn't be the first time a company screws up something unbeatable through bad business decisions. We'll see.
no