RTD: "Streamers are Heading for a South Sea Bubble"

[Blueshirt]

RTD has some interesting thing to say about the streaming
services...

https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/russell-t-davies-streamers-are-heading-for-a-south-sea-bubble/5199870.article

[The Doctor]

Post by Blueshirt
RTD has some interesting thing to say about the streaming
services...
https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/russell-t-davies-streamers-are-heading-for-a-south-sea-bubble/5199870.article

buubleheads for you.

[The True Doctor]

Post by Blueshirt
RTD has some interesting thing to say about the streaming
services...
https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/russell-t-davies-streamers-are-heading-for-a-south-sea-bubble/5199870.article

<<Davies went on to say that there are “too many streamers and too much
money, not everyone is watching these things, it can’t be financially
viable.”

He continued: “I kind of hope it does pop, so we can go back to making
those 8pm and 9pm dramas about say, a bunch of British lawyers or a
health centre”. Davies said he hoped that this would pave the way for
new training grounds for writers, directors and other TV creators in
dramas that “don’t cost a fortune but teach people how to make TV.”

Davies rejoined the long-running sci-fi drama Doctor Who as a writer in
2023 after Disney+ had joined forces with the BBC, giving the show a
major funding boost and streaming the UK series globally.

“The BBC made a move to go to a streamer” Davies told listeners. “[The
BBC] thought the show deserved to look as good as Stranger Things or
Star Wars [the series], why should we be the humble show being made in a
shoe cupboard? That’s the way everything is heading.” ...

<< ... Looking to the future of Doctor Who, Davies insisted that no
decision had been made as to a third series of the Disney/BBC deal,
saying “the BBC will decide its future.”>>

So Davies is confirming that hardly anyone watched Doctor Whoke on
Disney+ and is claiming streaming services are shit and its better to
make shows the old way in order to prepare everyone for the fact that
Disney+ won't be renewing Doctor Whoke and as a result he's told Disney
to go out and fuck grass. Unless wokery is driven out of the
entertainment industry no good new writers, directors, and other TV
creators will ever emerge.

[The Doctor]

Post by Blueshirt

Post by Blueshirt
RTD has some interesting thing to say about the streaming
services...

https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/russell-t-davies-streamers-are-heading-for-a-south-sea-bubble/5199870.article
<<Davies went on to say that there are “too many streamers and too much
money, not everyone is watching these things, it can’t be financially
viable.”
He continued: “I kind of hope it does pop, so we can go back to making
those 8pm and 9pm dramas about say, a bunch of British lawyers or a
health centre”. Davies said he hoped that this would pave the way for
new training grounds for writers, directors and other TV creators in
dramas that “don’t cost a fortune but teach people how to make TV.”
Davies rejoined the long-running sci-fi drama Doctor Who as a writer in
2023 after Disney+ had joined forces with the BBC, giving the show a
major funding boost and streaming the UK series globally.
“The BBC made a move to go to a streamer” Davies told listeners. “[The
BBC] thought the show deserved to look as good as Stranger Things or
Star Wars [the series], why should we be the humble show being made in a
shoe cupboard? That’s the way everything is heading.” ...
<< ... Looking to the future of Doctor Who, Davies insisted that no
decision had been made as to a third series of the Disney/BBC deal,
saying “the BBC will decide its future.”>>
So Davies is confirming that hardly anyone watched Doctor Whoke on
Disney+ and is claiming streaming services are shit and its better to
make shows the old way in order to prepare everyone for the fact that
Disney+ won't be renewing Doctor Whoke and as a result he's told Disney
to go out and fuck grass. Unless wokery is driven out of the
entertainment industry no good new writers, directors, and other TV
creators will ever emerge.

Look like the audience is not getting what they want.

Post by Blueshirt
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"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it
stands for." -William Shatner

[Blueshirt]

Post by The Doctor
Look like the audience is not getting what they want.

It looks like the streaming audiences are voting with their
wallet and refusing to keep stumping up money for all of the
various streaming services.

Disney+, for instance, have gone from €6.99 a month, when they
launched in Ireland in March 2020, to €13.99 a month four years
later. (i.e. now!). How can normal people keep a subscription
going when the cost is increasing at that rate? They are
shooting themselves in the foot.

[Your Name]

Post by Blueshirt

Post by The Doctor
Look like the audience is not getting what they want.

It looks like the streaming audiences are voting with their
wallet and refusing to keep stumping up money for all of the
various streaming services.

Some of use were smart enough to have never stumped up any money for
ridiculous streaming services at all. :op

Post by Blueshirt
Disney+, for instance, have gone from €6.99 a month, when they
launched in Ireland in March 2020, to €13.99 a month four years
later. (i.e. now!). How can normal people keep a subscription
going when the cost is increasing at that rate? They are
shooting themselves in the foot.

Subscription streaming was never a good financial model from the start,
and as more and more companies have jumped on teh bandwagon up, it has
become even less viable. Some are now loolking at partnerships and
sharing some content, but that isn't going to work either - there's
still simply far too many, far too much choice, and the public simply
doesn't have enough money to keep paying them all.

It gets even sillier with other business jumping on the same
subscription bandwagon. Adobe, for example, charging a monthly / annual
fee to use their software. Even car manufacturers have been
ridiculously looking at subscription models for some "features" in
their cars.

The idiots in management greedily see it as an on-going income stream,
but in reality people simply stop paying and the company usually ends
up with less customers and less income.

[The Doctor]

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Post by Blueshirt

Post by The Doctor
Look like the audience is not getting what they want.

It looks like the streaming audiences are voting with their
wallet and refusing to keep stumping up money for all of the
various streaming services.

Some of use were smart enough to have never stumped up any money for
ridiculous streaming services at all. :op

Post by Blueshirt
Disney+, for instance, have gone from €6.99 a month, when they
launched in Ireland in March 2020, to €13.99 a month four years
later. (i.e. now!). How can normal people keep a subscription
going when the cost is increasing at that rate? They are
shooting themselves in the foot.

Subscription streaming was never a good financial model from the start,
and as more and more companies have jumped on teh bandwagon up, it has
become even less viable. Some are now loolking at partnerships and
sharing some content, but that isn't going to work either - there's
still simply far too many, far too much choice, and the public simply
doesn't have enough money to keep paying them all.
It gets even sillier with other business jumping on the same
subscription bandwagon. Adobe, for example, charging a monthly / annual
fee to use their software. Even car manufacturers have been
ridiculously looking at subscription models for some "features" in
their cars.
The idiots in management greedily see it as an on-going income stream,
but in reality people simply stop paying and the company usually ends
up with less customers and less income.

Streaming is just off!

[The Doctor]

Post by Blueshirt

Post by The Doctor
Look like the audience is not getting what they want.

It looks like the streaming audiences are voting with their
wallet and refusing to keep stumping up money for all of the
various streaming services.
Disney+, for instance, have gone from €6.99 a month, when they
launched in Ireland in March 2020, to €13.99 a month four years
later. (i.e. now!). How can normal people keep a subscription
going when the cost is increasing at that rate? They are
shooting themselves in the foot.

Ever heard of Fubo or Pluto?

[Blueshirt]

Post by The True Doctor
So Davies is confirming that hardly anyone watched Doctor
Whoke on Disney+ and is claiming streaming services are shit
and its better to make shows the old way in order to prepare
everyone for the fact that Disney+ won't be renewing Doctor
Whoke and as a result he's told Disney to go out and fuck
grass. Unless wokery is driven out of the entertainment
industry no good new writers, directors, and other TV creators
will ever emerge.

The big streaming services are pricing themselves out of it for
some people, but what they have delivered is quantity of
content. There's no longer just four channels to watch, with
programmes only on at set times. You can watch what you want,
when you want. Viewers are more picky and choosy with their
entertainment choices these days... and if they don't like
something, they will switch it off and watch something else.

RTD needs to look in the mirror if not as many people are
watching Doctor Who as he'd like... it has got nothing to do
with the streaming "bubble". Whatever the Disney+ viewing
figures are they don't affect how Doctor Who performs in the UK.
Which should be the most important metric to the BBC.

[Your Name]

Post by Blueshirt

Post by The True Doctor
So Davies is confirming that hardly anyone watched Doctor
Whoke on Disney+ and is claiming streaming services are shit
and its better to make shows the old way in order to prepare
everyone for the fact that Disney+ won't be renewing Doctor
Whoke and as a result he's told Disney to go out and fuck
grass. Unless wokery is driven out of the entertainment
industry no good new writers, directors, and other TV creators
will ever emerge.

The big streaming services are pricing themselves out of it for
some people, but what they have delivered is quantity of
content. There's no longer just four channels to watch, with
programmes only on at set times. You can watch what you want,
when you want. Viewers are more picky and choosy with their
entertainment choices these days... and if they don't like
something, they will switch it off and watch something else.
RTD needs to look in the mirror if not as many people are
watching Doctor Who as he'd like... it has got nothing to do
with the streaming "bubble". Whatever the Disney+ viewing
figures are they don't affect how Doctor Who performs in the UK.
Which should be the most important metric to the BBC.

The BBC doesn't have advertising, so the number of viewers watching
isn't as relevant as it is for regular advert-funded TV networks.

[The Doctor]

Post by Blueshirt

Post by The True Doctor
So Davies is confirming that hardly anyone watched Doctor
Whoke on Disney+ and is claiming streaming services are shit
and its better to make shows the old way in order to prepare
everyone for the fact that Disney+ won't be renewing Doctor
Whoke and as a result he's told Disney to go out and fuck
grass. Unless wokery is driven out of the entertainment
industry no good new writers, directors, and other TV creators
will ever emerge.

The big streaming services are pricing themselves out of it for
some people, but what they have delivered is quantity of
content. There's no longer just four channels to watch, with
programmes only on at set times. You can watch what you want,
when you want. Viewers are more picky and choosy with their
entertainment choices these days... and if they don't like
something, they will switch it off and watch something else.
RTD needs to look in the mirror if not as many people are
watching Doctor Who as he'd like... it has got nothing to do
with the streaming "bubble". Whatever the Disney+ viewing
figures are they don't affect how Doctor Who performs in the UK.
Which should be the most important metric to the BBC.

Step 1: Retcon the Timeless Child.

[Daniel70]

The Doctor wrote on 8/12/24 12:51 pm:

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Post by The Doctor
Step 1: Retcon the Timeless Child.

Step 0: GET A LIFE!!

[The Doctor]

Post by Daniel70
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Post by The Doctor
Step 1: Retcon the Timeless Child.

Step 0: GET A LIFE!!
--
Daniel

Step 0 never exist.