Total streaming engagement is up, but the demographics of streaming-exclusive viewers are getting more top-heavy. Here's why Hollywood needs to track the behavioral shifts behind streaming.
Streaming services are not being picked up by people under 34
(which is probably why Jack Manifold got that Netflix deal)
To be fair you don’t even need to resort to piracy to get a better service, I’ve been buying up used DVD/BR boxsets with the money I used to put into streaming. For less than half the cost I get a version I can keep rather than rent.
Same for CDs, with 6 months of Spotify payments I’ve managed to buy 90% of what I was listening to and even managed to get some nice deluxe versions with extras like DVD documentaries about the band, etc.
When collecting physical media again is a better, cheaper option than streaming you know the companies have really fucked up.
To be fair you don’t even need to resort to piracy to get a better service, I’ve been buying up used DVD/BR boxsets with the money I used to put into streaming. For less than half the cost I get a version I can keep rather than rent.
Same for CDs, with 6 months of Spotify payments I’ve managed to buy 90% of what I was listening to and even managed to get some nice deluxe versions with extras like DVD documentaries about the band, etc.
When collecting physical media again is a better, cheaper option than streaming you know the companies have really fucked up.