Streaming services have changed a lot about how television is both made and consumed. From shorter seasons, to harder renewals, streaming has its pros and cons. And though I still firmly believe that writers have more creative freedom and story quality is better overall with streaming services there are several things about the streaming model that need to be changed in order for working conditions for creatives to improve AND for consumer experience to be better. We are in an era where streaming services are struggling, they are bundling across owners and basically setting us back to cable anyway. I think we can all agree that though the streaming model was new and fun when it first came out, having to keep up with what content is on what service is exhausting. Having to pay for multiple in order to access anything worth watching is draining. And sitting down watching the original shows that you love get canceled AND REMOVED is more then infuriating. There is a lot that needs to change about the industry as a whole but one thing that we need to be looking at fixing is streaming, how it works for creatives, and its effects on how media is consumed.
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In order for streaming services to survive they need to actually listen to audiences, not just in the content they produce and keep but in how they release it. They need to pay their creatives properly and give them the freedom to tell their stories in the way that they see fit. Streaming was a good idea in theory but it’s caused more problems then it’s fixed. We are all now paying for anywhere from 3 to 7 different streaming services and with them (attempting) to crack down on password sharing, it is no longer worth it. With streaming services owned by entirely different production companies now merging for bundles we are coming full circle. Hopefully that might fix the creative side of things as well.
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