Which Streaming Service Won't be Around in 5 Years?

[Erzengel]

 

[psylockolussus]

Apple TV , maybe.

 

[Phoenix_Flare]

Dc universe app. Theirs barely any new content on the app. Star girl is going to CW next season. Swap Thing got canceled. The app hasn’t picked up Kyrpton since it was cancelled. None of the DCEU movies are available or Nolan’s trilogy. Also none of the Arrowverse are available b/c of the deal with Netflix I take it. Not to mention they got rid of their yearly subscription price so folks are forced to pay $7.99 monthly.

 

[Pennywise]

Quibi

 

[Doctor Jones]

Peacock.

Need I say more?

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I dunno.

Every streaming service in the poll is probably going to be fairly strong with over 30 million subscribers.

Now the smaller fish will probably get swallowed up in due time.

 

[Drizzle]

I believe that one or more of the smaller/newer streaming services will be absorbed by a larger one like Netflix within the next five years.

 

[Prison Mike]

DC Universe and Quibi

 

[sueb1863]

I think Disney+ will evolve, change names, and get more expensive.

 

[Asr]

Dc universe app. Theirs barely any new content on the app. Star girl is going to CW next season. Swap Thing got canceled. The app hasn’t picked up Kyrpton since it was cancelled. None of the DCEU movies are available or Nolan’s trilogy. Also none of the Arrowverse are available b/c of the deal with Netflix I take it. Not to mention they got rid of their yearly subscription price so folks are forced to pay $7.99 monthly.

I'll be disappointed if/when DCU disappears. I've had a subscription since last year and have been using it to catch up on animated shows that I never got to see before. Like Young Justice, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and currently Static Shock. If DCU does end up going away, I hope the content at least gets hosted on another platform.

 

[Wheels]

DCU, Qubi, and that jobber service All Access. Probably Peacock too.

Apple TV could stick around if Apple buys someone out and absorbs the library, which they will do it they're actually serious. Netflix, Hulu, and Prime were built on aquired content and then started producing original content gradually. The Idiocy of having no established IPs outside of Amazing Stories and Ghostwriter is so uncharacteristic of Apple.

 

[Sithborg]

I think Peacock is going to do fine, filling in the niche that Hulu used to have. I think the free option is going to be very appealing.

 

[Iceman]

I still have cable (Sky) as well as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+. The only other one I’d think of adding is HBO Max. Netflix has the advantage of being first. Amazon Prime is linked to Amazon deliveries and music. Disney + has Marvel and Star Wars. Those are the reasons I’m likely to hang to the ones I have and when I’m getting over 5 it’s pointless as there’s only time to watch so much per month when I’m free.

 

[MadVillainy]

Out of the ones on the poll...I can see Netflix taking a hit. Maybe. If I had to choose 1 that would be it
Just because they're eventually gonna lose all of their most popular stuff that are owned by others like The Office, Friends, etc. and most of what Netflix produces themselves is as big as those. Stranger Things will end soon and I don't think Netflix has another juggernaut like that yet. If they change their strategy to quality>quantity, I think that'll be more interesting to see which one would fail

Or actually CBS All Access. But that's because they announced a ViacomCBS streaming service that's being worked on.

But for ones who shutter do to lost subscribers? Yeah I can see Netflix. If I had to choose one that is.

 

[MadVillainy]

I think Peacock is going to do fine, filling in the niche that Hulu used to have. I think the free option is going to be very appealing.

Yeah Peacock I can see doing fine. Like you mentioned the free tier is appealing. And they have The Office which is always named on of the top streamed shows. If they start producing some other decent content, I can see it doing fine.

 

[lonewriter]

The one I don't see around is Apple TV, I checked it out and was not impressed. I read that DC app will merge with HBO Max. I like Peackock but like HBO Max, I wish they were on Roku.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Yeah Peacock I can see doing fine. Like you mentioned the free tier is appealing. And they have The Office which is always named on of the top streamed shows. If they start producing some other decent content, I can see it doing fine.

I have Peacock for free but if I cannot get all of the new shows for free (right now I would have to pay to get another episode as the pilot to these shows are free) I might cancel it. I hope it's "wait a week before the next episode is free" thing as I would be fine with that.

 

[Persona]

Netflix has over 180 million subscribers worldwide. That absolutely destroys the numbers of any of the other services right now. The only one even close is Amazon Prime at 112 million and most of them don't even watch shows on Prime.

Could Netflix lose a lot of subscribers over the next 5 years? Sure--though, with the way coronavirus is affecting going to the movies, socializing, and so forth and kind of forcing people to stay home, I think it is more likely that Neflix gains subscribers than lose them. Does Netflix spend enormous loads of money on an overwhelming mass of content and as a result have a somewhat suspect business model? Yes, but even when they are in debt they've got investors buying into them because of how huge their subscription base is.

The reality is that while there is a lot more junk, Netflix also has a greater variety of quality content than any of the other services. There is really no comparison. They are a cultural staple at this point, comedians tell jokes about Netflix, "Netflix and chill" is a thing, everyone at workplaces and schools talk about what shows they are watching on Netflix because everyone has Netflix, so it's something that everyone can share.

I can't speak to how Netflix might adjust their business or production strategies in the coming years, but I am fairly certain they are going to have quite a few "coming years" to work with.

The other services, man, I don't even know. CBS All Access doesn't have a lot going for it right now, I only have it because it came bundled with another subscription I have. It was nice to get to watch Picard, I guess, and I look forward to The Stand, but yeah, I dunno about that one. Apple TV, haven't even been interested at all though Foundation looks kind of cool. HBO Max needs to get things figured out with Roku. It's all a lot and one of the reasons I don't have cable is because I thought it was a waste of money, so I'm not about to go and subscribe to like 6 different services. But Netflix is not one I am going to be canceling any time soon.

 

[Closerframe]

Quibi and CBS All Access for sure. I recently downloaded Peacock, but can’t foresee it having legs in the years to come. I voted for Apple TV+ simply because it appears Apple didn’t have a strategy for its catalog out of the gate and its library of content is the barest of the bunch. However, because it has the most money at its disposal, it could keep betting on it and eventually just buy a competitor to expand its footprint.

 

[Sithborg]

Let's be clear, Quibi is dead NOW. It lost 90% of its trial customers. That is likely not what they were planning on.

 

[MadVillainy]

Quibi is shutting down

 

[Detective Conan]

RIP to Quibi, I hardly knew ya’. In fact, I didn’t know you at all.

I forget Quibi exists more often than I forget that Bob Dole is still alive, lol.

 

[Snow Queen]

Quibi, says Katzenberg, represents the “third generation of film narrative."

Good call, Jeff.

 

[metaphysician]

Of the ones named in the poll? I'd say Peacock and CBS All Access will both go the way of the dodo sooner or later. One network worth of content simply isn't enough to justify a subscription in the face of the competition.

Apple TV and Amazon Prime are both in kind of an odd place. Neither are all that successful as services, but neither is likely to go away, because they are kind of side projects for giant megacorporations. As long as Apple and Amazon want to have a video streaming service and make their own movies and shows for it, they'll continue to have it.

 

[Detective Conan]

Quibi Officially Shuts Down, Content No Longer Available to Stream - Variety