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Nothing to do with Amazon is ever worth it. Any right minded and decent person in the UK should be sticking two fingers up to this lot at all times.
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I wonder if the time is coming for some consolidation. Silly that you might need to sign up to a couple of these online services as well as regular pay TV to get a good choice of up to date US programming.
In the US, people generally pay for free-to-air TV ![]() If you look at the main FTA (free-to-air) Networks (they call them OTA there, as although they are "free", they're not), ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX, you really need a cable sub to get the most out of them, or get them at all since terrestrial signals can be bad outside of main urban areas. Try going to many of their catch-up services and you will often see a "cable login required" note when trying to watch last night's episode. So for Americans it is the opposite. These SVOD services are a breath of fresh air and has started a new craze in America called "Cord Cutting", where they cut free from cable. Even though people have to bundle up to get everything they need (i.e. Netflix, Prime, HBO Now, Hulu etc), it is still cheaper than cable. So it probably won't change in a hurry, especially as American TV isn't really that big in the UK (despite what we all think). From memory, not one American show made it into the top 10 for 2014 UK TV ratings, so American TV is still a niche market in the UK. A big niche market, but not the big rating pullers that we would expect. |
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I wonder if the time is coming for some consolidation. Silly that you might need to sign up to a couple of these online services as well as regular pay TV to get a good choice of up to date US programming.
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Nothing to do with Amazon is ever worth it. Any right minded and decent person in the UK should be sticking two fingers up to this lot at all times.
(b) and if you don't, why are you reading this thread? |
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