The Impact of Video Streaming Services on Broadcast TV ISC 110: Introduction to Information Science Professor Elaine Wenderholm Felix Burgos SUNY Oswego
Video Streaming Services Broadcast TV Services
Video Streaming Services Low price points $7.99 month, Amazon Video Included with an Amazon Prime membership and Hulu $7.99 month or $95.88 a year More on-demand content Great audio/video quality Netflx – Super HD 1080p steam, 3D capable streaming, 4K/UHD TVs Hulu Plus & Amazon – 720p Both have 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound Customizable viewing options and preferences
Broadcast Television Appointment television viewing/limited online content HD for anyone with a capable television More advertisements than online video streaming services minutes of advertising during a one hour broadcast program Shows are usually created to target a certain demographic Programming is very dependent on ratings!!
Effects Competition for creation of in-house content Competition for Subscribers Net-neutrality debate Changes in how content is delivered
Content Creation Netflix House of Cards, Orange is the new Black, Marco Polo Amazon Alpha House, Betas, Mozart in the Jungle CBS NCIS New Orleans, Scorpion, Stalker ABC Toy Story That Time Forgot, Modern Family, Scandal NBC Heroes Reborn, Charles in Charge, The Biggest Loser
Subscribers Netflix 30m members in America, 38m globally Broadcast TV ~110m households in America Pay-TV has increased to an average of $89.78 per month, up 36% over the last five years 22% of people who move don’t subscribe to a pay-tv service Netflix has gone from 3% of US households with cable to over 12% the last few years
Net-neutrality debate On average video streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Video account for ~33% of internet traffic at any give time in America
Content Delivery CBS now offers on-demand content, and NBC has partnered with HULU to bring content to the video platform service
Going Forward…
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