EntertainmentStreamingAs streaming service prices rise, some are cutting contentYou’re not imagining it: some streamers are charging more money for less contentWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
EntertainmentStreamingAs streaming service prices rise, some are cutting contentYou’re not imagining it: some streamers are charging more money for less contentWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
You’re not imagining it: some streamers are charging more money for less content
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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It’s fair to say that this has been an expensive year for streaming subscribers, with price rises across the board taking the cost of thebest streaming servicesto new heights. But more money doesn’t necessarily mean more things to watch, and a new report confirms what many of us have long suspected: some streamers are charging us more money to watch less stuff.
While prices have gone up, many streamers have been aggressively cutting costs. The cancellation of high-profile shows may get the headlines, but the biggest cuts are less attention-grabbing because they’re about older shows and films. For example. Paramount Plus and Max have been significantly reducing the selection available on their services.
Who’s cutting the most from their streaming services?
Reelgood says that Paramount+ has seen the biggest cutbacks in the US: “Paramount+ has fewer than half as many movies available for on-demand streaming than it did a year ago,” the report says, adding that the TV catalogue has remained static.
Surprisingly Max has gone in the other direction: despite some very high profile cancellations, the Max TV catalogue has doubled in size. But that’s coincided with a big reduction in the film catalogue, which is 15% smaller than a year ago.
Amazonhas “about 2,600 fewer titles” now than at the start of 2021, the report says, but it still has the largest film streaming library.
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The outlier here isApple TV+, which isn’t removing existing content – but then its library is tiny compared to competitors, and it too has upped its price.
There’s clearly a pattern here: after a policy of spend, spend, spend to get new subscribers on board, streaming services are now focusing on getting more for their money (and more of yours) – and that means focusing on the hits and getting rid of anything that isn’t doing sufficient numbers.
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