NBC shows no longer on HULU

[Disneefun]

What most people miss about streaming is that you don't have to have all the services at one time. Since there's no contracts, you can add and drop at will. Get one service, watch everything you want on it then move to the next. That keeps the price way lower than cable. Having a bunch of services is more than most people can reasonably watch anyway, unless all you ever do is watch TV. Some people do have trouble with FOMO and have to have it all, but if cost is a factor then you have to get over that.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

What most people miss about streaming is that you don't have to have all the services at one time. Since there's no contracts, you can add and drop at will. Get one service, watch everything you want on it then move to the next. That keeps the price way lower than cable. Having a bunch of services is more than most people can reasonably watch anyway, unless all you ever do is watch TV. Some people do have trouble with FOMO and have to have it all, but if cost is a factor then you have to get over that.

That is true but there's a bit more to that.

For instance it's not uncommon when price hikes happen that existing customers get a break until X date (Netflix for one had a price break for something like 2 or 3 years one time IIRC).

Another thing is plans that no longer exist. We have a grandfathered in plan with Paramount+. One that converted from CBS All Access to Paramount+. It doesn't exist anymore. If we cancel or alter the existing plan (which with what options that is basically going add-free) we lose the existing plan and can't get it back. The new lower priced (by $1 per month) ad-supported plan no longer has CBS affiliated channels to stream. Our plan is $1 more and does. NOW if you're a person who cancels and signs back up in order to get CBS affiliated you'll have to pay more than double the cost of the basic plan ($9.99/month vs $4.99).

It's entirely possible either those affiliated channels mean nothing to someone or that someone can get it another way but streaming servicers are catching on more and more to what people do shopping-wise. When streaming first started there was relatively low risk for someone because streaming was this random thing that wasn't largely adopted. Now it's become ubiquitous and instead of cable holding the cards it's now streaming services that do. It's why you're finding more restrictions, phasing out of plans, networks moving series to streaming or making streaming only exclusive content, etc.

 

[disneychick0412]

We had Directv for $175 and separate internet for $80. We got rid of Direct, went to only streaming, kept our $80 internet and pay about $60 for multiple streaming services. We save money by streaming for sure! We have HBO max free through our cell phone carrier, hulu basic (which includes ESPN and Disney+), Discovery plus, Peacock, paramount and netflix. We have an antenna for locals which sometimes works flawlessly and sometimes not so much, but I really only use it to watch the Today show in the mornings.

 

[AvidDisReader]

Love the posturing. I do not think either Disney nor Comcast really want HULU, Disney wants Comcast to think they want it badly so that hopefully Comcast will pay handsomely to buy Disney's interest. Comcast wants Disney to believe they want it badly to try and drive the value up so it is worth more than the minimum laid out in the original purchase agreement when Disney will be forced to buy Comcast out. How did the song go "who's zoomin who".

 

[LuvOrlando]

It seems like over the last couple of years we have turned into serial monogamy bingers. There are so many streaming services and you can't watch everything. So, we will subscribe to Hulu for a month or two and binge what we want there, then a month or two of Netflix, a month of Apple TV, a month of Starz, etc. Our original Disney+ multi-year subscription will expire in November and I think we will do the same with them.

THIS is really smart, I used too do it for. premium cable but really should just do it for everything now, these services are so irritating. Each service is really only good for brief periods and then it's all eww which is I suspect their own doing because instead of being invited. to the showcase shows I usually feel like I'm being coerced into the discount rack library where I hate everything and I can't find my show.

 

[Praying Colonel]

It seems like over the last couple of years we have turned into serial monogamy bingers. There are so many streaming services and you can't watch everything. So, we will subscribe to Hulu for a month or two and binge what we want there, then a month or two of Netflix, a month of Apple TV, a month of Starz, etc. Our original Disney+ multi-year subscription will expire in November and I think we will do the same with them.

Yep--we watch Netflix for The Crown, Derry Girls and The Great British Baking Show (don't judge me). When we can watch full seasons of all of those, we'll come back for a month, then drop it again. We'll do the same when the new season of 1883 hits Paramount+.

 

[fla4fun]

I have never had any of the streaming services. I used to have Dish, but dropped it when I lost my job last year. So I make due with the antenna and my DVD collection. I thought it would be horrible, but I am in between the Orlando and Tampa markets, so I have a decent variety of channels and I sure don’t miss paying the $100 per month to Dish. I do miss the DVR though (I had to send it back to Dish).

One of the big reasons I did not try streaming is that the service has control of what content is available, and like the Hulu/Peacock issue, they can change it on a whim. I hate the subscription model anyway, and I certainly don’t want to be chasing shows from one service to another. I am sorry for those of you who have to switch things around to watch what you want.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Thus makes me sad, our go to is Law and Order SVU when nothing else is on. Thankfully it is still aired a lot, but it’s nice to have Hulu as a back up.

 

[RamblingMad]

There’s a deal for a few more days that you can get peacock for a year for about $20

But that's the ad version. Full price for the ad free version.