An explosion of streaming services, apps and platforms is delivering more television content to more people than ever before. But more choice for subscribers means challenges for streamers – from HBO Max, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+ and Hulu, to CBS’ parent company’s Paramount+. “Sunday Morning” contributor Kelefa Sanneh talks with Hollywood Reporter media & business writer Alex Weprin, and with Sesame Workshop CEO Steve Youngwood, about how new services are fighting for subscribers as they upend traditional broadcast or cable television business models. (And no, you aren’t totally free from commercials!)
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It is very sad that Sesame Street is no longer free.
As an immigrant, I remember learning english by watching Sesame Street.
There were no ESOL classes in public schools. Sesame street helped me alot.
I still sing C is for cookies to my kiddos in class…they get a kick out of it. (Yes, I became a teacher 🍎)
Dear Fake News CBS, THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE COVERING RIGHT NOW??? Your lack of coverage of the Cayler Ellington story is disgusting and horrifying. EVERYONE READING THIS KNOWS that the young man, a POC, if he had been mowed down by a Trump supporter, this would be front page news all OVER CORPORATE FAKE NEWS.
But your Fake News, so you are hiding this story of the deranged lunatic who listened to the tyrannical ravings of YOUR deranged President, because you ENABLED this corporate Fake News, and Cayler Ellingtons blood is now on your hands.
Change your evil ways corporate fake news, or WE THE PEOPLE will force you too.
Netflix lost viewers because they increased the subscriber cost twice over two years. It was no longer a value. CEOs need to understand that people are maxed out with subscribing to multiple channels. I also dropped Netflix.
Back in the day Sesame Street was somewhat dubious, controversial. But now it's swept by the wayside enter thr digital age.
The focus on adding subscribers and having full seasons ready for binge watch resulted in a noticeable drop in quality of shows.
Streaming services make me crazy because you can't filter titles properly. I don't need categories based on the fact that I watched a specific movie, especially if I hated it.
Toddlers have a lifestyle?🤔🤔🤔🤔
Okay Sesame Street, what about families that have limited incomes?
Among the many options, not between. Ah – high school grammar.
Programs like Sesame Street should be made available to ALL people – especially the low income families. The greed from the industry is a disgrace.
Netflix lost subscribers due to constant price increases.
Come on CBS, learn how to delinterlace your footage before uploading. Or better yet, stop shooting interlaced. It's not like anyone has interlaced TVs today. Sure you need it for over he air broadcast, but just telecine in post for that. This very video is making the point that almost nobody is using over the air. Optimize your source for the majority of your viewers. Shoot 24p or 30p and only add interlacing where required.
It's also age related. Depends on if you want to be educated, entertained, veg out, or really have an experience ars a writer, and a film person. I don't do games or stupid stuff.
I’m about to cancel my Hulu subscription. The monthly price goes up every year as do the number of commercials. It’s now not much of an alternative.
I was raised by television in the early 2000s but at this point, the medium is not worth the price being asked. It's the ultimate American distraction alongside video games and social media. There's room for downtime with the family or watching a guilty pleasure show after a long day but there is so much more to do in this life than feeling the need to be caught up on the newest, hottest, 'trending' shows. I can recall when A&E stood for Arts and Entertainment and TLC stood for The Learning Channel and MTV stood for Music Television. The two worst things this country has ever produced are Morning chat shows/news broadcasts and commercials. Literal noise pollution!
Did you hear what that executive said? "Toddlers expect content to fit into their schedule, their lifestyle". LOL. I've never had kids, but when it comes our society as a whole, I'm not so sure how I feel about that.
RIP PBS
Funny, even this video is behind the times I pretty much only watch YouTube
Gotta love Sesame Street. Atleast the old episodes are still on PBS for people that dont have subs to all these endless channels.
I work for a major cable company and can agree live tv subscribers are cutting the cord , because of broadcast fees and taxes, almost $30 to $40. Then they compare it to their spending with their streaming subscriptions spending.
This was a very well put together piece. This show and the viewers comments section gives me what I can only describe as a comforting feeling of mutual respect and shared continuity. Which this country needs the most . I believe this shows team, content, and viewers achieves in delivering that in stride.
Or not subscribe to any of the garbage streamng/cable crap and go outside and enjoy nature. Heck of alot cheaper an it wont fry your brain. Or pick up a book!
I feel sad for the elderly generation and challenged viewers that find all this technical stuff too confusing to figure out and go without. I'm so tired of the game networks and streaming companies play at our expense.
Someone should bundle all of the streaming services and call it "Cable."
So much trash
Technically there were 4 channels. I can understand why they didn't include PBS as it started in 1969(the other 3 started in the 20's, 30's and 40's).
I don't go past $50 a month. After that, I have my ways of watching shows on other networks 😅
Springsteen sang "57 channels and nothing on"…now it's 57 streaming services and I don't know where it's on
How could this reporter not mention the 600-pound gorilla in the room: Disney+?
Just more ways to take your money, and keep you broke
Shame they don't follow a UK model where some of streaming channels are now included with your SKY cable subscription.
I'm currently mooching from my siblings with their permission of course, thanks to them. If my brother didn't let me borrow his cable account, I'd probably use a bootleg streaming service tbh. If my sister, didn't let me get on her Spotify, I'd probably just use regular iTunes as I still have tens of thousands of songs, albums, podcasts that I've had on there since 2011. I refuse to pay for another streaming service. I paid AT&T for years and EVERY SINGLE YEAR they increased the price. I won't do it again, at least for sometime.
Nothing works as well as competition, to benefit the consumer. With streaming, consumers have much more to choose from, for less money than a cable subscription. I cut the cord 15 yr ago and have never regretted it. I've never been one that needs several dozen channels to pick from so Netflix, Youtube Premium and Paramount Plus are more than enough for me. Paramount Plus is incuded in my Wally World membership so I'm paying less than $35 per month for the other two streaming services. There is a lot of content from which to choose and I'm not paying for 17 channels of sports & politics like I would be if I was subscribing to cable, dish or satellite tv.
I won't pay for streaming services when I can access free services like Pluto TV and Freevee. I grew up in the 70s, so the ads aren't a problem. What I like best about these two services is the amount of retro TV on them. I'm absolutely loving Ed Sullivan and Hawaii 5-0 on Pluto TV. By the way, I'm in the UK so I access the US platform of Pluto using a VPN as the UK platform isn't as good.
One of the problems is that these channels START with excellent selection…then over the years there’s less and less. Plus these channels spend way too much on mediocre original content.
It’s not the number of titles they offer…it’s about the quality of what they offer.
As the video explained, Sesame Street is still available to watch for free on PBS via broadcast for anyone with a TV and antenna.
Funny that of all the streaming services mentioned or shown, neither Peacock nor Disney+ show up at all. Hmm.
Can’t believe Sesame Street is on a network people have to pay for!! That was the beauty of it being on PBS where everyone could watch.
Or did I misunderstand?
The problem with steaming apps don't give channels that you.Not cost effects with getting steaming more expensive then get it.
Fun fact Stevie Wonder plays the iconic harmonica on the Sesame street theme tune
i have for yearssssss & LOOVIN IT…i have Disney+/ Hbomax, Hulu, Paramount + & Showtime/ AMC+ Prime/Peacock/Netflix of course & YTTV & YT Premium……MOST my services pay them yearly if they have it …so they just charge my card yearly or monthly automatically
Whatever it is…movie or tv show…I just wait for my local public library to get it on dvd and then I see it. Six months to a year later, but I don't care. I grew up when there were only 3 channels, then 4 with PBS and I still spend most of my time on PBS, I'm watching it now in the background. I got rid of cable and went back to a roof antenna, I got rid of Netflix (which I loved, but…not gonna pay for tv ever again.) Those ads we all hate (you can still hit the mute button or change the channel which I do every time the crazy Pillow Guy comes on) paid for free tv, it was a good system.
I have three of these services and for now it's working out okay. Still and all, it gets frustrating when you are paying for a service that you know going in will include ads, you expect those ads to be very brief (Internet/short attention span sized) and they should be reasonable in number. Seems like, though, that as a month goes along, the number of ads being served up begins to multiply. The length of the ads gets longer. They are stuffing additional ads into parts of a TV show or movie that aren't meant to be cut off…. like in the middle of a contestant's model doing her runway walk, or someone in the middle of a heart-wrenching and tear-filled sentence. It's crazy and frustrating and these companies are abusing their customers.
The only surprise in this story is that these companies are finally seeing the pinch of competition. It's always been there, but it seems people were willing to pay through the nose anyway. When did it become normal for people to pay $100-200 per month? Zowie, that's just nuts. All of these services need to figure out some way for the lot of us to pay like $10.00 a month for an unlimited streaming service that includes all companies, being able to cherry pick whatever it is we want to watch. Feed us TV-style ads to make up the revenue. Everybody wins.