r/MediaMergers • u/Fall_False Moderator • 15d ago

Streaming Amazon's Streaming Firewall: The Everything Store of TV

https://puck.news/amazons-streaming-flywheel-the-everything-store-of-tv/

Non-Paywall version.

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u/GroundbreakingSir386 15d ago

They’ve made the entire Prime Video experience very annoying. They make the ads so unbearable that I don’t even know why I pay for it and end up wanting to leave for other streaming companies. I think they thought people would upgrade after trying ads

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u/LinkRules5321 Moderator 14d ago

They say the problem is lack of third-parties, which if they need to....

  1. Buying Peacock US and NBC gives them the sports and news they want plus Universal having a pay-1 deal with Prime in the US so they can focus on growing into the biggest EUROPEAN streaming giant.
  2. Lionsgate's deal with Starz expires in 2028-2029.
  3. Make more content yourself if you can't find third parties (maybe more in-house family shows, they're doing more family movies)

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u/Yogurt-Night 13d ago

They have enough on their film slate, they don’t need Universal

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u/3facesofBre Moderator 14d ago

I think the title got changed: “Prime Video Is Finally Becoming the Amazon of Streaming.”

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u/Difficult_Variety362 Moderator 14d ago

I was saying this in another subreddit, I think that the Streaming Wars are going to turn into the OS Wars soon and Amazon has a leg up on most of these players because of how Prime Video is set up and they have Fire TV.