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ghostmrchicken OP t1_j6pg7y4 wrote
It’s different in other countries. In Canada Showtime and HBO are bundled together in a service called, ‘Crave’. Therefore it’s on more of an equal footing. It doesn’t appear as a second tier to HBO. It just has a slightly different focus.
Like the article stated, Showtime was responsible for Weeds, Homeland, Nurse Jackie, United States of Tara, etc. Too many female-led productions? And queer content like The L Word and Queer as Folk. Too minority focused? But there’s Dexter, Masters of Sex and Shameless. Dexter’s recent re-boot was incredibly successful. End of an era I guess.
lightsongtheold t1_j6peddz wrote
That was the canary in the coal mine for sure.
reddig33 t1_j6p8wku wrote
Showtime should just be a “channel” on Paramount+. Similar to how IFC and Shudder are channels on AMC+. I dunno why high paid marketing execs have to make such a mess of things.
lightsongtheold t1_j6pe318 wrote
It is dead. They are going to axe all the programming executives and stop making future Showtime shows. No need for a Showtime tab if it is not going to be generating new content beyond current seasons of Yellowjackets and Billions.
jersace t1_j6pi3bv wrote
Both of those shows, hell all of them would probably just become P+ exclusives
I’m more amazed that Paramount Network still exists. I figured Viacom would have shelled out top dollar to buy back the Yellowstone rights for P+ and shutter PN.
lightsongtheold t1_j6pjv4a wrote
They actually own Paramount Network. The problem is they sold the out of season streaming rights to Yellowstone to Peacock years ago. They have since admitted that was a dumb decision.
4a4a t1_j6pf3vs wrote
This is certainly yet another sign of the end of the golden age of television. We're drifting back to a world where everything is consolidated into a handful of corporate entities (not too unlike the big 3 networks), and where drone-like execs make all the decisions and override anything not mainstream enough.
ghostmrchicken OP t1_j6pg1vv wrote
Yup!
We’re about to come full circle but likely without the opportunity to ‘own’ any of the content we want to re-watch. No more releases on VHS, DVD or even digital (e.g, iTunes).
This has been a long time coming. Television shows are going to be just like SaaS (Software as a Service). Monthly fees to access what they want us to view not necessarily what we want to see.
ghostmrchicken OP t1_j6p70cg wrote
Will this lead to an increase in television series in other streaming services being released on CD/Blu-Ray as well? Only if customers demand it.
It’s probably too late for the Showtime back catalogue as Paramount owns it now. Foolish maneuver on their part. Don’t they know how many people re-watch their favourite shows?
lightsongtheold t1_j6pe95j wrote
They have the exact streaming numbers right down to when and where you watched those Showtime favourites. That is the data advantage of streaming.
ghostmrchicken OP t1_j6pi37g wrote
In terms of data collection a re-watch while streaming on their service provides a company with data. But not when you’re re-watching your own copy.
Edit: clarification
Owasso_Landman t1_j6p6zij wrote
I think the issue is that once everyone dropped cable nobody knew it existed. I just got a year for 99 cents a month, which I took as a sign of desperation.