18-04-2022, 02:05 PM
Quote:The UK streaming boom is officially over after the number of homes with services such as Netflix, Amazon and Disney+ fell in the first quarter, as the [size=1]cost of living crisis[/size] forced hundreds of thousands of streaming fans to slim down their subscriptions to just a few favourites.
The number of UK homes that have at least one paid-for subscription streaming service fell by 215,000 in the first quarter – ending a decade of almost uninterrupted growth in the popularity of streaming services – as households cut budgets to cope as inflation runs at a three decade high.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/a...ut-budgets
Having seen this article today, I was not surprised as I have in the past month actually axed all the streaming services. Disney plus, Netflix and Apple TV. I have Amazon left from a family member.
I didn't see the value in them anymore, perhaps once every so often they will have a good thing to watch. But I think I will reserve streaming for Christmas time etc and binge everything then instead of paying constantly and waiting.
Could this be a shift towards the end of Netflix and more power for the BBC I player and the old style film companies which are now starting to stream?
Have you ended any subscriptions recently?
