Comment on Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?

madqubit@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Metatronz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Think of all the extra searches!

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• vic_rattlehead@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  PBS shows are free on its own app/website though…

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’d think that, wouldn’t you?

    In actuality, they pull shit like only having the most recent season of things and whatnot. For example, there’s no good reason why the PBS Kids Roku channel wouldn’t have all 4666 episodes of Sesame Street, but it doesn’t.

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    • ErwinLottemann@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      may i introduce you to the ARD Mediathek where ‘Die Sendung mit der Maus’ (a kind of sciency kids show) can have, by law, only the latest episode available for streaming. some other things may be available for longer, but it’s still pretty stupid…

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    • phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It could be related to the HBO deal which if I recall bankrolls Sesame Street.

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      • grue@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I started to use Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood as an example, but switched to Sesame Street for effect since the former “only” has 922 episodes. The point is, PBS does the same thing with all their shows. It doesn’t matter who makes it; everything from Arthur to Word Girl only has a dozen or so episodes available at any given time.

        (Ditto for non-kids PBS stuff like Nova or This Old House, for that matter, I think. Even on Youtube they only make the latest few seasons available and turn off access to everything older in hopes you’ll buy DVDs or something.)

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