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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 4393621, member: 3850"] Streaming is just a broadcast method...there will still be ad revenue. ESPN and Disney have monitored the streaming technology.......and are in a position to make a big jump in the subscription fees. [I]The Disney-backed streaming-video sports service intends to raise its monthly subscription fee by $3 a month — a 43% price hike that outstrips even the current rate of inflation — and it is doing so at a time when big media companies find [URL='https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/netflix-subscriber-loss-streaming-problems-1235236936/']the prospect of monetizing new streaming efforts to be significantly more challenging.[/URL] Other streaming outlets are also searching for new ways to keep cash flowing as consumers have a wider array of choices from which to select — and for which to pay. Netflix earlier this week unveiled a new partnership with Microsoft to launch an ad-supported tier of its service, and [URL='https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/disney-plus-advertising-rules-kids-commercials-1235265430/']Disney+ is also set to debut a new advertising-supported option.[/URL] Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO Max has an ad-supported tier that is in many cases cheaper to buy than the linear HBO package sold by cable and satellite distributors.[/I] [/QUOTE]