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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 4363826, member: 722"]
Your comment about ridiculously high tv rights is spot on, but perhaps not long term.

You have several streaming services competing to be the core that we all watch going forward, including some of the biggest companies in the world throwing money around like it's nothing.

Disney, Apple and Amazon are all spending way more money on content than they are pulling in on their streaming services. This is forcing Paramount, Hulu, HBO and Netflix to bid up promising projects and known brands.

Several of these streaming services will collapse and the money will dry up eventually.

Sports and reality TV is comparatively cheaper (Amazon spent $250 million on the rights to Lord of the Rings, nevermind the additional amount to actually make a show!) exclusive and often comes with it's own fan base.

But after three services disappear or consolidate, the money will come down to amounts that make profitability possible for the remaining services... After all, Apple, Amazon and Disney are not in it to make directors and producers rich, they are all about shareholders.  Costs will have to come down even as subscribers and fees go up.  So sports will lose some of the big money flying around now.

Disclosure: I own Disney, Apple and the parent company for HBO. I'm not suggesting buying these companies for their streaming services which are all money sinks. I love accidentally going on rants about finance on basketball boards... Carry on :)
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