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Viacom To Launch Its Own Streaming Service this Year (techcrunch.com)

Posted by msmash on from the up-next dept.

Viacom said today it's planning to launch its own ad-supported streaming service by September 2018, the end of its fiscal year. The service will include "tens of thousands of hours of content" from across Viacom's library. From a report: Viacom had hinted about its plans in streaming before, but it shared a few more details on the call about what the service will include. The company, which owns cable TV channels like MTV and Comedy Central, already licenses some of its content to other streaming services like Sling TV and DirecTV Now, as well as newcomer Philo. "It's going to be rolled out in the U.S., in terms of the amount of content that it's going to have, it's going to have tens of thousands of hours of content that cut across the library we have on a global basis," the company said.

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  1. Peak Streaming ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Every goddamned company wants to have a streaming service.

    They're all giddy at the prospect of on-going revenue from a subscription model.

    Know what? Fuck 'em.

    I'm not signing up for every asshole's streaming service, and I'm tired of the subscription model bullshit.

    I have my NetFlix, and I've pretty much decided if it isn't on that, I'll live without it entirely.

    I'm not a revenue stream to every asshole of a CEO who thinks I should be, and I'm more than happy to do without your shit.

    I'm sick and tired of this shit, every media company thinks they're going to run their streaming service, and I'm completely over it. I'll buy the movies I want on DVD/Blu Ray and watch them whenever I want, I'll stream what I can from Netflix, and the rest simply doesn't matter to me any more.