> We don't want huge costs of compliance making it harder for small players to enter the market.
A laudable goal in theory. In practice when was the last time a small player entered the streaming market? This mindset enables the massive entrenched corporations to abuse customers.
There are quite a few niche streaming services which have kicked off in the last few years -
- Nebula (content from YouTube creators),
- WoW Presents Plus (RuPaul’s Drag Race and associated shows)
- Taskmaster.tv (the UK taskmaster series)
I’m not sure how independent any of those are (e.g. RuPaul’s Drag Race is linked with MTV, and Taskmaster with the UK channel 4) and they are intentionally niche, sometimes with a single show.
A laudable goal in theory. In practice when was the last time a small player entered the streaming market? This mindset enables the massive entrenched corporations to abuse customers.