Major streaming services form trade coalition designed to fight censorship and regulation

[Jman]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-max-disney-and-more-form-streaming-industry-trade-alliance-1235600700/
 

 

[Alchemistress]

Or... put another way - 
Streamers form lobby to make sure they don't have to follow regulations that broadcast and cable television do... so they can continue to be a monopoly pipeline 

[Raptorpat]

Why would they need a new trade organization? I would think the MPA would handle the issue. Is there anything precluding streamers from joining the MPA? Not really sure the employer-side politics.

[Alchemistress]

There's been all this talk during the strike that streamers and studios have different end goals.
Streamers were built by tech and have different revenue models than studios and creative.

There is definitely compatibility.

Many years ago, hollywood studios and theaters had monopolies on distribution and actors and writers signed with studios and often couldn't leave even if they weren't working. They could only do films at their home studio, etc. And no one else could get stuff up on screens (independents, small studios, etc).

Streamers pay their staff, writers, actors, etc less than anywhere else. (Getting a job on a FreeVee show apparently pays less than minimum wage)

When HBO Max renamed to Max it got to disconnect itself from cable/broadcast and pay streaming fees only. It also got to pay streaming residuals instead of broadcast residuals. 
Max is part of Warner (see list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Warner_Bros._Discovery)

Streamers will pay residuals now (yay strike!) but many of them are on the FCC and FTC radar for being monopolies.

The quote in the article "“The rise of innovative, new video streaming services is an American success story we should celebrate and encourage, not smother with obsolete and ill-fitting rules and regulations designed for completely different technology, products and business models. Viewers have never gotten more for their entertainment dollar, and I urge policymakers to resist any effort to curtail this hugely beneficial innovation. Let’s not allow some backwards-looking regulatory scheme to block gains consumers so strongly value and appreciate today.”

^That's misleading - where is a new app supposed to get traction? I don't love the cable model but they were required to carry a certain number of emerging options - 

This alliance is saying it's for us the consumer, but they really want to have carte blanche to own the content and the pipelines with very little room for other businesses to break in.

Bad summary, my brain isn't braining today.