“Everything like in a pharmacy”, a term used by grandparents that refers to the fact that in pharmacies there was any remedy for any illness. An analogy that we make to tell you that in a single place from home we find a wide variety of streaming platforms with content for all ages and tastes: Action, adventure, drama, horror, musicals, documentaries, in short, good, regular and bad, but its mission is to entertain so that its subscribers do not emigrate to the competition.
Before, the number one enemy of television was zapping, repeatedly changing channels using the remote control, today it is the streaming platforms, Netflix, Max, Disney+, Star+, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV +, etc., stayed with the viewer.
Netflix, A company that was created to provide the DVS rental service, moves its business to the Internet, starting video on demand with productions from the major film and television production companies, to later invest in its own material produced anywhere in the world.
Max, formerly HBO Max, pioneer of cable television with its HBO brand and owned by Warner, is a content platform with original productions, having a catalog of titles from Warner Bros. films, Cartoon Network, Discovery Networks, original series , documentaries and special programs, in addition to the above, owns the rights to many productions from BBC Studios and other European content production chains.
And what to say about Disney+ and Star+, Diney with all its productions since it was created, in addition to all the material from the companies that this entertainment conglomerate brings together, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic and we add Star+, which due to a “whim” of a Disney executive changed the name of 20th Century Fox, owns the catalog that has been produced with its labels throughout the history of the seventh art, including television programs and the ESPN sports channels. It has already been announced that Star+ will soon be discontinued and will be viewed through Disney+.
Let’s look at another big one, Amazon Prime Video contains all the product that it distributes of films and television series from them and from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that they own, as well as independent producers from various parts of the world, and we cannot forget about Apple TV+, a platform where in addition to its exclusive content and the MLS Season Pass league, you can access the wide variety of rental movies from the world’s cinema billboard before it is seen on paid open platforms and subscribe, just as you do Amazon, to other companies such as Paramount+, MGM among others.
Some not so commercial platforms remain to be mentioned, but the above is more than enough and we know that with them the winners are the cinephiles, we can choose what we prefer and without leaving home, we only recommend a good internet speed.
Ricardo Cubillos
@SoyEmpeliculado
