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by Benji_San 2385 days ago
I'm still waiting for "Steam for TV series/Films". I've always felt that that approach would work better as we're unlikely to get a single streaming service with "most content" akin to music streaming". The model works well for distributing games and doesn't have any of the deal breaking problems that you listed (well except for it going out of business, but should not be a problem as long as you have access to the files). I can't really see a reason why it would not work for films or TV series.

Just provide something that isn't worse than torrents and reasonably priced and I'll happily buy the content I'm interested in.
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sammorrowdrums 2385 days ago
Incidentally, steam does stream both standard film and VR content - just not much of it. (So steam is already steam for TV/Films in theory)

For example: https://store.steampowered.com/app/468060/PADAK/

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WorldMaker 2385 days ago
Steam briefly had a content deal with Lionsgate, but the partnership didn't work out (very few sales) and they abandoned the idea of selling TV/Films soon after the partnership collapsed. They didn't seem able to get interest from any other studio in that time, either. (Plus they were not able to and disinterested in supporting the industry standard Movies Anywhere mutual-DRM-unlocks-assurance system, so for at least some consumers their attempt was DOA from the start.)
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cercatrova 2385 days ago
Do you mean...iTunes? Or are you imagining something different?
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