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by solosoyokaze 1882 days ago
I don't watch sports but do enjoy cooking, travel and home shows (don't judge me!). I also did not like paying a huge monthly fee for mostly channels I don't watch. I've actually found Discovery+ to be a really great deal as it has Discovery, Food, Travel and HGTV content all bundled and on-demand for $5 a month. It's all of the content I wanted and was paying > $60 /month for, with no commercials and on-demand. It's a pretty great deal if you like this kind of content.
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lotsofpulp 1882 days ago
I had a family member that was in a Discovery show recently, so I decided to sign up to Discovery+ watch just to see my family member.

Lo and behold, discovery+ does not stream the episodes they put on tv channels until the year after or something stupid. Luckily, I had a free trial so I just canceled at no cost, but they lost any chance of getting me in the future by gate keeping their content like that.

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solosoyokaze 1882 days ago
Ah that's unfortunate, I didn't know they were gating content like that. It's still a pretty good deal though, certainly better than bundled cable, and most of the content on these stations is pretty evergreen.
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Terretta 1882 days ago
Exactly! Discovery plus a global news package would be ideal.

Only streamer with decent selection of global news in a skinny-ish package seems to be Sling, but what you describe would be ideal.

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solosoyokaze 1882 days ago
I would love to see local news (minus commercials). I'd definitely pay $5 a month for that.
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Terretta 1871 days ago
Curiously, many (I don't know the percentage, only the stations I worked with in the past) local news broadcasts have additional segments during the time slots for commercial breaks. If the commercial isn't airing, it's a segment.

Same is true of national news. If the commercial doesn't run, there's other (semi-throwaway) content. Same is true for national news during the weather segment, local news can splice in a local weather and if they don't, it's national or regional weather.

Because of this, they should be able to sell the non-overlay version with content instead of ads. Sure it's throwaway content, but at least it's not yelling at you to buy things.

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