[beardyw]

It's interesting that Spotify is accused of underpaying artists but provides an all you can eat across a seemingly limitless catalogue, whereas video streamers struggle to make it work. My guess is that the 'artists', in this case big companies, feel they can demand fees for content which are unsupportable. In the end they will suffer with no outlet for their back catalogue.

[moate]

I can assure you that the hosting costs alone make these very different animals. A gig of storage gets you 20 minutes of hi-def video or 200 songs. There are also a LOT more people who have to get paid in order to make a TV show vs an album.

[fantyoon]

Music can also be cached on device and is often replayed. Reducing the amount of bandwidth requirements even further.

[grotorea]

Shouldn't that lead to more concentration? Netflix had the expertise and ISP agreements to deal with this, now every streaming service has to redo it.

[beardyw]

Good point about hosting.

As to payment, old shows and movies have been paid for. It must be a case of getting what you can for them. Used to be DVDs.