[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.