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Even Samsung is Planning a Streaming TV Service

You can add Samsung to the growing roster of companies planning to offer a subscription streaming video service sometime soon. According to Bloomberg, the South Korean company has entered into preliminary talks with several broadcast networks about how much licensing their content would cost. Talks are in their early stages notes the report, but Samsung is exploring a streaming TV service to be bundled with its smart TVs and mobile phones to help drive adoption of both.

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Like most streaming providers, Samsung was quick to try and convince the broadcast industry that their effort would be complementary to -- and not in competition with -- the sector -- even if such promises usually aren't true.

“Our approach is to continue to develop strategic collaborations with content partners rather than compete with them,” Samsung said in a statement.

Numerous companies have struggled to secure the necessary licensing deals while still managing to keep the cost of such a service down. Apple has been planning a subscription TV service for years that has repeatedly stalled due to broadcaster hesitation at real sector disruption. Still, a growing number of companies are now getting deals done, opening the door to a flood of new streaming services slated for launches either in 2016 or 2017.
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syslock
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syslock

Premium Member

Why

Why would I want to buy any Samsung tv?
After all the spying etc that is going on with their products, no.
smk11
join:2014-11-12

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smk11

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Re: Why

Why buy Microsoft, Apple, Google/android, et either? All those spying with the added bonus of having NSA-backdoors built in by default.

Anond1561
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Anond1561

Anon

What

is it you say that would have any value or interest IF you "were spied on"? Tell us, I'd like to learn.

rchandra
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rchandra

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diversification, I suppose

Samsung Pay, sure. Why not Samsung TV TV? ( Samsung (TV)² ?)
XJakeX
join:2005-03-05
Coventry, RI

XJakeX

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Intel, Apple (still trying), Sony (we'll see), and now Samsung?

>>>>Like most streaming providers, Samsung was quick to try and convince the broadcast industry that their effort would be complementary to -- and not in competition>>>>

And that's why it will probably fail. Netflix and Amazon realized quite a while ago, that as we slowly morph in this new world of TV entertainment, the only way to survive is that they *must* compete. Otherwise the old guard will continue to hold all the cards, which it has been dealing from the bottom of the deck since the 80s.