In a June 11 Perspectives from FSF Scholars, "Streaming Continues to Redefine the Video Landscape: It's Past Time to Eliminate Legacy Regulations," I made the case that the video distribution power center has shifted from traditional, facilities-based providers to those that lead in the online space.
Both streaming platforms, such as Roku and Amazon Fire TV, and streaming services, led by Netflix and Amazon Prime but including Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Paramount+, and numerous others, enjoy user totals that far exceed those of traditional, facilities-based multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs).
As a consequence, outdated rules premised upon marketplace assumptions that in 2021 absolutely do not apply only impede competition.
Just-released data from Nielsen underscores the degree to which streaming is revolutionizing how consumers access video: more people now view streamed content than watch broadcast television.
This, without question, is a watershed moment.
For more from Free State Foundation scholars on the pressing need to deregulate further the video distribution marketplace, please click here, here, here, and here.
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