<story><title>Disney Bans Netflix Ads as Streaming’s Marketing Wars Intensify</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/disney-bans-netflix-ads-as-streamings-marketing-wars-intensify-11570199291?mod=rsswn</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>1123581321</author><text>There are differences: no commercials, shows on demand, more shows, and higher quality (arguably) shows. Additionally, it’s possible to just subscribe to the one service you really like because they all have a lot of content.</text></item><item><author>thismyrealone</author><text>It just feels like the various streaming services are morphing into everything that we hated about cable television.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cj</author><text>&amp;gt; no commercials&lt;p&gt;Anyone who watches Hulu has heard &amp;quot;will play with a commercial before and after the show&amp;quot;. Hulu has been increasing the number of ads they include. It used to be ad free for many shows. Then they went to 30 second ads. Now they&amp;#x27;re stuffing 180 seconds or more on many shows.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; higher quality (arguably) shows&lt;p&gt;Definitely arguable. My feeling is the quality is going down quite a bit, but I think that&amp;#x27;s because the demand for content volume has increased (in the era of binge watching, a single TV series is started and over in one weekend).&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Additionally, it’s possible to just subscribe to the one service you really like because they all have a lot of content.&lt;p&gt;This might be true now. But there are multiple high profile streaming services launching in the next year (e.g. Disney+), which is prompting Disney to pull all content off other platforms.</text></comment>
<story><title>Disney Bans Netflix Ads as Streaming’s Marketing Wars Intensify</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/disney-bans-netflix-ads-as-streamings-marketing-wars-intensify-11570199291?mod=rsswn</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>1123581321</author><text>There are differences: no commercials, shows on demand, more shows, and higher quality (arguably) shows. Additionally, it’s possible to just subscribe to the one service you really like because they all have a lot of content.</text></item><item><author>thismyrealone</author><text>It just feels like the various streaming services are morphing into everything that we hated about cable television.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jasonjayr</author><text>Hulu shows commercials even if you pay.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m sure Netflix will start once revenue starts slipping.</text></comment>