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After Spotting Netflix And The Deep-pocketed Amazon Prime Video A Decade’s Head Start, Rivals From The Tech And Start-up Realm (Apple, Quibi) And Traditional Media (Disney, WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal) All Decided To Move Mountains To Enter The Streaming Game. At A Cost Of Billions, Each Went After Their Own Piece Of The Market, Launching Five New Services In A Seven-month Span. And Just As The Derby Was Heating Up, The Coronavirus Pandemic Arrived, A Black-swan Event Bringing Short-term Benefits But Also Stiff Challenges.

The Battle For Streaming Supremacy May End Up Having More Than One Winner, But The Cost And Disruption To Decades-old Business Models Have Also Produced A Lot Of Losers. Binge Times Reveals The True Costs Of The Vision Quest As Companies Are Turned Inside-out And Repeatedly Redraw Their Org Charts And Strategic Plans. Stretching From Silicon Valley To Hollywood To Wall Street, It Is A Mesmerizing, Character-rich Tale Of Hubris And Ambition, As The Fate Of A Century-old Industry Hangs In The Balance.

After Spotting Netflix And The Deep-pocketed Amazon Prime Video A Decade’s Head Start, Rivals From The Tech And Start-up Realm (Apple, Quibi) And Traditional Media (Disney, WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal) All Decided To Move Mountains To Enter The Streaming Game. At A Cost Of Billions, Each Went After Their Own Piece Of The Market, Launching Five New Services In A Seven-month Span. And Just As The Derby Was Heating Up, The Coronavirus Pandemic Arrived, A Black-swan Event Bringing Short-term Benefits But Also Stiff Challenges. The Battle For Streaming Supremacy May End Up Having More Than One Winner, But The Cost And Disruption To...  Read More