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TV Prediction: DIRECTV Will Add Streaming Plan

By Swanni Washington, D.C. (February 23, 2012) -- Note: Every weekday, Swanni, president of TVPredictions.com, will post a new prediction on a TV related matter on the Home Page of this web site. Today, Swanni gazes into his crystal ball and offers a forecast on DIRECTV and streaming.

Comcast yesterday unveiled a subscriber-only video streaming service and I predict that DIRECTV will do so as well, perhaps as early as next week.

Like Comcast, and the Dish/Blockbuster plan, the DIRECTV streaming service will be for subscribers only. It will be available on mobile devices and Broadband-enabled HD DVRs. For DIRECTV, it will be another weapon to persuade subscribers to connect their set-tops to the Net, something only about 10 percent have done. With higher Net usage, DIRECTV could increase its revenue via the streaming service and its DIRECTV Cinema VOD offering, which also requires an Internet connection.Also like the Comcast and Dish/Blockbuster ventures, the DIRECTV streaming service will not individually threaten Netflix's market share. But the addition of another major TV service in the streaming category will take more streaming subs away from Netflix. As a group, Netflix's streaming rivals will make 2012 a challenging year for the online rental service.
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