At the very least, it highlights the problem for the broadcast companies and demonstrates why AMC / AMC+ is struggling.
People don't need 17 streaming subscriptions. There are only so many households to sell to.
How many of those households are going to pay for a subscription so they can stream Interview with the Vampire if that's the only show they're interested in on the service? Maybe if they're a die hard fan, but they won't attract casual viewers.
Since there are fewer ads on streaming services - I won't say "no ads", because already, many of the services are including them, or at the very least, including disruptive trailers for their own shows - how do those households know that Interview with the Vampire exists as a show? On the cable TV model, AMC would run a commercial advertising the show during the airing of another show with a similar audience, drawing interest and viewers. Now it's not so simple to cross pollinate. (Anecdotally, I have a friend who is obsessed with Anne Rice and had no idea this show existed.)
You say combining the production value into a single affordable streaming service is mass delusion, I say that's the only reason it worked in the first place. The popular shows buoyed up the fringe.
People don't need 17 streaming subscriptions. There are only so many households to sell to.
How many of those households are going to pay for a subscription so they can stream Interview with the Vampire if that's the only show they're interested in on the service? Maybe if they're a die hard fan, but they won't attract casual viewers.
Since there are fewer ads on streaming services - I won't say "no ads", because already, many of the services are including them, or at the very least, including disruptive trailers for their own shows - how do those households know that Interview with the Vampire exists as a show? On the cable TV model, AMC would run a commercial advertising the show during the airing of another show with a similar audience, drawing interest and viewers. Now it's not so simple to cross pollinate. (Anecdotally, I have a friend who is obsessed with Anne Rice and had no idea this show existed.)
You say combining the production value into a single affordable streaming service is mass delusion, I say that's the only reason it worked in the first place. The popular shows buoyed up the fringe.