Willie O’Reilly: The only way is up for the price of streamed entertainment
It’s the golden age of online TV and film content, but networks like Netflix and Apple TV will soon be looking for a better return on their investment
When television first arrived in Ireland, the offer was simple. An evening of entertainment, current affairs and sports, all for the price of the licence fee.
But the medium has changed in ways people of the last century could not have predicted. Broadcasting is now 24/7 and the choice has increased exponentially, though not always in a good way.
“Fifty-seven channels and nothing on,” Bruce Springsteen sang back in 1992. Today it’s more like 570 ...