talent from other networks, spent millions of dollars bringing these people in. all the while you had the management at discovery say, not being able to say rather, that they didn t want this service they didn t see it as viable, they didn t think it would be profitable and they wanted to wrap news into a larger bundle with news, sports, movies and entertainment and it wasn t their vision at all. help us understand what this product was while it existed. i m sitting in the us, and open up my phone on my tv, what do i get? you would get a couple of different things. it was billed as a little bit more lifestyle. it wasn t necessarily the breaking news that you would see on cnn, although they did have an element of that when there was big a news story about a guy in brooklyn who let off a smoke bomb and shot at people in the subway, cnn+ covered that. they were also doing panel shows. it was a little bit more lifestyle, there were news
it wasn t necessarily the breaking news that you would see on cnn, although they did have an element of that when there was big a news story about a guy in brooklyn who let off a smoke bomb and shot at people in the subway, cnn+ covered that. they were also doing panel shows. it was a little bit more lifestyle, there were news documentaries and so the feeling was that it wasn t you know, if you wanted news and you cut the cord and you didn t want to pay for cable any more that this wasn t really in alternative because it really wasn t that much news on it. and help me be as clear as we can be with the terminology here. we hear analysts talking about linear tv versus streaming products. just unpack those phrases for us a little bit, please. right, so linear tvjust means traditional television the terrestrial tv, broadcast networks like abc, nbc, cbs, these are all services you get free to air, they don t cost you money.
what do i get? you would get a couple of different things. it was billed as a little bit more lifestyle. it wasn t necessarily the breaking news that you would see on cnn, although they did have an element of that when there was big a news story about a guy in brooklyn who let off a smoke bomb and shot at people in the subway, cnn+ covered that. they were also doing panel shows. it was a little bit more lifestyle, there were news documentaries and so the feeling was that it wasn t you know, if you wanted news and you cut the cord and you didn t want to pay for cable any more that this wasn t really in alternative because it really wasn t that much news on it. and help me be as clear as we can be with the terminology here. we hear analysts talking about linear tv versus streaming products. just unpack those phrases for us a little bit, please. right, so linear tvjust means traditional television the terrestrial tv,
cnn+ covered that. they were also doing panel shows. it was a little bit more it was a little bit more lifestyle, there were news documentaries and so the feeling was that it wasn t you know, if you wanted news and you cut the cord and you didn t want to pay for cable any more that this wasn t really in alternative because it really wasn t that much news on it. and help me be as clear as we can be with the terminology here. we hear analysts talking about linear tv versus streaming products. just unpack those phrases for us a little bit, please. right, so linear tvjust means traditional television the terrestrial tv, broadcast networks like abc, nbc, cbs, these are all services you get free to air, they don t cost you money. cable cost you money but it comes to a fiber optic cable
or my tv, what do i get? you would get a couple of different things. it was billed as a little bit more lifestyle. it wasn t necessarily the breaking news that you would see on cnn, although they did have an element of that when there was big a news story about a guy in brooklyn who let off a smoke bomb and shot at people in the subway, cnn plus covered that. they were also doing panel shows. it was a little bit more lifestyle, news documentaries and so the feeling was that it wasn t you know, if you wanted news and you cut the cord and you didn t want to pay for cable any more that this wasn t really an alternative because there really wasn t that much news on it. and help me be as clear as we can be with the terminology here. we hear analysts talking about linear tv versus streaming products. just unpack those phrases for us a little bit, please. right. so linear tv just means traditional television. the terrestrial tv, broadcast networks like abc, nbc, cbs, these are all services yo