Pick your entertainment ecosystem

Or pick them all

Disney recently announced their new streaming and original content service Disney+, will follow Apple TV into a very crowded group of digital content providers this year. By my unofficial count we have the following services offering both subscriptions AND original content (price included because that’ll become important later…):

Sling ($15–25/month)
YouTube TV ($50/month)
Hulu ($6/month)
Netflix ($9-$16/month)
Amazon Prime Video ($9/month)
Disney + ($7/month)
Apple TV (unannounced)
PlayStation Vue ($45–80/month)
ESPN+($5/month)
HBO Now ($15/month)
Showtime ($11/month)
Starz ($9/month)
CBS All Access ($10/month)

Not to mention the other entertainment subscription services out there. Gamers have a lot of choices between PlayStation Now/XBOX Game Pass, Origin or Epic Games, in addition to the other subscription choices for music and news services like Spotify, Apple Music/News, Pandora, Sirius and of course your trusty local newspaper. It’s remarkable looking at this list and thinking back to a decade or so…