The mission behind a company like this is admirable, but I can't help but feel like it is the wrong approach to diversity. It reminds me of BET... why would we want to segregate content to one specific channel or network? It feels backwards to me. True diversity would be having this content everywhere.
A service like this is almost like a specialty kitchen item. My fiancée is a stickler for this stuff and it is something I really love about her. She hates speciality, single-use items. Take the cherry-pitter[1]. It's obnoxiously large, like a beefy can opener, and the only thing it does is remove pits from cherries (and, apparently Olives). She doesn't want stuff like that in our kitchen, and I don't blame her.
Regardless of your cultural background, why might you want to buy a standalone TV/streaming package for one vertical of content? I think we'd all agree the future would might involve a-la cart purchases like this... but we aren't there yet. Once you combine your Basic TV via Sling or Playstation Vue, Netflix for the riff-raff, and an add-on luxury package like HBO GO - you don't have any more room for speciality items. They need to be REALLY special in order to work. Just like the cherry pitter – there just isn't any room left in my drawers for a single purpose item.
A service like this is almost like a specialty kitchen item. My fiancée is a stickler for this stuff and it is something I really love about her. She hates speciality, single-use items. Take the cherry-pitter[1]. It's obnoxiously large, like a beefy can opener, and the only thing it does is remove pits from cherries (and, apparently Olives). She doesn't want stuff like that in our kitchen, and I don't blame her.
Regardless of your cultural background, why might you want to buy a standalone TV/streaming package for one vertical of content? I think we'd all agree the future would might involve a-la cart purchases like this... but we aren't there yet. Once you combine your Basic TV via Sling or Playstation Vue, Netflix for the riff-raff, and an add-on luxury package like HBO GO - you don't have any more room for speciality items. They need to be REALLY special in order to work. Just like the cherry pitter – there just isn't any room left in my drawers for a single purpose item.
[1] https://www.oxo.com/products/preparing/fruit-vegetable-tools...