Streaming services' rising costs compared to cable TV highlight the narrowing gap, with premium cable and internet averaging $217 a month nationally, while live TV streaming like YouTubeTV plus internet costs $135 a month, signaling a potential tipping point for household budgets.
It's been a little more than a month since Amazon added advertising to its Prime video programming, in an effort to boost revenue. While streaming content once offered an alternative to expensive cable, the savings are getting tighter.There's no denying it can be pretty easy to find something interesting to watch on a streaming service, but there are so many choices.
The prices for all of them keep going up, pointing to a tipping-point for household budgets. "I think we may have reached it already," says Jackson. "That's why you're seeing the rise of ad-based tiers that offers them another stream of revenue.
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