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2026-04-26
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US streaming bundling and consolidation through 2026: how the OTT war ends with cable rules in a streaming wrapper
Netflix booked seven billion dollars in operating income in 2024 while Paramount and Peacock lost a combined three and a half billion on streaming, the Disney plus Hulu plus Max bundle launched at sixteen ninety nine, and a seventy six billion dollar NBA deal split three ways rewrote the cost structure for live sports.
The 2024 to 2026 window closes the streaming land grab and opens the consolidation phase. Netflix ended 2024 with 301 million paid memberships and roughly seven billion dollars of operating income, the only pure play streamer at scale margin. Disney direct to consumer turned profitable in fiscal Q4 2024 with 252 million dollars of operati...