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AT&T buys Otter Media (includes Crunchyroll and VRV)
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Too early to bedwet about cruchyroll's future? Where am i supposed to get unmitigated trash now? Visual novels?
This was always expected. I imagine that as well as continuing as usual AT&T will offer Crunchyroll as part of a larger package of SVOD platforms along with Filmstruck, Boomerang, DC Universe, etc, etc and a possible WB streaming platform too for a single price.
This seems to be where all this is heading.
This seems to be where all this is heading.
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Just do like the rest of us and get 'em off Nyaa.
My vrv app glitched and I still get commercial free viewing even though I cancelled my sub awhile ago. AT&T is coming for me :(
The light novel scene is pretty robust these days!
The light novel scene is pretty robust these days!
Isn't that what VRV is already, a collection of streaming networks for one price? You can't have that price get too high and include too many things or it stops becoming a value for people, though.
Funimation is also a channel of VRV and they got bought by Sony last year. I wonder if there'll be any affect on that?
But they still charge you extra for channels like Shudder, which is bullshit. But at least you can download them on the app and watch them later.
Shudder actually got recently rolled into the base subscription for VRV, so you're not paying any extra for that one. There are still other a la carte channels, of course.
True. It's all about whether AT&T will look at this as a complimentary service to their cable packages or something to potentially replace them in time.
I can see them offering the likes of VRV, the WarnerMedia 'hubs' like DC Universe and HBO Now for a premium bundle price and/or just having them as 'add ons' to potential existing platform much like Amazon is now.
I mean about as much as when Funimation was bought by Sony.
So not likely any changes. :P
Thank goodness! I may subscribe. That makes sense now that I think about it. You can download subbed Funi shows, but you weren't able to a few weeks ago. Thanks, Ridley.
The first thing a company does when it takes over is restructure... then to cover the costs of acquisition/etc they tend to raise the price. Hope that's not the case. VRV is to our family what Netflix is to most others. We probably watch 20+ hours worth of content in this household a week on it.
Amusingly, Universal is still distributing Funi's physical media for now, so aside from the Cowboy Bebop: The Movie screenings that are happening next week, you'd be hard-pressed to see anything Sony in Funi as of right now.
Me too its a great value...I would probably jump to AT&T wireless if they offered it up for free like they're doing with HBO. Anime is intimidating but I've discovered Kill La Kill and a bunch of others I've wanted to check out and its been great.
I thought Nyaa was dead. I've heard tales the Yakuza nuked them
I mean, I certainly could, but we run into the problem of, you know, crunchyroll losing rights to it and then we never get anything but fansubs.
It's kind of crazy if you're interested in even just one or two things outside of crunchyroll. Especially since VRV subscription still includes Crunchyroll manga.
Not to mention who likes supporting anime producers when we can just pirate amirite?
/s if that wasn't blindingly obvious.
Although it ain't likely, sure would be nice if DC Universe wound up as one of the channel options on VRV.