History shows us that wherever people want to be, the prices will rise and a perfect example of this is commercial leasing. The lessor will increase the price based on traffic and the areas popularity. Similarly, when a streaming service becomes big and draws in more traffic the content makers (networks) will increase their fee.

All of the major streaming platforms such as YouTube TV, Hulu, Fubo tv and Sling TV prices have risen 10-30% just in the past 2 years. The sad part is the prices will continue to rise because when there’s demand companies will take advantage and it’s not the companies we’re thinking of.

The main factor for high streaming prices is determined by where the streaming service gets their content from. Notice Netflix prices haven’t risen dramatically and it’s because they own their content and they don’t offer any live sports, locals or premium movie channels. Netflix’s small price increase could be easily justified as inflation, employee raises and other operating costs. The same can be said for Frndly TV.

Services like Fubo, YouTube TV and Hulu on the other hand do not create their own content so their price will most likely rise year after year depending on the fees they pay to host other networks content. Think of it this way, they pays a fee to show you content someone else (content holder) owns and the content holder can choose to charge them more simply because their platform is in high demand.