The 2025 Vergecast streaming draft
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The streaming business is a strange, strange place. For some companies, it’s more stable than ever: Netflix, Disney, and a couple of others have turned internet TV and movies into a legitimate and thriving business. For others, well, it’s complicated. Would you bet on Max, Paramount Plus, and Peacock all still being around a year from now? And that’s not to mention the side-hustle streaming services, like Apple TV Plus and Amazon Prime Video, and the social platforms like TikTok and YouTube that often feel simultaneously precarious and unstoppable. It’s not easy, fighting the streaming wars.
That’s why, once a year, we dive in and try to figure out where things are headed. On this episode of The Vergecast, it’s time for our third annual Streaming Draft. The rules are simple: there are seven categories, three hosts, and thus a to …