# Streaming video -- what's changing in 2020? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-whats-changing-in-2020/845742 "2020-01-01T20:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-whats-changing-in-2020/845742/1 "2020-01-01T20:50:16Z")
I know that streaming video services routinely add and drop TV series as their streaming licenses expire or are acquired. Is there a comprehensive guide anywhere that describes what’s coming and going? (Especially going.) I discovered the hard way today that Doctor Who is no longer available (for free) on Amazon Prime. We were watching last night and I fell asleep in the middle of an episode. I went to go finish it up this afternoon and discovered that it is now pay-per-view on Prime. So that sucks. And it makes me wonder how many other series I’m in the middle of on Prime or Netflix that have gone _poof_ as of January 1. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-whats-changing-in-2020/845742/2 "2020-01-01T21:58:37Z")
Yeah, I need some sort of easy to use, up to date resource to find shows. There are some old series, mostly from the 70s and 80s, that I’d like to find. Legally, that is. > [@Shoeless](#): > > I discovered the hard way today that Doctor Who is no longer available (for free) on Amazon Prime. We were watching last night and I fell asleep in the middle of an episode. I went to go finish it up this afternoon and discovered that it is now pay-per-view on Prime. So that sucks. And it makes me wonder how many other series I’m in the middle of on Prime or Netflix that have gone _poof_ as of January 1. Oh no! I guess I’m lucky I finally caught up on the Capaldi episodes last month and got to rewatch the Smith Christmas episodes. It was a big reason I caved in and took prime. EDIT: Now that I remember, it was because Amazon bought the rights that we no longer got Dr. Who on PBS. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-whats-changing-in-2020/845742/3 "2020-01-01T22:58:12Z")
Huh? I didn’t know they cleaned house on Jan 1. I always thought the dates were random whenever their contracts ran out. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-whats-changing-in-2020/845742/4 "2020-01-02T00:21:58Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Yeah, I need some sort of easy to use, up to date resource to find shows. > There are some old series, mostly from the 70s and 80s, that I’d like to find. Legally, that is. > > Oh no! I guess I’m lucky I finally caught up on the Capaldi episodes last month and got to rewatch the Smith Christmas episodes. > It was a big reason I caved in and took prime. > > EDIT: Now that I remember, it was because Amazon bought the rights that we no longer got Dr. Who on PBS. Yeah I was about halfway through season 10. If I would have known it was going away at the end of the year, I would have made an effort to finish up sooner. ☹ **Grrr!** I don’t know that all the streaming licenses expire on Jan 1, I’m just extrapolating from a data point of one. Maybe I just got unlucky with one show I was watching. But it would be nice to know ahead of time that a show’s license is running out. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-whats-changing-in-2020/845742/5 "2020-01-02T00:45:44Z")
[https://www.justwatch.com/us](https://www.justwatch.com/us) That is the site to check were things are streaming. I have linked to the US version, though you can change to your own country if you live elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-whats-changing-in-2020/845742/6 "2020-01-02T01:16:38Z")
Ugh, looks like Doctor Who is now going to something called HBO Max. > **[‘Doctor Who’ to Stream Exclusively on HBO Max](https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/doctor-who-hbo-max-streaming-rights-1203288093/)** > > HBO Max is stepping into the world of Time Lords, sonic screwdrivers and the TARDIS. The forthcoming WarnerMedia streaming platform has acquired the exclusive streaming rights to “Doctor Who,… These stupid streaming wars will end up costing just as much as before cord cutting.