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What Streaming Buyers Are Actually Acquiring: How to Read Catalog Changes for Licensing and Sales

By David Markowitz | June 9, 2026

Reelgood bar chart of the largest year-over-year genre changes across major streaming catalogs, 2025 to 2026, showing gains and declines by service.

Over the past few months I have sat in on a string of conversations with content strategy, acquisition, and sales leaders at production companies and independent distributors. The companies could not have been more different: a Canadian studio selling scripted series into Europe, a mid-size studio building a slate for underrepresented audiences, an indie distributor…

How Many Movies and TV Shows Do You Get Per Dollar? The 2026 Streaming Value Scorecard

By David Markowitz | April 2, 2026

Horizontal bar chart ranking six ad-free streaming services by movies per dollar. Netflix leads at 251, followed by HBO Max (137), Disney+ (110), Hulu (78), Paramount+ (78), and Peacock (74). Prime Video excluded for scale.

Key Takeaways Four major ad-free streaming services now charge between $18.49 and $19.99 per month. The price gap between Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, and HBO Max has narrowed to just $1.50. But the content you get for that near-identical price varies by more than 3x. Netflix leads among traditional streamers at 251 movies and 186 TV…