EntertainmentStreamingPlex to add movie and TV show purchases as it adapts in the post-piracy agePlex moves into TV and movie rentals and purchases to try and capture more of the cord cutter marketWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
EntertainmentStreamingPlex to add movie and TV show purchases as it adapts in the post-piracy agePlex moves into TV and movie rentals and purchases to try and capture more of the cord cutter marketWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Plex moves into TV and movie rentals and purchases to try and capture more of the cord cutter market
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Plex)
(Image credit: Plex)
Plex, the media server company, is launching its own store for TV and movie purchases and rentals next month, February 2024. “Most studios” are already on board for the planned February launch, and while Plex has previously announced this feature arriving in 2020 and again in 2023 it seems that it really means it this time.
The news comes via the entertainment industry newsletterLowpass, which says that in addition to the store “the service is also gearing up for some big changes under the hood, additional social features, and a significant redesign.”
When Plex announced its plans last year before apparently delaying them for the second time – “it was a lot harder than we thought,” the firm admitted –TechCrunchwent into more detail: the company was intending to launch a subscriptions feature “which would allow users to subscribe to paid streamers through Plex. And it aims to introduce recommendations in its Discover section launched earlier this year, offering users a Universal Watchlist and its first social experiences.”
Plex is making plans for streaming success
The fear isn’t so much that the app will have those features; it’s that Plex might put them at the centre of the app whether you want them to or not. Hopefully the integration will be handled in much the same way as the integration of audio streaming services such as TIDAL: there if you want it, but not in your face if you don’t.
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