Responding To Netizen's Comment

Netizen's Comment:  Miss Universe has cut off ties with Fox Channel and will move to Roku Channel, the new official English language home for Miss Universe which will stream live from New Orleans on January 14, 2023, at 7 PM ET.  Transferring from Regular TV to Streaming TV, what are the pros and cons of streaming and what do we expect from here. 

Response: The Pros and Cons of Streaming. 

First ... What Is the Difference Between Streaming TV and Regular TV?  With streaming television, you watch content on demand via an Internet connection. This setup is different from regular TV, where you watch shows as they are aired over-the-air or via a cable subscription.

PROS

1.  New Business Opportunities and Source of Income - Live streaming that is FREE opens new doors for you to new customers, consumers and clientele. Being a shrewd and enterprising businessman, you can count on a merry tinkling of dough-re-mi if you start charging your viewers when you invite them to join your live streams.

2. Interaction -  Direct and immediate communication, independent of time and space, simultaneously synchronous and asynchronous, global, and fragmented. Interaction is in real-time and it allows users to interact in a live capacity, with negligible latency.

3. Convenient and handy. With gadgets like tablets and smartphones or any desired platform, in live streaming, you can hold the world at your fingertips.

4. Accessibility - It is readily available and you can reach it with ease.

5. It's free - Live streaming across all social media is free and you can reach an audience worldwide and it will not 

cost a thing

6. Exclusivity - Live streaming creates exclusivity and is a potential revenue-making scheme.

7. Playing is on demand. It can be available even when your viewers were late

8. It is ad-free. Isn't it nice to watch a pageant with minimal commercial interruptions?

9. Piracy protection -  Streaming video technology is harder to copy and prevents users from saving a copy to their 

computers.

9. You control what you watch and when.

10. It takes less storage space than downloading content.

11. Instant playback.

CONS

1. No Rewind ... No Replay - There are no extra takes on live streaming. When the camera is rolling there is no

room for errors.

2. Timezone - If the audience is global ... selecting the best time is a problem. If it is a three-hour show viewer

will watch it till the wee hours of the morning.

3. Revenues earned are not the same when the pageant is shown on TV.

4. You need a fast internet connection.

5. Bandwidth use - streaming needs sufficient bandwidth in order to play,

6. Online only- streaming video works only when there is an available Internet connection. If the viewer's internet connection is cut during playback, you have to wait until it is restored.

Live streams if utilized correctly can achieve clear benefits; however, is it right for your pageant needs? Does it look cheap ... were the images crisp and vividly clear? Are the sounds not breaking your eardrums, or were you treated to the "sound of silence in some time? Is the pacing tedious and draining your patience? And there's a lot more to consider.