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Strawpoll

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We don't have a watercooler, but we do have a statistically meaningless Straw Poll. Help us shape a sense of the Site on vital and semi-vital topics of the day. You're here, so you might as well vote. Don't let others define you.

Results

  • The top three streaming video subscription services not only deliver movies, TV shows and webisodes, but are now creating original content themselves. (Exhibit A: View the pilot of Garry Trudeau's political sitcom Alpha House here.) Though the competition is heating up, it's hard to know who's ahead.

  • The Question

    Which is your favorite streaming media company?

    • A

      NETFLIX. The red envelope branding thing worked, they're smart enough to backtrack when they flub, and they realized addicted binge-viewers would get off on all-at-once release. Working for me.

    • B

      HULU. I like the indy pioneer cred and rich tradition of providing pop culture treasures, plus their cool name doesn't mean anything else -- just "the place you go to watch stuff." I'm there.

    • C

      AMAZON. They are the masters of we-can-get-anything-you-want-to-your-house-immediately, so it makes sense they'll end up being the biggest content flow system in the world. I can use the time they've saved me to watch more stuff.

  • Streaming media access
    • Use one or more of the above services
    • Use a different, more obscure online option
    • Still just watching TV