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If the 2000s were about fragmentation, the 2010s and early 2020s were about aggregation. The "Streaming Wars" ushered in the era of . As Netflix proved that original programming (House of Cards, Stranger Things ) could win Emmys, every major media conglomerate scrambled to launch its own direct-to-consumer platform: Disney+, HBO Max (now Max), Paramount+, Peacock, and Apple TV+.

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