Streaming started off as a cheaper alternative to cable…but is it still?

The Wall Street Journal’s chart - shown here on Flowing Data - shows how streaming services are only getting more expensive.

Questions:

• Do you or your family subscribe to any of these streaming services?
  • How much did you pay when you first started your subscription?
  • How much do you pay now?
• Why do you think streaming services keep increasing their prices?
• Is there a price point at which you would consider canceling your subscription? Why or why not?
• What alternatives do consumers have if they choose not to pay for streaming?

Use this chart alongside NGPF’s other curriculum:

• Online Shopping Pitfalls lesson
• Consumer Skills Unit
• Budgeting Unit

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Sonia Dalal

Sonia has always been passionate about instruction and improving students' learning experiences. She's come a long way since her days as a first grader, when she would "teach" music and read to her very attentive stuffed animals after school. Since then, she has taught students as a K-12 tutor, worked in several EdTech startups in the Bay Area, and completed her Ed.M in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is passionate about bringing the high quality personal finance content and instruction she wished she'd received in school to the next generation of students and educators. When she isn't crafting lesson guides or working with teachers, Sonia loves to spend her time singing, being outdoors, and adventuring with family and friends!

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