Strategic Movements: July 2020

timjsmith

Tim J. Smith, PhD
Founder and CEO, Wiglaf Pricing

Published July 16, 2020

Online TV Asymmetric Price Increases

Google’s YouTubeTV subscriptions are increasing to $65/month from $50/month and FuboTV is raising prices $5/month to near $60. Others like Netflix and Disney+ are holding prices low while attracting new subscribers. Which path is correct?

Online TV providers raising prices in Summmer 2020

Photo by Jehyun Sung on Unsplash

Both. FuboTV and others are delivering live sports where price elasticity of demand is much lower. Netflix and others are not, and their elasticity is much higher.

About The Author

timjsmith
Tim J. Smith, PhD, is the founder and CEO of Wiglaf Pricing, an Adjunct Professor of Marketing and Economics at DePaul University, and the author of Pricing Done Right (Wiley 2016) and Pricing Strategy (Cengage 2012). At Wiglaf Pricing, Tim leads client engagements. Smith’s popular business book, Pricing Done Right: The Pricing Framework Proven Successful by the World’s Most Profitable Companies, was noted by Dennis Stone, CEO of Overhead Door Corp, as "Essential reading… While many books cover the concepts of pricing, Pricing Done Right goes the additional step of applying the concepts in the real world." Tim’s textbook, Pricing Strategy: Setting Price Levels, Managing Price Discounts, & Establishing Price Structures, has been described by independent reviewers as “the most comprehensive pricing strategy book” on the market. As well as serving as the Academic Advisor to the Professional Pricing Society’s Certified Pricing Professional program, Tim is a member of the American Marketing Association and American Physical Society. He holds a BS in Physics and Chemistry from Southern Methodist University, a BA in Mathematics from Southern Methodist University, a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Chicago, and an MBA with high honors in Strategy and Marketing from the University of Chicago GSB.