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Completed Demand Map
Demand Map: the TV Time refugee opportunity
The shutdown created urgent, observable migration demand and exposed that people are losing community history as well as tracking data.
Build call · 72 score · Medium confidenceBuild smaller
Next move: Ship the migration checker, recruit one fandom, and ask opt-in users for a deposit before building the broader product.
Reachable Demand Score72out of 100
Medium confidence
Reviewed evidence13 reviewed receipts
Why: 13 reviewed receipts
Supported by 13 source receipts
- TechCrunch shutdown report · Trend signal · High confidence
- TVmaze importer launch · Workaround · High confidence
- Trakt TV Time migration guide · Workaround · High confidence
- JustWatch TV Time importer · Workaround · High confidence
- r/TVTime alternatives megathread · Alternative search · High confidence
- TV Time shutdown community thread · Complaint · High confidence
- Reacham Apple-feed observation: Refract migration load · Trend signal · Medium confidence
- Trakt migration troubleshooting thread · Creator audience signal · Medium confidence
- Trakt VIP pricing page · Purchase signal · High confidence
- JustWatch Pro official description · Anti signal · High confidence
- Reacham Apple-feed annotation: Simkl import request · Request · Medium confidence
- Simkl PRO and VIP pricing page · Purchase signal · High confidence
- r/TVTime community reopening · Creator audience signal · High confidence
Urgent evidence6 urgent evidence receipts
Why: 6 urgent evidence receipts
Supported by 6 source receipts
- TechCrunch shutdown report · Trend signal · High confidence
- TVmaze importer launch · Workaround · High confidence
- Trakt TV Time migration guide · Workaround · High confidence
- JustWatch TV Time importer · Workaround · High confidence
- r/TVTime alternatives megathread · Alternative search · High confidence
- TV Time shutdown community thread · Complaint · High confidence
Competitor coverage5 competitor cards
Why: 5 competitor cards
Supported by 10 source receipts
- Reacham Apple-feed observation: Refract migration load · Trend signal · Medium confidence
- r/TVTime alternatives megathread · Alternative search · High confidence
- Trakt TV Time migration guide · Workaround · High confidence
- Trakt migration troubleshooting thread · Creator audience signal · Medium confidence
- Trakt VIP pricing page · Purchase signal · High confidence
- TVmaze importer launch · Workaround · High confidence
- JustWatch TV Time importer · Workaround · High confidence
- JustWatch Pro official description · Anti signal · High confidence
- Reacham Apple-feed annotation: Simkl import request · Request · Medium confidence
- Simkl PRO and VIP pricing page · Purchase signal · High confidence
Current channels2 reviewed channels
Why: 2 reviewed channels
Supported by 2 source receipts
- r/TVTime community reopening · Creator audience signal · High confidence
- Trakt migration troubleshooting thread · Creator audience signal · Medium confidence
ReachabilityThe audience is gathered in public alternative, migration, and troubleshooting threads right now.
Strongest wedgeA migration-first post-episode room for one concentrated fandom, with transparent import diagnostics.
Why this score
Reachable Demand Score breakdown
This estimates reachable buyers soon, not TAM or broad market attractiveness.
72out of 100Medium confidence
Best reachable segment
Active migrants comparing alternatives in public migration and support communities.
Main score reason
Pain and reachability are unusually strong, while paid intent remains unproven.
Biggest risk
The migration rush decays quickly and social products are empty without concentrated participation.
Fastest validation move
Offer a migration diagnostic and a focused community preview before building a general tracker.
What would increase confidence
Paid deposits or completed migration requests from one concentrated fandom would increase confidence.
Score component breakdown
Component values show the current reporter's judgment and whether that judgment is source-backed, mixed, or inference.
Pain clarity
Source-backedThe shutdown, data-loss risk, and migration job are explicit.
Evidence basis: 2 exact receiptsUrgency
Source-backedThe service deadline compresses the decision window.
Evidence basis: 1 exact receiptRecency
Source-backedThe reviewed migration activity is current.
Evidence basis: 2 exact receiptsSignal density
MixedMultiple independent sources repeat migration and social-loss needs.
Evidence basis: 2 exact receiptsBuyer intent
InferenceReplacement intent is visible; paid intent is not yet proven.
Evidence basis: 1 exact receiptMonetization evidence
InferenceThe category has strong free expectations and weak direct payment proof.
Evidence basis: 2 exact receiptsReachability
Source-backedMigrants are concentrated in public comparison and support threads.
Evidence basis: 2 exact receiptsChannel permission
MixedHelpful migration contributions are welcome; promotion still requires care.
Evidence basis: 2 exact receiptsCompetitor weakness
Source-backedImport friction and shallow social history leave openings, but incumbents are moving fast.
Evidence basis: 3 exact receiptsFounder fit
InferenceA fast technical founder can ship migration tooling, but community operations remain demanding.
Evidence basis: 0 exact receiptsDifferentiation
MixedThe social-memory wedge is distinct, but competitors are already adding community features.
Evidence basis: 2 exact receiptsLaunch asset fit
Source-backedA migration checker or comparison guide directly answers the active job.
Evidence basis: 2 exact receiptsPricing evidence
Benchmarks and a nonbinding price test
These are captured comparison points, not an averaged price recommendation. The buyer decides whether to run the proposed test.
| Product | Tier | Amount | Billing period | Captured | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trakt | VIP yearly | $60.00 | year | 2026-07-11 | Open source |
| Trakt | VIP monthly | $6.00 | month | 2026-07-11 | Open source |
| Simkl | PRO yearly | $34.99 | year | 2026-07-11 | Open source |
| Simkl | VIP | $34.99 | six months | 2026-07-11 | Open source |
Researcher-proposed test: $12 founding pass for the first concentrated fandom
Comparison basis: The reviewed alternatives make migration a free baseline, so the test isolates whether users value transparent migration support plus one populated community rather than averaging unlike product tiers.
What changes the recommendation: Change the recommendation away from a paid founding pass if qualified diagnostic users select free-only or decline the offer after seeing honest terms.
Comparison basis: The reviewed alternatives make migration a free baseline, so the test isolates whether users value transparent migration support plus one populated community rather than averaging unlike product tiers.
What changes the recommendation: Change the recommendation away from a paid founding pass if qualified diagnostic users select free-only or decline the offer after seeing honest terms.
Decision flow
Buyer-run gates, frozen before action
These gates and assets are researcher-proposed buyer-run recommendations. Reacham did not run them or observe their outcomes.
- 7 days
Migration diagnostic
DOOffer a neutral, no-login export checklist before asking for any product interest.
SHIPmigration-worksheet
MEASURECompleted checklist with an opt-in request for migration help. Target: 10 qualified opt-in diagnostic completions. Qualification: A participant has a TV Time export or a specific unresolved migration question. Window: Seven calendar days after the first permitted community contribution.
DECIDEProceed: Proceed if users complete the checklist and ask for the next migration step. Pivot: Pivot to a comparison-only utility if completion occurs without migration-help requests. Stop: Stop the channel if useful public contribution is not permitted or the worksheet creates support promises we cannot keep.
Why this gateMigration support is the directly observed job; the threshold is researcher-proposed and frozen before action.
Why: Migration diagnostic evidence basis
Supported by 3 source receipts- TVmaze importer launch · Workaround · High confidence
- Trakt TV Time migration guide · Workaround · High confidence
- Trakt migration troubleshooting thread · Creator audience signal · Medium confidence
- 7 days
One-fandom community preview
DOInvite opt-in diagnostic users to one post-episode room, not a broad catalog launch.
SHIPcommunity-post
MEASUREQualified opt-ins who choose a specific fandom room. Target: 5 qualified opt-ins for one named fandom. Qualification: The person has used the diagnostic and names a show they actively follow. Window: Seven calendar days after the diagnostic window.
DECIDEProceed: Proceed if one fandom produces opt-in concentration without unsolicited outreach. Pivot: Pivot to migration utility only if people value diagnostics but not community participation. Stop: Stop if the relevant community does not permit the contribution or no concentrated fandom emerges.
Why this gatePublic discussion distinguishes social memory from tracking, but does not prove a new room will fill.
Why: One-fandom community preview evidence basis
Supported by 2 source receipts- TV Time shutdown community thread · Complaint · High confidence
- r/TVTime community reopening · Creator audience signal · High confidence
- 7 days
Founding-pass price selection
DOShow honest founding-pass terms after the migration utility; do not take payment in this recommendation.
SHIPfounding-offer-copy
MEASUREQualified users who select the proposed price after reading terms. Target: 3 qualified price selections. Qualification: The person completed the migration diagnostic and sees the exact founding-pass terms. Window: Seven calendar days after the community-preview window.
DECIDEProceed: Proceed to a separately reviewed offer test only when the predeclared selection target is met. Pivot: Pivot to free migration support if qualified users decline the paid comparison after seeing terms. Stop: Stop the price hypothesis if terms, refund policy, or payment handling are not ready for a real buyer-run test.
Why this gateFree migration paths are the comparison baseline; no average of competitor tiers can produce this price.
Why: Founding-pass price selection evidence basis
Supported by 3 source receipts- Trakt VIP pricing page · Purchase signal · High confidence
- Simkl PRO and VIP pricing page · Purchase signal · High confidence
- JustWatch Pro official description · Anti signal · High confidence
Launch kit
Use these buyer-run assets as-is or adapt them honestly
Each download carries its disclosure and permission boundary. Unsupported channels are deliberately suppressed.
Permitted public migration community
Community contribution post
Post only where community rules or a moderator permit useful migration help.
Disclosure
Disclose the builder relationship and keep the contribution useful without requiring signup.
Existing migration support thread
Forum/support reply
Reply only to an existing relevant question; do not contact individual users privately.
Disclosure
State that the worksheet is a neutral aid and does not replace the platform support team.
Opt-in download
Migration/comparison worksheet
Give it to people who request it or where a public contribution is permitted.
Disclosure
The worksheet is informational and does not promise a successful import.
Buyer-owned offer page
Founding-offer page copy
Do not publish until the buyer owns the page and approves its terms.
Disclosure
State that this is a proposed, nonbinding test until the buyer chooses to run it with reviewed payment terms.
Buyer internal measurement
Measurement sheet
Use only with participant-consented, privacy-minimized records.
Disclosure
Keep buyer-reported results distinct from directly observed product events.
Suppressed channels
- Unsolicited direct message: no asset generated. Forbidden: a public thread is not permission for private outreach.
Evidence limitations
Evidence limitations
These caveats are kept visible so the recommendation stays tied to the receipts Reacham actually reviewed.
Migration, comments, and waitlist activity show urgency; none of the reviewed receipts proves durable willingness to pay.
The shutdown concentrates attention now, but users will settle into alternatives and the acquisition window will narrow.
Reacham’s latest Apple customer-review feed observations were incomplete, so annotations support risk discovery rather than competitor ranking.
People mourn TV Time’s community, but public receipts do not prove a new empty community can recreate accumulated social history.
Evidence-backed findings
Research drilldown
Open each finding to inspect the source receipts, access route, confidence, compliance decision, and the researcher interpretation built on top of it.
Demand Leaks
Demand Leaks
Two jobs are leaking at once: preserving years of personal history and preserving the social ritual around each episode.
Replacement activity is strong evidence of urgency, not proof that people will pay. Public community evidence is paraphrased and its source permissions are treated as limited.
4 sources
Users need a migration they can trust
TV Time users with years of viewing history at risk
- Urgency
- High
- Monetization
- Medium
- Reachability
- High
Evidence
Source receiptTechCrunch shutdown reportHigh confidence
Generated summaryTV Time announced a short shutdown and export window, forcing its audience to choose a replacement quickly.
- Platform
- TechCrunch
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 2, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Trend signal
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- Existing TV Time users with saved watch history
- Engagement context
- Primary press coverage of the shutdown announcement and company rationale.
- Outreach safety
- Language research only
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
People risk losing years of watch history unless they export and migrate before the service disappears.
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Source receiptTVmaze importer launchHigh confidence
Generated summaryTVmaze shipped an official-export importer immediately after the shutdown news and warns that some records may not map perfectly.
- Platform
- TVmaze
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 2, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Workaround
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- TV Time users prioritizing watch-history continuity
- Engagement context
- Official importer announcement describing supported records and mapping limitations.
- Outreach safety
- Language research only
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
Migration speed matters, but trustworthy handling of skipped or mismatched records matters just as much.
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Source receiptTrakt TV Time migration guideHigh confidence
Generated summaryTrakt accepts the official TV Time data export directly and published a migration guide for displaced users.
- Platform
- Trakt Forums
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 3, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Workaround
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- TV Time users seeking a durable general-purpose tracker
- Engagement context
- Official Trakt announcement and support route for TV Time migration.
- Outreach safety
- Language research only
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
Users value a low-friction import path backed by an established product they can trust to remain available.
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Source receiptJustWatch TV Time importerHigh confidence
Generated summaryJustWatch created a dedicated TV Time import page so users can preserve tracked shows and movies.
- Platform
- JustWatch
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- Unavailable
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Workaround
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- Mainstream streaming viewers leaving TV Time
- Engagement context
- Public product page aimed directly at TV Time migrants.
- Outreach safety
- Language research only
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
Import is rapidly becoming table stakes, so an importer alone is not a durable product wedge.
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Recommended wedge
Lead with a migration health check that shows imported, skipped, and unmapped records before asking users to switch.
2 sources
The missing product is the room after the episode
Long-tenure users who value comments, reactions, and shared history
- Urgency
- High
- Monetization
- Medium
- Reachability
- High
Evidence
Source receiptr/TVTime alternatives megathreadHigh confidence
ParaphrasePeople compare import quality, comments, GIFs, community depth, reliability, and whether a new tracker will still exist next year.
- Platform
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 6, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Paraphrase
- Source class
- Alternative search
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- Active TV Time migrants comparing replacement products
- Engagement context
- Large public comparison thread with user reviews, developer replies, migration notes, and waitlist interest.
- Outreach safety
- Community contribution
- Compliance
- Unknown
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
The job is not merely moving checkmarks; users want history, identity, social memory, and confidence that the next home will last.
Public community discussion is paraphrased and attributed; outreach permission was not inferred.
Source receiptTV Time shutdown community threadHigh confidence
ParaphraseLong-time users describe losing a social place as well as a tracker, including relationships formed through the product.
- Platform
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 4, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Paraphrase
- Source class
- Complaint
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- Long-tenure TV Time community members
- Engagement context
- Public shutdown discussion where users share personal loss and replacement suggestions.
- Outreach safety
- Language research only
- Compliance
- Unknown
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
The irreplaceable value is the accumulated community around each episode, not only the personal viewing ledger.
Public community discussion is paraphrased and attributed; outreach permission was not inferred.
Recommended wedge
Concentrate one active fandom and preserve its social memory instead of launching empty rooms for every show.
Dead Competitors
Dead Competitors
The alternatives are alive and shipping; the opening is failure under migration pressure and incomplete social continuity, not abandonment.
Reacham observed partial Apple feed coverage, so these annotations identify risks rather than rank competitors. Community complaints quoted here are paraphrased under limited source permissions.
Competitor opening
Refract
A social-first TV, movie, and anime tracker attracting TV Time migrants.
Audience
Social-first TV, movie, and anime trackers leaving TV Time
Current price
No stable numeric price captured
Complaint pattern
Migration friction appears while the product is absorbing a sudden influx.
Solvable opening
Make import outcomes transparent and let users recover from skipped records without support tickets.
Risk
Refract is visibly responsive and may close the gap quickly.
Evidence
Source receiptReacham Apple-feed observation: Refract migration loadMedium confidence
Generated summaryReacham observed active public review activity during the migration wave with partial feed coverage; no reviewer copy was retained.
- Platform
- Apple App Store Review Feeds
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- Unavailable
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Trend signal
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Audience segment
- iOS users testing Refract as a TV Time replacement
- Engagement context
- Daily Apple customer-review feed observation with partial feed coverage.
- Outreach safety
- Do not contact
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Official API
Extracted pain
A fast-growing rescue product must absorb migration demand without losing reliability or user trust.
Reacham retained an annotation from Apple customer-review feeds, not the reviewer text, under its annotation-only source policy.
Source receiptr/TVTime alternatives megathreadHigh confidence
ParaphrasePeople compare import quality, comments, GIFs, community depth, reliability, and whether a new tracker will still exist next year.
- Platform
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 6, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Paraphrase
- Source class
- Alternative search
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- Active TV Time migrants comparing replacement products
- Engagement context
- Large public comparison thread with user reviews, developer replies, migration notes, and waitlist interest.
- Outreach safety
- Community contribution
- Compliance
- Unknown
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
The job is not merely moving checkmarks; users want history, identity, social memory, and confidence that the next home will last.
Public community discussion is paraphrased and attributed; outreach permission was not inferred.
Comparison angle
Compare migration confidence and social continuity, not feature count.
Competitor opening
Trakt
An established general-purpose TV and movie tracker with a TV Time migration guide.
Audience
TV Time users who want a durable general tracker
Current price
$60/year or $6/month VIP; free core tier
Complaint pattern
Migration support is useful, but import edge cases still need troubleshooting and tracking does not recreate the old episode community.
Solvable opening
Pair a transparent migration diagnostic with one deeply populated social niche.
Risk
Trakt has an established brand, durable tracking depth, and a public migration path.
Evidence
Source receiptTrakt TV Time migration guideHigh confidence
Generated summaryTrakt accepts the official TV Time data export directly and published a migration guide for displaced users.
- Platform
- Trakt Forums
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 3, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Workaround
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- TV Time users seeking a durable general-purpose tracker
- Engagement context
- Official Trakt announcement and support route for TV Time migration.
- Outreach safety
- Language research only
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
Users value a low-friction import path backed by an established product they can trust to remain available.
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Source receiptTrakt migration troubleshooting threadMedium confidence
Generated summaryMigrants publicly document edge cases, compare results, and ask for help when histories do not map cleanly.
- Platform
- Trakt Forums
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 4, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Creator audience signal
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Audience segment
- Technical early adopters validating imported watch history
- Engagement context
- Public support thread with concrete migration questions and peer verification.
- Outreach safety
- Useful public reply
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
Transparent migration diagnostics can earn trust while silent skips create support burden and churn.
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Source receiptTrakt VIP pricing pageHigh confidence
Generated summaryTrakt lists VIP at USD 60 billed yearly or USD 6 billed monthly, alongside a free feature tier.
- Platform
- Trakt
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- Unavailable
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Purchase signal
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- TV and movie tracking power users
- Engagement context
- Official Trakt VIP pricing and feature page.
- Outreach safety
- Language research only
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
Established trackers monetize power-user features while keeping core tracking available free.
Typed observations
- Value
- 60 USD/year
- Observed
- 2026-07-11T08:00:00.000Z
- Method
- manual official pricing-page capture · pricing-page-capture-v1
- Value
- 6 USD/month
- Observed
- 2026-07-11T08:00:00.000Z
- Method
- manual official pricing-page capture · pricing-page-capture-v1
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Comparison angle
Compare import explainability and concentrated social continuity, not tracker breadth.
Competitor opening
TVmaze
A TV tracker that published an importer immediately after the TV Time shutdown.
Audience
TV Time users prioritizing quick history migration
Current price
No numeric paid-tier price captured
Complaint pattern
The importer warns that some records may not map perfectly.
Solvable opening
Make skipped and mismatched records visible before a user commits to a new home.
Risk
TVmaze moved quickly into the migration moment with a purpose-built importer.
Evidence
Source receiptTVmaze importer launchHigh confidence
Generated summaryTVmaze shipped an official-export importer immediately after the shutdown news and warns that some records may not map perfectly.
- Platform
- TVmaze
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 2, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Workaround
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- TV Time users prioritizing watch-history continuity
- Engagement context
- Official importer announcement describing supported records and mapping limitations.
- Outreach safety
- Language research only
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
Migration speed matters, but trustworthy handling of skipped or mismatched records matters just as much.
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Source receiptTrakt migration troubleshooting threadMedium confidence
Generated summaryMigrants publicly document edge cases, compare results, and ask for help when histories do not map cleanly.
- Platform
- Trakt Forums
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 4, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Creator audience signal
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Audience segment
- Technical early adopters validating imported watch history
- Engagement context
- Public support thread with concrete migration questions and peer verification.
- Outreach safety
- Useful public reply
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
Transparent migration diagnostics can earn trust while silent skips create support burden and churn.
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Comparison angle
Compare the quality of migration diagnostics rather than importer availability alone.
Competitor opening
JustWatch
A mainstream streaming guide that launched a dedicated TV Time importer page.
Audience
Mainstream streaming viewers moving their TV Time library
Current price
Monthly Pro exists; numeric amount is an explicit gap
Complaint pattern
A dedicated importer makes migration table stakes rather than a differentiated product wedge.
Solvable opening
Help people compare import integrity and social continuity after the basic transfer.
Risk
JustWatch already has mainstream distribution and a migration-specific entry point.
Evidence
Source receiptJustWatch TV Time importerHigh confidence
Generated summaryJustWatch created a dedicated TV Time import page so users can preserve tracked shows and movies.
- Platform
- JustWatch
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- Unavailable
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Workaround
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- Mainstream streaming viewers leaving TV Time
- Engagement context
- Public product page aimed directly at TV Time migrants.
- Outreach safety
- Language research only
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
Import is rapidly becoming table stakes, so an importer alone is not a durable product wedge.
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Source receiptr/TVTime alternatives megathreadHigh confidence
ParaphrasePeople compare import quality, comments, GIFs, community depth, reliability, and whether a new tracker will still exist next year.
- Platform
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 6, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Paraphrase
- Source class
- Alternative search
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- Active TV Time migrants comparing replacement products
- Engagement context
- Large public comparison thread with user reviews, developer replies, migration notes, and waitlist interest.
- Outreach safety
- Community contribution
- Compliance
- Unknown
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
The job is not merely moving checkmarks; users want history, identity, social memory, and confidence that the next home will last.
Public community discussion is paraphrased and attributed; outreach permission was not inferred.
Source receiptJustWatch Pro official descriptionHigh confidence
Generated summaryJustWatch confirms a monthly Pro subscription but the reviewed public page does not expose a stable numeric price.
- Platform
- JustWatch Support
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- Unavailable
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Anti signal
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- JustWatch users considering enhanced features
- Engagement context
- Official JustWatch Pro product description.
- Outreach safety
- Language research only
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
A missing public amount is a pricing-evidence gap and must not be filled from inference.
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Comparison angle
Compare the post-import community job, not a generic streaming guide feature set.
Competitor opening
Simkl
An established tracker considered by migrants during the shutdown window.
Audience
Migrants evaluating an established all-in-one tracker
Current price
$34.99/year PRO; $34.99 every six months VIP
Complaint pattern
A Reacham annotation identified a recent request for import or migration support; the underlying review text is not retained.
Solvable opening
Treat migration help as an auditable support workflow instead of assuming a completed import ends the job.
Risk
The evidence is partial and annotation-only, so it identifies a research risk rather than a ranking.
Evidence
Source receiptReacham Apple-feed annotation: Simkl import requestMedium confidence
Generated summaryReacham classified a recent review as a request for import or migration support; no reviewer copy was retained.
- Platform
- Apple App Store Review Feeds
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 2, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Request
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Audience segment
- iOS users evaluating Simkl during the migration window
- Engagement context
- Daily Apple customer-review feed observation with partial feed coverage.
- Outreach safety
- Do not contact
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Official API
Extracted pain
Even established alternatives are judged first on whether the move preserves a user’s existing library.
Reacham retained an annotation from Apple customer-review feeds, not the reviewer text, under its annotation-only source policy.
Source receiptSimkl PRO and VIP pricing pageHigh confidence
Generated summarySimkl lists PRO at USD 34.99 billed annually and VIP at USD 34.99 billed twice yearly.
- Platform
- Simkl
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- Unavailable
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Purchase signal
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- Tracking power users seeking advanced features
- Engagement context
- Official Simkl plan comparison and pricing page.
- Outreach safety
- Language research only
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
Paid tiers compete on advanced lists, recommendations, backups, exports, and community access rather than basic tracking alone.
Typed observations
- Value
- 34.99 USD/year
- Observed
- 2026-07-11T08:00:00.000Z
- Method
- manual official pricing-page capture · pricing-page-capture-v1
- Value
- 34.99 USD/6 months
- Observed
- 2026-07-11T08:00:00.000Z
- Method
- manual official pricing-page capture · pricing-page-capture-v1
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Comparison angle
Compare transparent support for unresolved migration cases while keeping uncertainty visible.
Creator Doorways
Creator Doorways
The best channels are communities already organizing migration help, not scraped lists of individual users.
A public thread is permission to contribute useful information, not permission to mass-contact participants.
Reddit
r/TVTime migration community
TV Time users choosing a replacement now
Audience pain
They need neutral comparisons, export safety, and honest migration guidance.
Offer type
Useful public contribution
Risk
Promotional framing would destroy trust in a community seeking neutral help.
Evidence
Source receiptr/TVTime community reopeningHigh confidence
Generated summaryThe community reopened specifically to host neutral migration help, feature comparisons, and discussion of every alternative.
- Platform
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 6, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Creator audience signal
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Audience segment
- TV Time users actively choosing a replacement
- Engagement context
- Moderator announcement explicitly welcoming alternative comparisons and migration guides.
- Outreach safety
- Community contribution
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
Migrants need a trustworthy comparison space and practical help more than another unsolicited product pitch.
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Suggested pitch
Publish a no-login migration diagnostic and disclose exactly which records each importer preserves.
Trakt Forums
Migration support threads
Early adopters verifying import correctness
Audience pain
They need explanations for missing, mismatched, or unsupported records.
Offer type
Support utility and opt-in beta
Risk
The utility must be genuinely product-agnostic to earn referrals.
Evidence
Source receiptTrakt migration troubleshooting threadMedium confidence
Generated summaryMigrants publicly document edge cases, compare results, and ask for help when histories do not map cleanly.
- Platform
- Trakt Forums
- Captured
- July 10, 2026
- Published
- July 4, 2026
- Evidence kind
- Generated summary
- Source class
- Creator audience signal
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Audience segment
- Technical early adopters validating imported watch history
- Engagement context
- Public support thread with concrete migration questions and peer verification.
- Outreach safety
- Useful public reply
- Compliance
- Compliant
- Access route
- Manual research
Extracted pain
Transparent migration diagnostics can earn trust while silent skips create support burden and churn.
Public source is summarized and attributed; no long source text is reproduced.
Suggested pitch
Answer edge cases with a reusable migration-check worksheet and invite opt-in testing.
First-100 Launch Plan
First-100 Launch Plan
Use the migration moment to prove trust and concentrated participation before expanding product scope.
These are researcher-recommended experiments, not forecasts of conversion or customer count. They lean on paraphrased community evidence gathered under limited source access.
- Immediate
Public migration communities
Ship a free export checker that explains what can migrate, what cannot, and how to keep a safe backup.
Asset neededNo-login migration checker and comparison worksheet
Evidence supportMultiple products and support threads show that import reliability is the first decision criterion.
Success metricOpt-in users complete the checker and request help with a real export.
RiskA generic comparison page will disappear into the noise unless it diagnoses a real file.
- Next
One active fandom community
Prototype one post-episode room using imported reactions and an invite loop for people watching the same show.
Asset neededInteractive room prototype and participation invite
Evidence supportCommunity discussions repeatedly distinguish social memory from basic tracking.
Success metricA concentrated cohort returns after another episode without founder prompting.
RiskSpreading early users across many shows would make every room feel empty.
- Before the build
Opt-in migration users
Offer a paid founding pass tied to reliable migration support and long-term data portability.
Asset neededSpecific offer page with refund terms and a portability promise
Evidence supportThe evidence proves switching urgency but does not yet prove willingness to pay.
Success metricReal deposits arrive without relying on personal sales calls.
RiskWaitlist interest without payment would overstate demand.
Final Recommendation
Build smaller
Do not build another general TV tracker. Validate a trusted migration diagnostic and one concentrated post-episode community.
Recommendation rationale
Urgency and reachability are exceptional, but paid intent, lasting distribution, and social cold start remain unresolved.
Next move
Ship the migration checker, recruit one fandom, and ask opt-in users for a deposit before building the broader product.
Avoid
Avoid competing on importer availability alone or launching social rooms across the entire catalog.
Why: Build smaller
Researcher inference
This recommendation is a researcher interpretation from the receipt-backed findings.
- Public community evidence is paraphrased and its source permissions are treated as limited.
- The shutdown wave is temporary and should not be modeled as a permanent acquisition channel.
- Apple review annotations come from partial feed coverage and are not a competitor ranking.
- Every community contribution should be helpful, disclosed, and opt-in rather than unsolicited outreach.
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