Content providers want fewer TV operating systems, but no one is listening. Against the cash-rich duopoly of Amazon and Google, combined with the incentive for content providers to encourage consolidation of the TV OS market, it is practically inevitable that smaller operating systems will fall by the wayside. At StreamTV Europe, alternative TV OS providers like Titan OS, TiVo, and Vidaa (recently rebranded to V) were prominent. The repeated pitch is about the benefits of being niche; greater revenue share, more data transparency, and not being locked in with big tech. It was notable then to hear the BBC publicly bemoan the abundance of TV OS options, during a session in Lisbon. The BBC shared the stage with Google, Wurl,…