Disclaimer: Cuban here (living in US)
Available in Cuba? Try to find the bandwidth... Seriously, why include Cuba in the list? That makes their statement a bit of a joke in my opinion.
Netflix Is Now Available Around the World
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#212To everyone freaking out about the map not showing all the countries, it doesn't appear to be updated. If you read the press release it is available in every country in the world except Syria, Crimea, North Korea and China.
I'm surprised someone considers Crimea a country. I thought it was part of Ukraine, and now is part of Russia. Or if you dispute that, it is still a part of Ukraine.
First another country takes control over the place you live, then the US government bans everyone from letting you participate in global trade. I guess the same thing happened in Cuba.
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#213Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Maybe a stupid questions but what if they disrupted not just TV but also cinema? They are trying. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2 is being released simultaneously in theaters and on Netflix. Some chains complained and are refusing to show it. But honestly, I don't see it. Cinema is $10-15/person/visit, and Netflix is $10/mo for an entire library of content. Profit margins for Hollywood aren't that great - so how do…
Unless they move to a model where you have to PPV for new / premium content like box office movies.
Here's an idea your comment made me think of: I wonder when are we going to see DLCs for movies?
Imagine - you buy the base Force Awakens for $10, and then they offer you extra movie parts - $1 for one in which Chewbacca does something silly, $2 for one which features an additional 10-minutes-long scene of starships shooting at each other, etc.
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#214Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe it'll force Hollywood to pay actors far far less. Harrison Ford was paid somewhere between 10 and 25 million (probably towards the lower end of that scale). Flipping the question a little bit, how do you justify paying actors 40 million for a movie if they're being streamed online for $5 a pop? I'm of the belief that the better actors are paid far too much and that releasing cinema to streaming services will co…
> Flipping the question a little bit, how do you justify paying actors 40 million for a movie if they're being streamed online for $5 a pop? This is basic supply and demand. Harrison Ford has a monopoly on Harrison Ford, so if you want Harrison Ford, you have to pay what Harrison Ford wants for it.
There are 2 sides to the transaction and it comes down to margins. If the margins don't exist to pay Harrison Ford $40M then either he takes less $ or another actor is found.
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#215This is really great! I remember not while back my parents visited me and I introduced them to Netflix. While I am at work, they were happy browsing the shows, thanks for the quality content. However, my parents doesn't have that much bandwidth to stream 720p at their home. Moreover, the ISP has a data cap as well. So, its good to see that they will be able to watch the shows they liked, but limited internet access will be annoying. Cant say if the ISPs will flow and adopt accordingly.
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#216I don't know if a netflix engineer reads this: I still have an issue that I can only watch some series/movies (e.g. sherlock holmes series) only in french + english, while my friends can watch them in english + german. All in same country (Luxembourg). Changing the language on the tv and resetting netflix (konami code) changed to the "german" version. But now it's back to english + french. Best thing would be to have…
If you email me at [redacted] I can forward it to somebody who may be able to help.
Sent you an email. Thank you!
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#217Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can view what is on Netflix without being a member, if that interests you: http://netflixportugal.netflixable.com/
Interesting to compare, the total number of movies/shows/episodes on netflix for a few countries: USA: 7004 UK: 3589 Finland: 3380 (So high because they don't dub?) Sweden: 2542 (But Sweden does not dub either ...) Germany: 2415 (But Germany does) France: 2254 Spain: 1482 Italy: 1393 Portugal: 924 (Europe really seems to get netflix light)
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#218Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe it'll force Hollywood to pay actors far far less. Harrison Ford was paid somewhere between 10 and 25 million (probably towards the lower end of that scale). Flipping the question a little bit, how do you justify paying actors 40 million for a movie if they're being streamed online for $5 a pop? I'm of the belief that the better actors are paid far too much and that releasing cinema to streaming services will co…
> Flipping the question a little bit, how do you justify paying actors 40 million for a movie if they're being streamed online for $5 a pop? This is basic supply and demand. Harrison Ford has a monopoly on Harrison Ford, so if you want Harrison Ford, you have to pay what Harrison Ford wants for it.
Exactly, supply and demand. He demanded what the studio could afford to pay. If the movie is no longer generating so much revenue (because streaming) then actors will no longer be able to (successfully) demand 8 figure payments.
I think some of the low to medium budget movies will make the transition to simultaneous streaming releases where it may be easier to recoup money early on. This may or may not force a similar thing to happen with big budget films, but too many lifestyles would be affected for this to happen in any short to medium term.
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#219Are they saying the same content will be available everywhere in the world?
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#220Earlier quoted context omitted.
Shhh..... remember my cable bill used to be 40 bucks 22 years ago. That includes hbo.
I think it would be interesting to see rise of actors' fees over that period of time. Sure cable companies make money but most money seems to be going to TV networks and in turn TV actors.
Most of the cost of blockbusters is marketing.
> Hollywood continues to wrestle with rising marketing costs, particularly overseas, which can make up 70 percent of a film's gross.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/200-million-rising-hol...