Amazon Prime Strikes Deal for Most PBS Children’s Shows • Hacker News Board

Re: Amazon Prime Strikes Deal for Most PBS Children’s Shows

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Post by gggggggggg » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 3:43 PM UTC

Screw Amazon, I was a customer for over 10 years, have every single Kindle model, bought dozens of thousands in goods.

Few days ago I got an email that my account was disabled (and i can not login) due to a billing issue. Seems my bank thought one of the purchases was suspicious. I rang but the customer support person on phone was an idiot. I replied to the email offering to sort out any billing issues but all I got was an automated reply.

Screw Amazon, just lost a good longtime customer due to stupidity of employees and whatever genius programmed whatever automated system decided to disable my account.

Re: Amazon Prime Strikes Deal for Most PBS Children’s Shows

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Post by stelfer » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 4:19 PM UTC

Hope this means we get to see Voyage of the Mimi again.

Re: Amazon Prime Strikes Deal for Most PBS Children’s Shows

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Post by colinthompson » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 4:29 PM UTC

illumin8 wrote: post #27

covercash wrote: post #25

I think that Mister Rogers' Neighborhood should be mandatory viewing for all children throughout the world. The show at its core teaches empathy, unlike a lot of children's programming these days that have the primary goal of selling merchandise. If anyone is interested, there's a wonderful 4.5 hour interview with Fred Rogers: http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/fred-rogers#

Daniel Tiger's neighborhood is also a great show that takes a lot of the music and lessons from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, but is an updated and animated version of it. I've always been very impressed with the music and talent of the musicians he had on his show - they actually played live during most of the shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peDn6XQ3bjI for an example.

Amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Also, +1 on Daniel Tiger's neighborhood. One of the few shows my 2.5 year old is allowed to watch, since the vast majority of them are trying to sell something, or promote disturbing body image messages, etc.

Re: Amazon Prime Strikes Deal for Most PBS Children’s Shows

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Post by hexane360 » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 4:36 PM UTC

ajford wrote: post #28

tootie wrote: post #7

They've had a ton of PBS content for a long time. I actually just lost 5 seasons of Wild Kratts today.

And this is why so many people pirate. I pay for these services, and get no notification. I feel justified as long as it's on one of the services I pay for (Amazon, Netflix, Hulu), since I don't feel like having to remember which damn app to use. Nor can I get me 5yo to grasp it either. So I use Kodi and a file server. Now my son can choose what he wants to watch, which makes him so happy. He'd much rather get the re…

I know Netflix is notorious for this. Keeping titles up for a couple months, taking whole seasons of shows off, with absolutely no notice.

Re: Amazon Prime Strikes Deal for Most PBS Children’s Shows

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Post by GabrielF00 » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 4:54 PM UTC

clentaminator wrote: post #16

I can't help but imagine a future where every single resource that we consume will provided by one of a small number of megacorps (gigacorps?) and branded, right down to the home that you live in, the people that teach your children, the food you eat, the water you drink, and the air that you breathe. "Amazon Air. For a lighter, purer you."

Like Perri-Air? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiabeNR_q0U

Re: Amazon Prime Strikes Deal for Most PBS Children’s Shows

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Post by bloaf » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 4:55 PM UTC

Meanwhile, I'm just waiting for anyone to put all the episodes of Long Ago and Far Away [1] online.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Ago_and_Far_Away_(TV_seri...

Re: Amazon Prime Strikes Deal for Most PBS Children’s Shows

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Post by dharbin » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 4:56 PM UTC

jwcooper wrote: post #17

jonknee wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is presumably more money for PBS than they were getting before which means they will have a larger budget for new programming. Also, the content is already free to access for those consumers you are so worried about: > All of the titles moving to Amazon will still be broadcast on local PBS stations, on PBS’s website and the PBS Kids Video app. Amazon Prime will have the streaming rights to shows approximately si…

The website and PBS kids video app have maybe 3-4 episodes of each show. Not even close to what Amazon will now carry, and what Netflix used to have. Also, from what I've seen most kids (mine included) are now watching PBS via streaming apps and not live tv. PBS is now locking most of their kids content behind one corporation.

My kids are perfectly happy watching the same episodes over and over and over.

Re: Amazon Prime Strikes Deal for Most PBS Children’s Shows

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Post by sillypog » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 5:03 PM UTC

I'm sure everyone will enjoy explaining to their toddlers why they can't watch Daniel Tiger anymore.

We actually have Amazon Prime, but I had been streaming Daniel Tiger to the television over a Chromecast using the Hulu app on an iPad. I don't think Amazon Prime works with Chromecast so now I have to look into an alternative, equally convoluted, option.

Re: Amazon Prime Strikes Deal for Most PBS Children’s Shows

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Post by sillypog » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 5:05 PM UTC

rexreed wrote: post #3

russnewcomer wrote: post #2

I really hope that either a) the PBS Kids app on the Apple TV still has a couple shows or b) Amazon and Apple work out their differences and get Amazon Video on the Apple TV, because my 16 month old gets to watch TV the only time a day for 15 minutes of Daniel Tiger everyday before his nap. He's such a creature of habit that I'd probably have to go get a Fire TV Stick or make significant changes to my home network so…

The article states: "All of the titles moving to Amazon will still be broadcast on local PBS stations, on PBS’s website and the PBS Kids Video app."

I totally missed that. I must have blacked out from my rage. Thank you for your clarity!

Re: Amazon Prime Strikes Deal for Most PBS Children’s Shows

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Post by jlarocco » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 5:13 PM UTC

jonknee wrote: post #15

jwcooper wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem isn't with Amazon having to pay to serve the content. It's that Amazon now has an exclusive deal and this content is being removed from Netflix and other streaming services. As others have noted, this isn't a great deal for consumers who also happen to already pay for some of the content via taxes.

This is presumably more money for PBS than they were getting before which means they will have a larger budget for new programming. Also, the content is already free to access for those consumers you are so worried about: > All of the titles moving to Amazon will still be broadcast on local PBS stations, on PBS’s website and the PBS Kids Video app. Amazon Prime will have the streaming rights to shows approximately si…

Is there a (good) reason PBS can't license it to both Netflix and Amazon? Is it possible Amazon (or Netflix) are really willing to pay more for exclusive access than Amazon and Netflix combined would pay for non-exclusive access?