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Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netflix content

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Re: Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netflix content

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Post by fooey »

dyarosla wrote: post #127
Anatidae wrote: post #30

If every studio thinks I'm going to pay them $10+ a month to stream their content, they are going to be very mistaken. I can't imagine that a lot of people want to spend the collective hundreds of dollars to sign up for all the streaming services. It's almost asking to drive people to torrents. Now, if Disney does something like $30/year or something really affordable - sure. I might do that on a whim. I guess it's a…

The funny thing is, I don't think executives think this way. One example is Bezos where he says he imagines theres enough demand that people will subscribe to netflix and prime and hulu and hbo and ... https://youtu.be/guVxubbQQKE?t=42m41s

I'd drop 90% of the crap Amazon is shoveling under the Prime umbrella if I got 2 day shipping at a lower rate and didn't have to subsidize all their media ventures.

When they inevitably raise rates again I might actually have to reconsider if it's worth the cost any longer

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Post by JKCalhoun »

nxsynonym wrote: post #69
Anatidae wrote: post #30

If every studio thinks I'm going to pay them $10+ a month to stream their content, they are going to be very mistaken. I can't imagine that a lot of people want to spend the collective hundreds of dollars to sign up for all the streaming services. It's almost asking to drive people to torrents. Now, if Disney does something like $30/year or something really affordable - sure. I might do that on a whim. I guess it's a…

Agreed. I only pay for netflix and HBO (and amazon, but that's a bonus for paying for prime). HBO doesn't feel like "extra" because it's always been an optional add-on that costs more. First all the "major" studios will split and start charing $10/month. Then adds will start creeping back in. Before you know it everyone will be paying for an ad-hoc cable subscription. I think a better option would be to do what Amazo…

Like if each music label decided to create their own online music-store/streaming-service.

I guess greed?

(derp.)

Re: Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netflix content

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Post by conception »

Buttons840 wrote: post #133
Anatidae wrote: post #30

If every studio thinks I'm going to pay them $10+ a month to stream their content, they are going to be very mistaken. I can't imagine that a lot of people want to spend the collective hundreds of dollars to sign up for all the streaming services. It's almost asking to drive people to torrents. Now, if Disney does something like $30/year or something really affordable - sure. I might do that on a whim. I guess it's a…

I've been wanting to build a PC to host my home media, and I wonder if there would be a market for a device like this: I'd like to have a small computer where I can insert a DVD and press one button and walk away (and latter remove the disk), and then the movie is available to stream from my small media computer to my home network. It could look up the right metadata online, or you might pay a very small amount for a…

Check out MakeMKV. That + Plex will be your solution.

Re: Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netflix content

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Post by jethro_tell »

shmerl wrote: post #81
jethro_tell wrote: post #49

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actually, it's distribution decoupled from actual value creation that has given us things like 4 hour football games with 10 minutes of live play. I would prefer that content is sold without need for a middle man. Seems easy when spotify does it and there are no commercials but they aren't doing 4k streams. I think top quality spotify is 240 or 320kBPS. Netflix needs 4x that for their lowest, "wouldn't watch it on my…

> I would prefer that content is sold without need for a middle man. Not everyone can afford a CDN and a lot of other things in between the source and the user, especially creators. Sure, in theory they can just sell video from their sites, but in practice infrastructure costs a lot of money. Unless video will move to decentralized distribution (pirated one did already, so why can't legal one too), distributors will…

I don't doubt it. Pirated distribution has nothing in the way of hosting cost so I don't see how that would work with decentralized distribution.

What is the set up you are advocating for? People automatically upload content from their streaming apps? How are you going to police amazon/netflix/hulu/whatever service I have to do the uploading in a fair way?

My fire TV has 8GB hdd. I don't know what my chrome cast has but it's less. You need real hardware to store the catalog. Torrenting works because it has a bar to entry.

Re: Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netflix content

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Post by bogomipz »

Anatidae wrote: post #30

If every studio thinks I'm going to pay them $10+ a month to stream their content, they are going to be very mistaken. I can't imagine that a lot of people want to spend the collective hundreds of dollars to sign up for all the streaming services. It's almost asking to drive people to torrents. Now, if Disney does something like $30/year or something really affordable - sure. I might do that on a whim. I guess it's a…

Agreed and for "cord cutters", subscribing to each of the different content providers a la carte will eventually just recreate the exorbitant monthly price points of regular cable.

Re: Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netflix content

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Post by fooey »

geff82 wrote: post #112

Maybe when I am 60, 70 or 80 the film industry will get their shi* together and finally agree on a solution that has long been found in the music business. For a truly complete platform, I would FOR SURE pay more than the 10$ a month for Netflix. 20, maybe 30! But then I want it ALL. All films they have in storage. I mean, it is 2017 and there are a lot of films I can't find on Netflix, Amazon Prime or, when I am in…

I've completely given up on trying to stream movies

I also completely refuse to buy physical media too, so the end result is that I basically never watch movies at home any more unless I go to the effort of torrenting it

Re: Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netflix content

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Post by redditmigrant »

If there is one studio that can pull off its own streaming service, its Disney. They are being smart in acquiring BAM Tech also, so that they have a good technology in order to launch a solid streaming service.

Disney's great library content, ESPN solid sports + live content combined with BAM Tech's expertise in building a stable video streaming tech stack means Disney has gathered all the right pieces. The question now is how well will Disney be able to combine all its assets into a product that doesnt reflect the org structure!

These are exciting if turbulent times for video entertainment!

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