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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 JBlue42 »

px1999 wrote: post #86
nxsynonym wrote: post #69

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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…

Long term, we'll probably wind up with a couple of major marketplaces that provide a UI that ties together content bundles that you've purchased from different distributors (who will actually serve up their catalogs). It's a bit depressing how similar that sounds to how cable networks work. Or platform specific app stores.

instantwatcher.com for Netflix + Amazon

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

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Post by zerocrates »

AlexC04 wrote: post #58
faragon wrote: post #21

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Amazon Prime Video is even cheaper. If Amazon manages to increase content while leveraging costs because of their scale and vertical integration, it could be huge.

I have prime video. It really is such a pain in the butt to watch it though. They lock themselves out of chrome cast, Kodi, basically everything I currently use to stream to my TV. I'm really frustrated with it and don't feel like I'm getting value.

I've never quite gotten why Chromecast is this Rubicon for them. Kindle content is available on pretty much anything that you'd expect, and even Amazon Video itself has officially been on Android for quite some time.

I can't imagine it's some play to increase the all-important value of the Fire Stick, so what's the deal?

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

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Post by true_religion »

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…

Every studio... nah. But they don't care about being available to everyone, just the people that would choose them above another studio in the family budget.

You'll end up with people who subscribe to Amazon + Disney, or Amazon + Netflix, and some who do HBO + Disney + Hulu.

Studios want to compete with one another directly for customers, not go through some middleman.

Is it less convenient, sure, but customers (like me) used to go out to video stores and physically purchase DVDs, so its obvious what we're willing to accept a whole lot more inconvenience than what Netflix offers.

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Post by wfunction »

Fezzik wrote: post #138
scottLobster wrote: post #118

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That's 12 blu-rays a year. Do your kids really watch THAT much Disney? You could buy every new Disney movie each year and have extra slots to fill out the backlog for that price, plus de-facto ownership of the data.

The size of Disney's catalogue may be underestimated by some. Having instant access to all their movies[1] and television shows[2] has quite a bit of value, and would consist of hundreds upon hundreds of blu-rays. I am not one who would sign up, but certainly if I had children I would much rather have streaming access to all of this than stacks of discs. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Walt_Disney_Pictures_…

Are children into live-action Disney films? That seems to be the vast majority of their catalog, not animations.

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

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Post by raldi »

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…

In 1999, Qwest had a 30-second commercial that seemed incredibly futuristic at the time, talking about a hotel where "every room has every movie ever made in every language anytime day or night" and it seemed impossibly futuristic.

Not 20 years later, the technology for this is already well-established; the only thing stopping it is that the owners of the films don't want to make them available this way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ9qcp6Lcno

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

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

fullshark wrote: post #46
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 would pay $20 a month if it had every disney movie ever, and every new release after a certain time period. I imagine there are a lot of parents that would as well.

It being Disney we are talking about, you know they'll put some movies in the "vault" for a few years.

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Post by bredren »

aidenn0 wrote: post #123
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…

If all major studios pull their content from Netflix, then it will not have the large library size anymore. Also Disney is currently in a strong position for this right now. They released ~10 movies in 2016 and had the 4 highest grossing films of 2016. This, of course, assumes that Marvel and Lucasfilm properties are put on the Disney streaming service (I would expect that Touchstone label will not be included in thi…

Ya, this isn't really about Disney content. It is whether you want to be able to stream Star Wars, and get access to exclusive Star Wars content. Marvel too. But Star Wars.

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

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

newman8r wrote: post #177
throwaway5752 wrote: post #90

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How long would it take you to break even with installing Plex, buying the worthwhile Disney movies on DVD, and ripping them at $20/mo? 2 years? They have the same problem with ESPN. I want 15-30 minutes a day of MLB scores and highlights and don't want to pay $30/mo for it, even if it includes a channel for every college sport, the ESPPies, and original programming.

I don't know, but I've seen 250+gb torrents with disney content, although I'd never dare to partake.

225 gig of that is windows malware.

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

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Post by aidenn0 »

zerocrates wrote: post #174
aidenn0 wrote: post #145

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As someone who likes sports but not cable, MLB streaming has consistently been by far the best online sports streaming experience, so this isn't too surprising for me.

Typical of the issues with streaming, MLB.tv's biggest issue has always been contractual: the service isn't terribly useful for its largest potential market, fans who want to watch their local team. It took them years and years to even come up with the system they finally have now to allow you to pay extra to stream local games if you also already subscribe to the local team's cable/sat channel. When you're actually…

If you've ever tried the NFL's streaming service ... it usually works, but rarely without regularly dropping down to miniscule, unwatchable bitrates.

Games regularly fail to load with the message "This game is not-yet available, check bat at time X" where X is several hours in the past. Complaining on twitter usually gets someone to fix those issues though (whatever you do don't try going through the "support" link, you'll get a response something like 2 days later).

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