Netflix is moving television beyond time-slots and national markets
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#2Actually it was pirates who did that in the late 90s/early 2000s. Nobody was showing Naruto except kazaa. But noone ever gives them credit.
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#4I wouldn't dismiss their competition either. I specifically paid for Hulu solely for "The Handmaids Tail", an incredibly well done drama. (https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5834204/)
Still dwarfed by Netflix with a ~$10B market cap, this battle isn't over. Amazon has a decent shot as well.
Re: Netflix is moving television beyond time-slots and national markets
#5I wouldn't dismiss their competition either. I specifically paid for Hulu solely for "The Handmaids Tail", an incredibly well done drama. ( https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5834204/ ) Still dwarfed by Netflix with a ~$10B market cap, this battle isn't over. Amazon has a decent shot as well.
It’s also not zero sum though. There doesn’t have to be just one successful company standing.
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#6Actually it was pirates who did that in the late 90s/early 2000s. Nobody was showing Naruto except kazaa. But noone ever gives them credit.
Because the implied point is about it being mainstream. Which what you’re describing explicitly isn’t.
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#7I wouldn't dismiss their competition either. I specifically paid for Hulu solely for "The Handmaids Tail", an incredibly well done drama. ( https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5834204/ ) Still dwarfed by Netflix with a ~$10B market cap, this battle isn't over. Amazon has a decent shot as well.
I wouldn't dismiss Hulu, but they're also very obviously not in the same league. For one, they're US-only. Handmaid's Tale is aired on other channels/services worldwide.
Re: Netflix is moving television beyond time-slots and national markets
#8Actually it was pirates who did that in the late 90s/early 2000s. Nobody was showing Naruto except kazaa. But noone ever gives them credit.
Because the implied point is about it being mainstream . Which what you’re describing explicitly isn’t.
Piracy was mainstream in the early 90s/2000s. It was only when iTunes came out and the RIAA lawsuits successfully killed the p2p clients that it tamed back down.
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#9Netflix seems to be creating original content all over the world, which is great. I've seen Netflix original movies and shows offered from Spain, Brazil and many other countries; the quality is much higher when you take the best from many places, and it's enriching and challenging to see other cultures - even via an LCD display.
One odd and disappointing thing we've noticed: Unless required by the script, almost all the protagonists are white-skinned (or very pale), no matter what the country. Even in the U.S., that's only ~66% of the population; in Brazil?
It's bizarre to see and very troubling to me. I'm not sure I want to support that, but there aren't a large number of options that are better. Looking at Amazon, it's pretty similar. Here's a trick to gain some perspective as you go through your day: When you look at a group of Americans - Senators, SV people, faces on movie icons on Amazon, etc, - remember that they come from a country that is only 1/3 white guys. It's striking to see.
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#10Their biggest issue, I feel at least, is that their plots for original content are getting slower and slower.
You can actually do faster paced, more engaging content. Just look at 12 Monkeys and Fringe.