This has the potential to make relations with other content producers a bit stickier, and I'm not sure if that's really good considering that the media industry is terrified of the internet anyway. Netflix has built its business as a supplier -- now they're competing with their vendors.
Netflix Gets Into The Original Content Game, Buys Upcoming Show For $100m
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#12I wonder if doing it this way will be cheaper for them in the long run than trying to buy the digital rights later from the content cabals.
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#13I just don't see that working. It's a classic British show dominated by one impressive and charismatic actor and just won't translate to american audiences (it's all talking, no action, everything is implied rather than pushed in your face). "Edge of Darkness" which was a huge Mel Gibson bomb seems like the closest analog. I highly recommend the original BBC show.
By the same token, there's NO WAY a movie about nerds taking depositions for two hours would EVER go anywhere. Ever.
("Humm," says the studio, "is it shot in 3D?" "No, it's shot in brown.")
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#14If anyone at Netflix is listening: BUY FIREFLY AND MAKE NEW EPISODES. I would gladly play an extra $4 a month (or more) on top of streaming just for access to new weekly/biweekly episodes of that.
It would be brilliant, but it isn't realistic at the moment. I don't think anyone would want to watch Firefly without Mal and Jayne, and those actors are both under contract (to Castle and Chuck, respectively).
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#15If anyone at Netflix is listening: BUY FIREFLY AND MAKE NEW EPISODES. I would gladly play an extra $4 a month (or more) on top of streaming just for access to new weekly/biweekly episodes of that.
That's probably an expansion path being considered. There are plenty of series that have had big cult success after their cancellation. Firefly is one of them but there's also Arrested Development and, more recently, Better Off Ted for example. Letting others take the risk and capitalizing after proven market viability (basically picking up half of what Fox cancels) could be interesting.
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#16This is a really interesting move given that Netflix has traditionally tried to push people towards lesser known content. In fact, they don't make that much money on people using Netflix for blockbusters but are much better off with the recommendations. It's a bit odd that they would go for a big name celebrity for their first owned series. This may just be a way to get a foot in the door, and then buy lesser known series for a lot less and push new content in a way we've never seen before.
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#17This is not a part of their core competency. I don't see how this is a good move. If they had bought 10-20 shows, that's a different story...
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#18If anyone at Netflix is listening: BUY FIREFLY AND MAKE NEW EPISODES. I would gladly play an extra $4 a month (or more) on top of streaming just for access to new weekly/biweekly episodes of that.
I canceled my Netflix subscription, but I promise to resubscribe at any feasible commercial price and get another 10 new subscribers as well if we could only restart Firefly (under the condition that it's under the creative control of Whedon)
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#19Can someone explain to me how netflix is in a good position when all major broadband providers are looking at throttling and/or caps? When all the major ISPs are also selling their own video content, how can Netflix continue to compete?
Maybe the long term plan is going vertical, this is the start of owning content production, then later expand into broadband.
Please do not let Netflix turn into Comcast
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#20This is not a part of their core competency. I don't see how this is a good move. If they had bought 10-20 shows, that's a different story...
It's just moving them a step closer toward a more vertically integrated business structure. Why start with 20, when you could test the waters with 1?