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Re: Netflix Long Term View

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Post by rayiner »

harryh wrote: post #133
rayiner wrote: post #121

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Creating content people want to watch is much harder than writing software. See, e.g., all the bitching on here about the quality of Netflix's catalog.

It's not about creating the content though. The people at BigMediaCompanies aren't actually doing that. It's about their ability to manage the process. It's not clear that they're particularly awesome at that.

Sure, but somehow their control over the process gives them effective ownership over the people that create the content. Can Netflix replicate that? I think they're getting there judging by House of Cards, but I think it's fair to say that it's not an easier task than the video streaming/distribution one.

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Post by rogerbinns »

obstinate wrote: post #155
guelo wrote: post #118

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I agree HBO quality is somehow better even though Netflix is paying top dollar. For example, Marco Polo is more expensive than Game of Thrones but much less entertaining.

Don't say the names of those two programs in the same sentence. Marco Polo made me fear for Netflix's future more than anything I've seen in a long time.

Note that Netflix did not commission Marco Polo. It was originally developed for Starz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo_%28TV_series%29#Prod... and only later picked up by Netflix.

It is also done by the Weinstein Company. The brothers have a long history of original content that others wouldn't touch, and turned out good. For example they did Tarantino's earlier works.

I would much rather they take chances and sometimes fail, rather than only bet on sure things. The latter leads to the sequel only mediocrity that is Hollywood's current output.

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Post by ulisesrmzroche »

geoelectric wrote: post #111
wmeredith wrote: post #58

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Tis is my position as well. HBO has been putting out some of the best content available for TV for over a decade. Their back catalog make HBO Go's nominal cost seem like a pittance. Netflix has put together some quality original content (House of Cards is outstanding), but they're going to have to keep it up for a generation before they hold a candle to HBO.

I don't think so, because HBO's old content is already widely available. It's only kind of good for retention, and that only on HBO Go (and Amazon, now that it's there too). The competition for new subscriptions and paying that one more month always takes place in the present/future, or at least for content you haven't watched yet which for any fan is going to be present/future. And Netflix is kicking ass there, TBH.…

You're assuming fans only care about fresh content and have seen everything in the past. Thats not true.

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Post by yazaddaruvala »

jaredsohn wrote: post #78
yazaddaruvala wrote: post #47

If someone from Netflix is reading: > We win those moments of truth when members expect Netflix to be more pleasurable than their other options Can you please make it easier for me to find my "Recently Watched" TV Shows? That would definitely make my experience "more pleasurable". Also, please stop showing me movies I've already rated. I've seen those. Just show those to me in the "watch again" list. Platform: Websit…

Just click on "Recently Watched" at the top left of the homepage. It links to here: https://www.netflix.com/WiViewingActivity

So for me that page is broken. It reads "My Activity" and then its just a grey page.

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Post by jaredsohn »

yazaddaruvala wrote: post #174
jaredsohn wrote: post #78

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Just click on "Recently Watched" at the top left of the homepage. It links to here: https://www.netflix.com/WiViewingActivity

So for me that page is broken. It reads "My Activity" and then its just a grey page.

Some ideas:

* Check for Netflix extensions and disable them in case they are breaking the page.

* Turn off "Test participation" in Your Account

* Open the console and see if there are any error messages.

* Contact Netflix Support (there is a link from Your Account and when I've tried it I have gotten a response right away.)

Normally, for me the page looks very similar to https://www.netflix.com/MoviesYouveSeen (and is linked to from there.)

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Post by interpol_p »

joshuapants wrote: post #139
notnickwolf wrote: post #98

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I'm interested, what did you enjoy about Bojack Horseman? I've seen it, and I was quite puzzled about who the audience for the show was.

Did you watch the whole season? I found that it improved a lot in the second half of the season and I'm hopeful that it'll get better in the future, especially with the cast they have. The first few episodes cribbed heavily from other shows, but they started doing their own thing later on and it was much better.

I found the first four or so episodes painful to watch. The writing seemed to be trying so hard to be funny, and it was impossible for the excellent voice talent to make it any good.

Does it really get that much better? I want to like this show.

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Post by Anthony-G »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #150
mc32 wrote: post #18

One of the things they bring up, which is that apps are replacing channels, annoys me. I'd rather do a global search and then present me with delivery media (channels/apps/whatever) instead of having to pick the app and then do individual searches. It's a pain point. Also, if they want to capture the hotel market, I mean people on the road staying in temp accommodation, they'll have to deliver blue content (or yellow…

> they'll have to deliver blue content Where are you from? I was pretty shocked to learn from chinese people that they thought the english euphemism for pornography was "blue". This is the first time I've seen someone use it.

I'm from Ireland and "blue movies" used to be a common term for pornographic films and I'm fairly certain that our British neighbours also used this terminology. However, while typing this comment it occurs to me that I haven't heard the term in many years and I suspect it has fallen out of fashion as Internet sites have taken over from sex shops (which really only arrived in Ireland in the mid to late 90s).

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Post by kbutler »

geoelectric wrote: post #113
rogerbinns wrote: post #37

Am I the only one who finds finding something on Netflix to watch increasingly difficult, and contradictory to what they say in that piece. My experience is mostly using Roku (a spinoff from Netflix) and Android. For example if I watch a WWII documentary, then they feel the need to recommend every one they have, for a long time. Oh and "watch" means "seen more than a second or two of", so you get all this crud even i…

I'm not a fan of their suggestion interface either, but InstantWatcher and CanIstream.it go a long way towards fixing that. But...Roku, a spinoff? Nope. Roku's independent, founded by the guy who founded ReplayTV, which was TiVo's only real competition way back when.

https://www.roku.com/about/company

In the early days of Roku, Anthony also served as the vice president of Internet TV at Netflix, where he developed what is known today as the Roku streaming player, originally designed as the original video player for Netflix.

Prior to Roku, Anthony invented the digital video recorder (DVR) and founded ReplayTV

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Post by geoelectric »

kbutler wrote: post #178
geoelectric wrote: post #113

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I'm not a fan of their suggestion interface either, but InstantWatcher and CanIstream.it go a long way towards fixing that. But...Roku, a spinoff? Nope. Roku's independent, founded by the guy who founded ReplayTV, which was TiVo's only real competition way back when.

https://www.roku.com/about/company In the early days of Roku, Anthony also served as the vice president of Internet TV at Netflix, where he developed what is known today as the Roku streaming player, originally designed as the original video player for Netflix. Prior to Roku, Anthony invented the digital video recorder (DVR) and founded ReplayTV

Wow, OK. I'm definitely wrong then. Thanks for the correction!

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Post by geoelectric »

rogerbinns wrote: post #136
geoelectric wrote: post #113

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I'm not a fan of their suggestion interface either, but InstantWatcher and CanIstream.it go a long way towards fixing that. But...Roku, a spinoff? Nope. Roku's independent, founded by the guy who founded ReplayTV, which was TiVo's only real competition way back when.

You'll need to correct all the people who wrote about Roku being a Netflix spinoff then. Here are some to start with: http://www.fastcompany.com/3004709/inside-netflixs-project-g... http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/23/netflix-created-roku/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/23/before-the-launch-of-netfli...

Thanks for the correction! I missed that chapter somehow.
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