New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming

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Post by amandle » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 2:24 AM UTC

New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming
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Post by bherms » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 3:00 AM UTC

Bold move, but also a crucial blow to cable television.

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Post by angli » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 3:05 AM UTC

I loved Arrested Development, and I'm glad that it's coming back, but I'm not sure this is a good move for Netflix. If this idea picks up steam, Netflix becomes a competitor to the networks and their relationships get worse. Heaven knows they're tense enough already. It seems likely that others may pull their content, as Starz recently did, lessening Netflix's appeal. So yes, in the short run they'll gain subscribers, but I don't think this outweighs the major risks this poses in the long run.

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Post by mk » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 3:08 AM UTC

angli wrote: post #3

I loved Arrested Development, and I'm glad that it's coming back, but I'm not sure this is a good move for Netflix. If this idea picks up steam, Netflix becomes a competitor to the networks and their relationships get worse. Heaven knows they're tense enough already. It seems likely that others may pull their content, as Starz recently did, lessening Netflix's appeal. So yes, in the short run they'll gain subscribers…

Or the producers of television see this as a way to not deal with the networks and still get their show distributed to people, and the networks find themselves without good television to put on the air.

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Post by tomsaffell » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 3:11 AM UTC

angli wrote: post #3

I loved Arrested Development, and I'm glad that it's coming back, but I'm not sure this is a good move for Netflix. If this idea picks up steam, Netflix becomes a competitor to the networks and their relationships get worse. Heaven knows they're tense enough already. It seems likely that others may pull their content, as Starz recently did, lessening Netflix's appeal. So yes, in the short run they'll gain subscribers…

Don't those long-term risks exist no matter what?

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Post by tomsaffell » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 3:14 AM UTC

p(viewer loves Arrest Development | viewer has netflix) > p(viewer loves Arrest Development) ?

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Post by barredo » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 3:14 AM UTC

angli wrote: post #3

I loved Arrested Development, and I'm glad that it's coming back, but I'm not sure this is a good move for Netflix. If this idea picks up steam, Netflix becomes a competitor to the networks and their relationships get worse. Heaven knows they're tense enough already. It seems likely that others may pull their content, as Starz recently did, lessening Netflix's appeal. So yes, in the short run they'll gain subscribers…

If Netflix doesn't make steps like this (and the $100M tv show produced by netflix) they will be at the complete mercy of the major studios/networks.

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Post by jackvalentine » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 3:18 AM UTC

I hope Netflix licences this out in countries they don't serve.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 3:20 AM UTC

barredo wrote: post #7

angli wrote: post #3

I loved Arrested Development, and I'm glad that it's coming back, but I'm not sure this is a good move for Netflix. If this idea picks up steam, Netflix becomes a competitor to the networks and their relationships get worse. Heaven knows they're tense enough already. It seems likely that others may pull their content, as Starz recently did, lessening Netflix's appeal. So yes, in the short run they'll gain subscribers…

If Netflix doesn't make steps like this (and the $100M tv show produced by netflix) they will be at the complete mercy of the major studios/networks.

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Post by danilocampos » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 3:20 AM UTC

angli wrote: post #3

I loved Arrested Development, and I'm glad that it's coming back, but I'm not sure this is a good move for Netflix. If this idea picks up steam, Netflix becomes a competitor to the networks and their relationships get worse. Heaven knows they're tense enough already. It seems likely that others may pull their content, as Starz recently did, lessening Netflix's appeal. So yes, in the short run they'll gain subscribers…

The flawed premise here is that the networks will continue to matter.

They won't. Their days are numbered.

Building the future is hard and it's messy. Netflix has been taking it on the chin this year as they've passed through a really rough patch.

In the end, though, I'd put money on Netflix existing in 2020 before I would any given broadcast network. TV is dead.

Netflix is trying to redefine distribution. They're not going to win by placating the dinosaurs of distribution's past. If the Arrested Development deal works out, production companies may see that they have new options for financing their projects and might get better opportunities to reach an audience than they'd ever get on TV.

So it's simple: take the issue by the balls and control your destiny or bow and scrape before moronic suits who don't understand technology, hoping and praying that they won't change their minds each time a licensing deal expires.