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New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming
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Re: New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming
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If you have pre-allocated seating, the cinema may have to employ people to ensure people are sitting in the right place (at least, people will want someone to complain to if someone else stole their seat). But more importantly, pre-allocated seats encourages people to show up late to the screening and miss the ads and trailers, and potentially even miss out on the concession stand. If you don't have pre-allocated sea…
> If you have pre-allocated seating, the cinema may have to employ people to ensure people are sitting in the right place (at least, people will want someone to complain to if someone else stole their seat). Is this really a problem? All cinemas in Norway (that I know of) have pre-allocated seating, but there is never anybody who ensures that people sit in the right place. If you find that someone is sitting in your…
Probably a big-city problem.
Re: New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which is compltely idiotic business model for Netflix. They can sell their original content directly to me. Unlike traditional TV content producers, they don't have to rely on (and split profits with) third party distributors. I suspect you are right, but I sure as hell hope you are not.
It hardly matters - at this point everybody under the age of 30 torrent it anyway (or get it from usenet). The copyright battle has been lost for a long, long time now.
That's like saying Spotify should never have tried because "everybody under the age of 30 torrent it anyway".
Re: New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming
#104This is great that Netflix is being bold. Netflix needs to be bold. The networks own the studios that produce all of the content and will continue to use that to keep Netflix under heel. Arrested Development certainly has risk though. It's impossible to pick up where the show left off six years ago. Hopefully if this succeeds Netflix will consider following up by reviving Better Off Ted. A similar, critically acclaim…
Better Off Ted and Firefly (as some-one mentioned underneath) are perfect examples of shows that would thrive under Netflix. They have such huge appeal to the tech savvy audience who are most likely to adopt Netflix. It wouldn't surprise me if the rights to those shows are owned by big TV companies though, who have little to incentive to sell them on.
Re: New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming
#105This is great that Netflix is being bold. Netflix needs to be bold. The networks own the studios that produce all of the content and will continue to use that to keep Netflix under heel. Arrested Development certainly has risk though. It's impossible to pick up where the show left off six years ago. Hopefully if this succeeds Netflix will consider following up by reviving Better Off Ted. A similar, critically acclaim…
They've already announced how they're going to pick up where they left off and it's actually a very good idea. For the first few episodes, each main character is going to get a recap episode of what they've been up to. (Now my personal opinion:) Of couse, the other characters are going to show up but I think it's a very original catching up if they do it from each character's perspective. It will allow for a deeper u…
Totally agree. Where did you read that this was what is going to happen?
Re: New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming
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Arrogant nationalist. Not everyone is American and and for that reason gets screwed from everything from current tv (yeah I like to see shows 3 years after they were current) to innovative things like netflix, hulu and even iTunes tv show store.
It will probably come to DVD or be distributed on another channel in your country. If not, it still doesn't grant you a moral or legal right to the content. If you pirate instead of paying then you make distributing to your country unprofitable; that sounds like the opposite effect from what you want.
Who says anything about paying/not paying? The point is, if you're waiting for an official distribution outside of the US, 99% of the fan websites become complete spoilers.
You can't be a dedicated fan of a US show outside the US and thoroughly enjoy it without pirating it first (...and then, buy the DVD). The only other option is to only watch DVDs and never talk with anyone online about the show, for fear of spoilers.
Didn't they learn anything from the Phantom Menace fiasco? The movie was the first highly and universally anticipated movie since highspeed internet became available. It was released 5 months later in France. It was a total fiasco. Instant surge of piracy, a specific screener became widespread and the only way for Star Wars fan to "survive" a five-months online lockout from their passion. This event was the origin of worldwide releases of blockbusters by movie studios, and the reason why movies nowadays get translated/localized before they are released in their own countries.
Re: New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming
#107This is great that Netflix is being bold. Netflix needs to be bold. The networks own the studios that produce all of the content and will continue to use that to keep Netflix under heel. Arrested Development certainly has risk though. It's impossible to pick up where the show left off six years ago. Hopefully if this succeeds Netflix will consider following up by reviving Better Off Ted. A similar, critically acclaim…
Better Off Ted and Firefly (as some-one mentioned underneath) are perfect examples of shows that would thrive under Netflix. They have such huge appeal to the tech savvy audience who are most likely to adopt Netflix. It wouldn't surprise me if the rights to those shows are owned by big TV companies though, who have little to incentive to sell them on.
Firefly (as some-one mentioned underneath) are perfect examples of shows that would thrive under Netflix.
I have to disagree with this, Firefly is not the type of show Netflix should be focusing on. They need shows with low production costs with broad - lowest common denominator appeal. Expensive shows catering to a niche market (which they pretty much already have captured) is not what they're trying to do here.
There's a few ways they can go, sitcoms and short form comedies are going to be much more profitable for them at this point so Better off Ted is a much better fit.
Then there's the Showtime/HBO premium market (which folks are already paying for as a premium service). But even here I think they'd play it safe short term - more Sopranos and True Blood type mass appeal then Boardwalk Empire and The Wire (both are great, but much more focused market).
Re: New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming
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Adblock Plus on Firefox (but not on Chrome) blocks the ads on Hulu (leaving gaps of blackness and silence).
In your opinion, is that better than viewing the ads?
Depends on the ads I suppose.
I'm surprised that there aren't any services that say "hey , we're going to make you watch ads but we'll let you choose what categories of adverts you get"
That way I don't get constant adverts for women's skincare products and get stuff about new video games instead.
Re: New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming
#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you have pre-allocated seating, the cinema may have to employ people to ensure people are sitting in the right place (at least, people will want someone to complain to if someone else stole their seat). But more importantly, pre-allocated seats encourages people to show up late to the screening and miss the ads and trailers, and potentially even miss out on the concession stand. If you don't have pre-allocated sea…
> If you have pre-allocated seating, the cinema may have to employ people to ensure people are sitting in the right place (at least, people will want someone to complain to if someone else stole their seat). Is this really a problem? All cinemas in Norway (that I know of) have pre-allocated seating, but there is never anybody who ensures that people sit in the right place. If you find that someone is sitting in your…
> All cinemas in Norway (that I know of) have pre-allocated seating
I've watched movies in cinemas all over North America, and the only one that ever had numbered seating was a dinner-and-a-movie place where your seat was used to keep track of your order.
Re: New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming
#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
It will probably come to DVD or be distributed on another channel in your country. If not, it still doesn't grant you a moral or legal right to the content. If you pirate instead of paying then you make distributing to your country unprofitable; that sounds like the opposite effect from what you want.
Who says anything about paying/not paying? The point is, if you're waiting for an official distribution outside of the US, 99% of the fan websites become complete spoilers. You can't be a dedicated fan of a US show outside the US and thoroughly enjoy it without pirating it first (...and then, buy the DVD). The only other option is to only watch DVDs and never talk with anyone online about the show, for fear of spoile…
"Spoilers" or inconvenience don't give you a right to the content either.
The studio has to weigh the benefits of a worldwide launch (possibly reduced piracy?) against the benefits of a staggered launch (ability to pay for and schedule proper promotion, localization, and advertising in each market.) Sometimes the studio makes the wrong choice, ether the wrong economic one or the one you don't like, but that's their prerogative.
Meta: I'm surprised be the amount of piracy entitlement on HN, which I expect has more content creators than the average net audience.