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Re: New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming

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Post by icandoitbetter »

tomsaffell wrote: post #15
jerf wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is better understood as a strategic move, not a tactical one. It's not about Arrested Development qua Arrested Development, it's about not needing Fox, and not Fox qua Fox either but Fox as a particular instance of the general category of television channels.

Yes, that probably & hopefully is their strategy. But is it mere co-incidence that their first major play of that strategy is for a show that is well loved by geeks? My guess is that the above probability does hold true, and that's part of the reason that this particular show is a going first.

The above probability does not hold true.

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Post by trafficlight »

dhugiaskmak wrote: post #20
danilocampos wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 no…

Who's going to build the nationwide, unmetered fiber-to-the-home network to support this new content revolution?

You'd think the Telcos with their government granted monopolies would be on that.

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Post by onedognight »

dhugiaskmak wrote: post #20
danilocampos wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 no…

Who's going to build the nationwide, unmetered fiber-to-the-home network to support this new content revolution?

Everyone else but the US?

> fibre accounting for half of all broadband connections in Japan (55%) and Korea (52%). Other leading countries include the Slovak Republic (28%), Sweden (24%) and Denmark (12%).

http://www.telconews.com/2010/12/11/oecd-internet-economy-br...

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Post by ianferrel »

icandoitbetter wrote: post #21
tomsaffell wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, that probably & hopefully is their strategy. But is it mere co-incidence that their first major play of that strategy is for a show that is well loved by geeks? My guess is that the above probability does hold true, and that's part of the reason that this particular show is a going first.

The above probability does not hold true.

Netflix and Arrested Development watchers both skew young and urban. I'd be surprised if it didn't hold true.

What makes you think it doesn't?

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Post by nikcub »

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 hope for Netflix is that they become the new network. If every good new show signs with Netflix or a similar provider, what can the old networks threaten with?

This is what the future will be - then somebody just needs to figure out how to get Netflix, Amazon et al to work together so that consumers don't pay multiple subscription fees.

This is why the Netflix stock price went so high - because so many analysts wrote reports about how Netflix is new media, and it may well be.

tl;dr networks = dead

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Post by yequalsx »

danilocampos wrote: post #10
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 no…

I don't think Netflix will be around as an independent company for more than 5 years. Netflix doesn't have a single advantage save one. It has an installed user base. I'm a Netflix user but I wouldn't think twice about switching to another company. I'm on the verge of using Amazon Prime and ditching Netflix. I think even the installed user base isn't much of an advantage.

Netflix's streaming isn't more innovative and Google's streaming or Amazon's streaming. Netflix's advantage used to be to get people DVDs cheaply and quickly. That's not an advantage to take them into the future. Unless they can find a way to stream movies cheaper than Amazon I don't see how they can survive as an independent.

I think Microsoft should buy Netflix and B&N to compete with Apple, Amazon, and Google in the tablet/content space. As an independent company they are dead in the water.

EDIT: fixed typos

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Post by jwallaceparker »

tomkinstinch wrote: post #23

This bodes well for Netflix and their new business model. I hope that the programs they produce will be free of advertising.

>> I hope that the programs they produce will be free of advertising.

Agreed. They should be, right?

Nothing annoys me more than paying for a movie ticket and sitting through 10 minutes of commercials before a film.*

I would hope after the customer backlash over the pricing change that Netflix will be smart enough to stay away from commercials.

* Drivers who camp out in the left lane annoy me slightly more. "Stay right except to pass."

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