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Post by indigodaddy »

autoexec wrote: post #326
PaulHoule wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What happens to HBO Max? Will you be able to watch all that with a regular Netflix subscription? Seems the business doesn't make sense unless New co revenue >= Netflix + HBO revenue Also: is Netflix going to take the theatrical and traditional TV businesses seriously at all?

My guess is that eventually they'll merge into a single platform, HBO max will die off, and netflix will just keep jacking up people's rates until they're well above what netflix and HBO Max cost separately today

Yeah to be honest i see approaching 45-50/mo coming at some point in the next few years easily.

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Post by jmkd »

petcat wrote: post #254
jmkd wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They won't be American. The balance of power has already shifted east. There are now more productions, more money and more facilities east of Madrid than west of it.

> The balance of power has already shifted east. There are now more productions, more money and more facilities east of Madrid than west of it. This is wild fantasy. the global power centers of TV distribution, monetization, and intellectual property ownership remain overwhelmingly American.

You might be referring to the remnants of broadcast television. I'm referring to the screen-based productions capturing the eyeballs of tomorrow.

One serious strand of America's whip of many thongs is the inability or refusal to acknowledge the rise in power and influence elsewhere.

As Gandalf - the last remaining talkshow host - gets pulled off the bridge into the abyss, he looks up to see a motley brigade of multi-cultural hobbits dashing for the surface with their wits and wallets thankfully intact.

Please excuse my excruciating reimagining of your wild fantasy metaphor.

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Post by wombat-man »

jasonvorhe wrote: post #341

I cancelled all my content subscriptions and I'm back to torrenting. I barely watch anything made my Netflix regardless. I think either Dark or the 3rd season of Stranger Things was the last time. Snyder's SciFi movie wasn't much good either. By now the streaming services are en route to become as terrible as whatever they were set out to replace. Once one of them started heavily advertising their own productions eve…

I torrent too, but I think it makes sense to buy/rent or sub to a service in many cases. Companies look at views and revenue to decide what content to actually make. So, especially for ongoing series that I'm enjoying I want them to keep renewing it.

I subscribe to ad-free versions of services so I don't really run into ads a lot unless I'm trying to watch something live on TV.

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Post by airstrike »

philistine wrote: post #354
afavour wrote: post #182

Any consolidation like this seems like a negative for consumers. But at least it wasn’t bought by Larry Ellison, as was considered very likely (assuming this merger gets approved, in the current administration you never know). From a Hacker News perspective, I wonder what this means for engineers working on HBO Max. Netflix says they’re keeping the company separate but surely you’d be looking to move them to Netflix…

On the pure technical side of their streaming services, Netflix refuses to play ball with platform owners to integrate with services. Netflix on Apple TV has zero conceit for the platform. WB on the other hand is very typical of other streaming services. I wonder what will win out?

The acquirer wins.

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Post by JadeNB »

meowface wrote: post #281
afavour wrote: post #182

Any consolidation like this seems like a negative for consumers. But at least it wasn’t bought by Larry Ellison, as was considered very likely (assuming this merger gets approved, in the current administration you never know). From a Hacker News perspective, I wonder what this means for engineers working on HBO Max. Netflix says they’re keeping the company separate but surely you’d be looking to move them to Netflix…

Maybe there are licensing restrictions or other things that prevent it, but wouldn't it make more sense to combine HBO Max and Netflix into a single app? Or at least make all HBO Max content also available in Netflix (and then eventually sunset HBO Max). That would make a Netflix subscription a much more compelling purchase for a ton of people.

Maybe we could come up with another ludicrous suite of names for HBO/HBO Go/HBO Max once it's merged with Netflix.

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Post by jmkd »

andsoitis wrote: post #366
jmkd wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Netflix has had a large production studio outside Madrid for several years already.

> Netflix has had a large production studio outside Madrid for several years already. One of several around the world. Albuquerque, Fort Monmouth (New Jersey), Shepperton (UK), etc.

Quite true thanks I was just shifting the discussion further east.

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Post by NoMoreNicksLeft »

emmp wrote: post #287
NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #235

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>it frequently produces mediocre or worse content. Will the same happen for Warner? HBO hasn't produced good content in years at this point. Since before the last season or two of Game of Thrones, I should think. The other brands in Warner didn't even really have that much prestige.

Succession, Hacks, The Last of Us, White Lotus and Euphoria have all been recent buzzy TV hits for HBO post Game of Thrones

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Post by eloisant »

nonethewiser wrote: post #315
afavour wrote: post #182

Any consolidation like this seems like a negative for consumers. But at least it wasn’t bought by Larry Ellison, as was considered very likely (assuming this merger gets approved, in the current administration you never know). From a Hacker News perspective, I wonder what this means for engineers working on HBO Max. Netflix says they’re keeping the company separate but surely you’d be looking to move them to Netflix…

> Any consolidation like this seems like a negative for consumers This is a very common narrative to this news. But coming into this news, I think the most common narrative against streaming was essentially "There is not enough consolidation." People were happy when Netflix was the streaming service, but then everyone pulled their content and have their own (Disney, Paramount, etc.)

We just need to end all exclusives.

Make it like music streaming, where all services have the same catalog so you can choose on price, features, etc.

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Post by shermantanktop »

philistine wrote: post #354
afavour wrote: post #182

Any consolidation like this seems like a negative for consumers. But at least it wasn’t bought by Larry Ellison, as was considered very likely (assuming this merger gets approved, in the current administration you never know). From a Hacker News perspective, I wonder what this means for engineers working on HBO Max. Netflix says they’re keeping the company separate but surely you’d be looking to move them to Netflix…

On the pure technical side of their streaming services, Netflix refuses to play ball with platform owners to integrate with services. Netflix on Apple TV has zero conceit for the platform. WB on the other hand is very typical of other streaming services. I wonder what will win out?

If the provider isn’t huge, they obey the house rules, and those rules will probably lead to better results than their silly ideas.

If the provider is big and experienced, they negotiate to get to do what they want, and they have their own opinions that work.

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