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Re: New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming

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Post by cyanbane »

ansy wrote: post #49

This 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…

If that IS their biz model I personally would love it. I don't watch much TV, but what I do watch is usually in bulk via a 3rd party streaming service and a year or five late. If Netflix started bringing other titles that were cancelled too soon like Firefly, Deadwood, etc with the budget of HBO and the postsight of watching the net for sleeper hits that were cancelled, you can count me in.

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Post by [deleted] »

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…

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Post by cookiecaper »

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 networks already want to cut Netflix out. That is what caused the whole fiasco this summer. Netflix can't just behave and hope that the networks keep throwing them bones -- that's just not how business works. It's important that they take aggressive moves to counteract this. If copyright law were a bit more reasonable, maybe this wouldn't be necessary.

And I think the thread they're picking up with AD is perfect -- just imagine all of those long-lost fan favorites like Firefly, AD, and now Community getting picked up and streamed on Netflix in a climate where the show's creators are at least theoretically given freedom from network meddling (not to mention the much more realistic "ratings" that would be possible like this). I may even pay for that, and I almost never watch TV and generally hate it, but if Netflix cultivated all of the great content that the mainstream networks regularly threw away, they'd definitely have a much brighter outlook.

The problem I see potentially arising out of this is the conflict of interest for cable companies as online streaming continues to override cable TV viewership. With Netflix picking up shows that had initially been considered by premium cable networks like HBO or Showtime, how much interest will Comcast have in keeping pricing for internet access out of the ridiculous ranges and varied pacakges of cable television?

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Post by [deleted] »

rudiger wrote: post #33
jwallaceparker wrote: post #29

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>> 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 rig…

I like movie previews. Am I the only one?

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Post by hollerith »

nate wrote: post #45
jwallaceparker wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> 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 rig…

You should pay for Hulu :) I bet that would annoy you more. I still can't believe you pay for hulu and still get ads all throughout the damn show. And not just ads. You see the same ads over and over and over.

Adblock Plus on Firefox (but not on Chrome) blocks the ads on Hulu (leaving gaps of blackness and silence).

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Post by SoftwareMaven »

yequalsx wrote: post #28
danilocampos wrote: post #10

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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…

That's exactly what this move is trying to fix.

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Post by seanalltogether »

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…

Of course the networks will continue to matter, they're the ones who own all the existing content, have all the relationships, and have a shit ton of money. It will be painful for traditional networks to transition, but at the moment netflix really isn't holding that many cards. The movie and tv industry is rightly labeled as a collection of cartels, and for now they're giving netflix breathing room to grow, so that over the course of the next 10 years they can bleed them for all they've got just like they do with satellite, cable, and movie theaters.
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