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Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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Post by throwaway902984 »

bee_rider wrote: post #212
JeremyNT wrote: post #110

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Is it actually worse than the status quo though? I'm not so sure. I hate this era of consolidation but Warner and HBO have already degraded, so this may be the least bad outcome here.

Yeah, HBO has moved decidedly down market. Apple is at least trying to fill their old niche. It seems quite telling that the only company truing to do the whole “prestige TV” thing is a kind of side-project for a hardware company. At least nobody can buy them, though.

Apple has a family friendly bent that HBO had been degraded by sadly. Disnified. Adult oriented HBO quality shows don't exist anymore do they?

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Post by hamandcheese »

burningChrome wrote: post #776
georgeecollins wrote: post #715

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He also really doesn't do much (almost any?) charity so far in his life. And he never had to split assets in a divorce. So he's like a dung beetle of money.

This is completely misleading. Even a cursory google search will give a rather long list: - Giving Pledge: Ellison signed the Giving Pledge, committing to donate the majority of his wealth to philanthropy. Recently, he announced plans to donate 95% of his $373 billion fortune, focusing on science, healthcare, climate change, and AI research. - Ellison Medical Foundation: Invested nearly $1 billion in biomedical resea…

So he has pledged to give away 95%. But so far it seems like he has given very little, maybe 1%?

Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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Post by PunchyHamster »

burningChrome wrote: post #776
georgeecollins wrote: post #715

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He also really doesn't do much (almost any?) charity so far in his life. And he never had to split assets in a divorce. So he's like a dung beetle of money.

This is completely misleading. Even a cursory google search will give a rather long list: - Giving Pledge: Ellison signed the Giving Pledge, committing to donate the majority of his wealth to philanthropy. Recently, he announced plans to donate 95% of his $373 billion fortune, focusing on science, healthcare, climate change, and AI research. - Ellison Medical Foundation: Invested nearly $1 billion in biomedical resea…

Yeah I don't know why people shame dung beetles with association to him

Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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Post by PunchyHamster »

ekropotin wrote: post #421
meowface wrote: post #281

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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.

That would be amazing if we could watch both Netflix and HBO Max content at the price of one subscription. At least for me, these two platforms covers 95% of my video content needs.

well, you'd get it at price of twice of current subscription

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Post by daft_pink »

I’m really disappointed, because Netflix doesn’t sell any of their content. You have to subscribe.

I own Soprano’s, White Lotus, Batman Movies, etc on regular media, but I can’t get shows like Black Mirror outside of a subscription for the rest of my life.

I really hope they continue to offer physical and digital sales of their media for those who perfer to buy instead of renting.

Paramount, Disney, NBC Universal, etc all still sell their content even though they operate subscription services and I wish Netflix would do the same.

Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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Post by Aloisius »

trepaura wrote: post #523

This was a very foolish choice on Netflix's part. Most if the iconic IP from WB/HBO has gone down hill in a dramatic fashion over the last decade. Game of Thrones was good for a few seasons, but half way through the fans started dropping almost as quickly as main characters. DC movies have had very few genuine successes, even if they've technically turned a profit. Putting all that content up on Netflix would be unli…

It's not like Netflix is limited to Warner's back catalog. Warner owns exclusive rights to make new movies/television/games for quite a lot of things.

That's valuable in a world where copyright has everything made in most people's lifetime locked up for another century.

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Post by [deleted] »

burningChrome wrote: post #776
georgeecollins wrote: post #715

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He also really doesn't do much (almost any?) charity so far in his life. And he never had to split assets in a divorce. So he's like a dung beetle of money.

This is completely misleading. Even a cursory google search will give a rather long list: - Giving Pledge: Ellison signed the Giving Pledge, committing to donate the majority of his wealth to philanthropy. Recently, he announced plans to donate 95% of his $373 billion fortune, focusing on science, healthcare, climate change, and AI research. - Ellison Medical Foundation: Invested nearly $1 billion in biomedical resea…

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Post by nonethewiser »

throwaway7783 wrote: post #555
thayne wrote: post #514

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I want a separation between the streaming platform companies and the content making companies, so that the streaming companies can compete on making a better platform/service and the content companies compete on making better content. I don't want one company that owns everything, I want several companies that are able to license whatever content they want. And ideally the customer can choose between a subscription t…

This should really be the end goal. We are worse off than cable right now with all these streaming services and worse , overlapping content.

Oh my god no. The content is much better and you can watch whenever you want.

Re: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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Post by fnordpiglet »

xp84 wrote: post #763
phartenfeller wrote: post #52

I don't like this. Netflix rarely creates excellent content; instead, it frequently produces mediocre or worse content. Will the same happen for Warner? Are cinemas now second behind streaming? Edit: I agree Netflix has good Originals. But most are from the early days when they favored quality over quantity. It is sad to see that they reversed that. They have much funding power and should give it to great art that re…

I think Netflix's incentives, especially now that they have an ad tier, have changed. With a subscription service 10 years ago, you just need to have enough must-see content: - Original scripted TV series that become mainstream known and/or seen as prestige TV, like "The Crown," "Mindhunter," "Bridgerton," "Stranger Things" etc. - "Crown Jewel" reruns with huge fanbases such as The Office, Friends, Seinfeld, Modern F…

I’d note they’re not mutually exclusive revenue streams and both add meaningfully to their value. I think the reality is they peaked the first one and growth is in the second one. Subscriptions that are sticky however are much more valuable individually than an advertising tier user. But if you can cater to both and not downgrade subscriptions to ads tier you win in two parallel markets via the same platform. This is not a bad business strategy. But they need to not lose the subscriptions and their reason for being in the quest for growth or they’ll see nominal growth with decline in value.
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