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Re: New Arrested Development will appear exclusively on Netflix Streaming

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Post by bmelton »

rudiger wrote: post #33
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…

I like movie previews. Am I the only one?

I like movie previews, and even some commercials. What I hate is anything that interrupts the show or movie that I'm watching.

I would more than happily sit through a long block of all the commercials before the show if it meant that I could watch the show, in its entirety and without interruption.

I can't find it, but I recall a conversation with Joss Whedon who proclaims the commercial interruption to be the hardest thing in TV-writing to accomodate, and are the most jarring obstacle to an otherwise well-told story.

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Post by brown9-2 »

tomjen3 wrote: post #70
MichaelApproved wrote: post #61

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What do you do about getting good seats? If you show up just as the movie is starting, you're probably going to get bad seats.

Most seats are numbered except in smaller cinemas.

This might be just regional - none of the larger cinemas in my area do this (yet).

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Post by lurch_mojoff »

corin_ wrote: post #84
chrismsnz wrote: post #68

Looks like those outside US are reduced, yet again, to grey-market solutions.

Just like standard US shows, it will air to the US first, and international TV stations (or internet streaming services) can bid on the right to air it, nearly always at a later date.

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.

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Post by Aqwis »

barrkel wrote: post #85
tomjen3 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most seats are numbered except in smaller cinemas.

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 seat, you simply tell them to move. I've never heard of anyone refusing to move.

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Post by xsmasher »

tomjen3 wrote: post #73
xsmasher wrote: post #31

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I hope there isn't. Sounds like you're a fan, but either don't want to pay the creators, or don't approve of their choice of distribution? That doesnt give you a moral or legal right to stiff them.

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.

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Post by teamonkey »

jwallaceparker wrote: post #29
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 rig…

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

A month of Netflix costs much less than a single movie ticket. Sometimes I wonder how they manage to keep the subscription rate so low without advertising.

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Post by xsmasher »

shrikant wrote: post #83
xsmasher wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope there isn't. Sounds like you're a fan, but either don't want to pay the creators, or don't approve of their choice of distribution? That doesnt give you a moral or legal right to stiff them.

I'd wager that a large proportion of the fan noise was probably introduced to the show via less than legal means. For e.g., there was absolutely no way for me sitting in India to have legally watched the show a few years back. As much as you'd like to believe that a niche group of American viewers alone convinced the creators that furthering the show would be a good idea, that's just not true.

I believe DVD sales had more positive impact than piracy. AD is currently the #45 top comedy DVD on Amazon... five years after its release.

If you love the show so much then pay don't pirate.

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Post by tomjen3 »

lurch_mojoff wrote: post #93
corin_ wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just like standard US shows, it will air to the US first, and international TV stations (or internet streaming services) can bid on the right to air it, nearly always at a later date.

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.

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Post by kittxkat »

corin_ wrote: post #84
chrismsnz wrote: post #68

Looks like those outside US are reduced, yet again, to grey-market solutions.

Just like standard US shows, it will air to the US first, and international TV stations (or internet streaming services) can bid on the right to air it, nearly always at a later date.

Except there are no other prominent streaming services in Europe afaik, who would pick up that idea.

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Post by pavel_lishin »

hollerith wrote: post #57
nate wrote: post #45

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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).

In your opinion, is that better than viewing the ads?
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