dehydratedbabies
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Netflix up 25% after hours, beats revenue expectations, 2M new U.S. subs
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Crumpet Trumpet
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Nonbelievers. May god have mercy on your souls.
...Welp.
glad to see physical dvd by mail steadying out.
comprehensive selection, good service, i always shake my head when people say netflix has a "bad selection", certainly not on the dvd side. hopefully netflix themselves have put aside their digital bias and want to prolong physical, not kill it.
comprehensive selection, good service, i always shake my head when people say netflix has a "bad selection", certainly not on the dvd side. hopefully netflix themselves have put aside their digital bias and want to prolong physical, not kill it.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
basically what i took away from that debacle is that they are scared of diversifying their service if it means that it doesnt have a name that makes sense.
i remember the argument against games being "netFLIX?? but FLIX are movies, not games!"
do you even canada?
That won't happen for a LONG time. There are obscure things you can get delivered to you via Netflix discs that just aren't available in streaming, and no matter how many deals are made, this won't change. They will never have the selection over streaming that they can on disc. HBO series' alone ensures that what I say is true.
i america.
i apologize for national bias. i agree other regions might have poor dvd selections.
anyways, that added instant subscriber number... so high.
dehydratedbabies
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Nah, this story explains what the fuck happened there pretty well:
Netflix's lost year: The inside story of the price-hike train wreck
It's not about covering content gaps. The disc business is more expensive to run than the streaming business, and the subscribers for disc will continue to shrink until it's not profitable to continue.
It's only a matter of time.
Nonbelievers. May god have mercy on your souls.
...Welp.
I'm a huge fan of AD. But even I wouldn't attribute Netflix rise to it.
Looks like a good read. Will read it later. Thanks.
Amazon has a big ace up their sleeve though, their distribution arm. That would be of value to someone like Sony. If Amazon were to sweeten their deals with them, they could probably land the streaming deal.
and why i haven't been a subscriber.
The Faceless Master
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just the studio deals really. they could offer streaming 24-48h rentals at a per movie price like other streaming providers do.
See You Next Wednesday
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Great news, I wonder now where that jackass that posts periodically in every netflix thread about the company folding in a "few" month every time.
CrunchyFrog
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Man, I couldn't care less about Netflix's financials, just hang the fuck in there long enough for AD Season 4 to get out
outunderthestars
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Good news. Still don't understand why they don't offer an ala carte VOD store as well. That way instead of finding no listing when you search for a newer release, it would present a rental price. I imagine a good number of people would then just rent the movie....
ultrazilla
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It would canabalize blu-ray and DVD sales. Not gonna happen for a long time IMO.
outunderthestars
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How so? Sony, MS, Amazon, Walmart, etc all have ala carte VOD services. Why not Netflix?
ultrazilla
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Good point. I seem to recall though that Netflix had run into issues with
new release VOD simply because the studios didn't want it included with
their deals with Netflix.
I'd love to see it and would gladly pay more for it. I cut the cord
to cable long ago(Hulu is a joke IMO) and Netflix streaming is my
main source for tv and movies.
Just to clarify, they've announced that they will release in May, but haven't given a specific date yet.
Do you want more than one season of Arrested Development? Then you should care.
They've stated multiple times they have no interest in running a VOD service. Others already do that, and do it well. They want to focus on the one price subscription model.
I see both sides. Amazon already works the way you suggest, and VOD services sometimes offer free content. Apple could certainly add a tiered subscription in the future. That said, is it of no value to know upfront that everything in the catalog is included in the subscription price? I don't know. Besides, practically any device you watch Netflix on also has access to an existing VOD service.
Long term, we're stuck with multiple services. There won't be one service to rule them all. We'll have to rely on device side content aggregation to give us a master list of content to pick from.
Personally I don't find the way amazon works to be that good.... it would be if they could actually get a lower price for their hd rentals but all the services are pretty much locked into those prices. Just 2 new rentals cost more than an entire month of netflix unlimited streaming. I think they are right to concentrate on getting more new release window content for their subscription service (which they are doing with relativity media and disney). If they can start winning more of these big deals they don't need the vod option.
Not exactly the "new release window." Keep in mind, the Disney deal is not the same as the pay VOD tier. Content passes through several timed windows.
Tier 1: VOD: iTunes, Comcast VOD, Verizon VOD, Amazon(pay service), etc. This is the new release window. After a month or so, it falls to...
Tier 2: HBO, Showtime, Starz, Netflix(as of the Disney deal). After 6 months or so...
Tier 3: streaming catalog content. Netflix(the bulk of what they offer), Amazon Instant(the free stuff they offer)
It's true that Netflix is now officially a Tier 2 player, as of the Disney deal. They exclusively carry Disney in that window as of 2016, which is why that deal was so huge.
Mr.Awesome
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NFLX is a traders dream today. Range of 22 dollars, all to the upside. I'm Making bank again today.
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
Good for them fighting back on the content licensing squeeze.
They're like Steam, they have the infrastructure and everything in place because they thought of it long ago. Now all the content owners want their own channel to distribute, but nobody trusts them as johnny-come-lately into the market.
They're like Steam, they have the infrastructure and everything in place because they thought of it long ago. Now all the content owners want their own channel to distribute, but nobody trusts them as johnny-come-lately into the market.
GotEmRunnin
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netflix is changing the old media structure and fighting the good fight. between Netflix, Hulu, Twit, Twitch, Revision, and YouTube my necessity for cable is shrinking month over month.
Crazyorloco
Member
I loveee netflix. I enjoy watching the Investigation Discovery (ID) shows. My favorite is disappeared. It makes me think what the heck happened to all these folks.
I recently put hulu plus back and i'm wondering if I should just take it off...So many clips, missing seasons of shows. it doesn't seem to be worth it.
P.s. I love netflix.
I recently put hulu plus back and i'm wondering if I should just take it off...So many clips, missing seasons of shows. it doesn't seem to be worth it.
P.s. I love netflix.
Boondocks is coming in March.
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Deleted member 1235
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quite a few euro folks are picking it up with all available workarounds now. I've had lots of people talk about it and i"m always telling everyone to grab it, it's worth the 10 euros a month.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
How do you know this?
ComputerMKII
Banned
Is Netflix a really big thing?
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Yes.
Thank you...thank you.
compared to what? It's the biggest of the non-cable services.
ComputerMKII
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Compared to anything - it doesn't exist where I live.
Felix Lighter
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I just received an email from Netflix today pushing the DVD service (1 free month of DVD service). It kind of surprised me because I was under the impression that they were just going to slowly let that side of the business dwindle until they could fully focus on the streaming. I'm already a streaming customer.
Yeah, I got the same email 20 minutes ago.
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