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Let us never forget about Qwikster, though.
It isn't that simple. Considering the results are from the 4th q, and we didn't know AD release date until a few weeks ago.
Two million new people subscribed 6 months in advance of the show even being available? Yeah...no.
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Let us never forget about Qwikster, though.
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.
They fumbled the execution, but dumping the disc business was and still is a good idea.
do you even canada?
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!"
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.
Nonbelievers. May god have mercy on your souls.
...Welp.
Nah, this story explains what the fuck happened there pretty well:
Netflix's lost year: The inside story of the price-hike train wreck
I even bet starz will make a last ditch bid at that deal too.... but it seems like netflix has more to bring to the table than anybody right now. They have almost caught hbo in total subscribers and likely will soon with the growth they are seeing while hbo has been relatively flat. I really don't see amazon growing in the same way netflix does since their service is more tied as an addon to a prime subscription.
That said the idea of an exclusive agreement seems like something that will go away soon, with all these services competing for the same content it would seem like the content producers can make more money selling to everybody at a lower rate. Similar to how the epix deal worked out where they are starting to be on every service now that the 2yr exclusive with netflix is over.
i would have been fine if they spun off the disc business, but the deal killer was separate payment methods and separate ratings.
is there something (other than specific studio deals) preventing Netflix from having a 'premium streaming' account option where new releases are readily available?
I'd pay some extra money per month to get brand new releases streaming upon release.
is there something (other than specific studio deals) preventing Netflix from having a 'premium streaming' account option where new releases are readily available?
I'd pay some extra money per month to get brand new releases streaming upon release.
It would canabalize blu-ray and DVD sales. Not gonna happen for a long time IMO.
How so? Sony, MS, Amazon, Walmart, etc all have ala carte VOD services. Why not Netflix?
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/netflix-adds-subscribers-posts-quarterly-profit/Factoring in the stocks 30 percent rise since November and the after-hours action on Wednesday, Mr. Icahns stake has now more than doubled in value, to more than $700 million from roughly $320 million.
May 1st. 13 episodes, all available for streaming on the 1st.
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
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....
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.
Now get Boondocks on instant watch and I'll be loyal forever.
Great news. Hopefully they can continue adding content, and subscribers.
How do you know this?Boondocks is coming in March.
Thank you...thank you.
Is Netflix a really big thing?
Compared to anything - it doesn't exist where I live.compared to what? It's the biggest of the non-cable services.
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.