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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Hardly a sticking plaster, Den! The key to success for any streamer is original content. Sure, there is a lot of interest in archive material, but as you yourself have acknowledged, undue reliance on that by Britbox will not do anything for its popularity with potential subscribers.
Netflix is aware that the 'direct to consumer' approach increasingly being taken by owners of content will deplete its library of older material, which is why it is investing so heavily in original films and TV series. It must continue to do this in the short to medium term to stay ahead of the competition. As the market leader, it can afford to do this, but of course these eye-watering levels of investment will have to be scaled back at some stage in the future to ensure the financial stability of the company.
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Old Boy showing his true colours here. These aren’t football teams you develop undying loyalty to. Regardless of circumstance Netflix are always right.
Developing it’s own back catalogue at “eye watering” levels is actually quite reckless. Everyone in the supply chain knows how desperate they are and they have the chequebook out - this drives up supply side costs.
What is also ignored is that existing back catalogues of content have been put through the wringer multiple times on various distribution platforms and have developed over time. There’s plenty of garbage that’s come and gone over the decades - Netflix has absolutely no way of telling what will stand the test of time and what will sink without trace.