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Old 12-09-2019, 12:50   #6325
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
Again you are obsessed with your own narrow narrative and vision of things as there is no proof of this apart from in your own vivid imagination.

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Only in your opinion but not in the opinions of others...

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Britbox has to survive in your opnion because it represents your one eyed vision of the future but of course that vision is falling apart in front of your very eyes.
And that's your opinion, Den, which of course you are perfectly entitled to express, even without any links to support your view.

Over a long period, I have at least provided links to support the statements I have made.. You don't have to believe any of them, though. You can choose to believe what you want to believe.

You keep talking about 'my future' as if I was engineering it. I'm not, of course, I'm simply forming my views on the basis of what I read and what the industry itself appears to be working towards.

I do understand that you are more comfortable with things as they are, but your personal preference does not determine the future.

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
I made a standalone point which others responded to.

The analogy if quite correct you've just lost perspective. "New" content is a red herring. All content at creation is new, but it doesn't spawn into existence of its own accord as the universe did.

There's only one Steven Spielberg, demand for his time allows him to command a higher price. The same applies to all directors, actors, producers, and the whole entourage that goes alongside a major movie/TV series production.

So that, in and of itself, is bad news for Amazon on the cost side.

Again you've fell into the trap of assuming consumers have infinite time in which to watch television and money with which to pay for it. They don't. Which is bad news on the revenue side.

The two together: very bad news on the profit side.
It looked as though you were responding to Max's statement, but OK, fair enough.

While I understand what you are saying about existing writers, directors, etc being stretched to provide all this material, you are assuming that there is no other talent out there. It is incredibly difficult for anyone with aspirations to write, direct , perform, etc in this line of business, and increased demand will create more opportunities for them.

When one thing changes, it tends to have knock-on impacts. You tend to assume that everything else will remain the same, and that's where you and I disagree on many things.
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