Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
20-10-2022, 11:19
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#1726
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
I see that Netflix has made a return to growth. What does it put this down to? Releasing its popular series on a weekly basis so users maintain their subscriptions instead of binge-watching and then pausing the subscription.
Who would have believed such a well-established model could work?
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Wait until loads of people cancel when password sharing is stopped, I know I will.
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20-10-2022, 13:36
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
Wait until loads of people cancel when password sharing is stopped, I know I will.
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I want to know how they are going to Police this. If it is just a question then just lie and say same house
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20-10-2022, 14:22
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#1728
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
I want to know how they are going to Police this. If it is just a question then just lie and say same house
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IP addresses.
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20-10-2022, 15:53
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#1729
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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IP addresses.
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Nope
Demo household 2 adults 2 kids
Mum and Dad watching Netflix on home wifi Child 1 watching in the park on mobile data, Child 2 round friends house on their wifi. 3 IP Addresses there all one household.
TBH on my Turkish Account a 25% increase will take me up to about £5.75 for top tier anyway so no big deal
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Last edited by Jaymoss; 20-10-2022 at 15:58.
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20-10-2022, 15:59
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#1730
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
Nope
Demo household 2 adults 2 kids
Mum and Dad watching Netflix on home wifi Child 1 watching in the park on mobile data, Child 2 round friends house on their wifi. 3 IP Addresses there all one household.
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It could be demonstrated that one is on a fixed network (parents) and that child 1 is using a mobile network.
I expect child 2’s usage would not be permitted under revised terms and conditions to accommodate any change.
An alternative would be for viewing outside “home” to be restricted to mobile devices. It wouldn’t solve the issue but it’d certainly have an impact. Spotify t&cs for example can require users to log in from home to verify their connection from time to time. Something not so easy on a 55 inch smart TV.
Last edited by jfman; 20-10-2022 at 16:04.
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20-10-2022, 16:13
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
I’d imagine devices and IPs will be used , ie use your TV’s at home on your primary IP and then after that only mobile and tablet devices allowed on other IPs.
It will be a tough one to police.
Apologies jfman only just read your post and agree with it all especially the last paragraph.
Bit more info here
Last edited by muppetman11; 20-10-2022 at 16:17.
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20-10-2022, 16:29
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
A solution that mostly solves the problem will be enough though. Those with the motivation to evade IP or device detection are likely to evade anything else they implement, or else just go and get what they want via newsgroups or torrents. That’s unavoidable. But most families simply sharing a password across generations are unlikely to have the expertise or the motivation and (if granddad likes it enough) will probably decide the cost of the base subscription isn’t that bad after all.
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20-10-2022, 19:11
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
Agree with mm11 in that it’d be difficult to police, but also Chris that a system that partially solves the issue but not fully is a suitable solution. If 90% of the population believe it works, half of the outstanding find workarounds too complex it leaves just 5% exploiting the system.
There’s been gaping holes in (some) “multiroom” systems for years. At the more complex end not really exploited or understood by the masses. Streaming services have left the door open but it wouldn’t be too hard to identify low hanging fruit within Netflix accounts (a Virgin box at one location and a Sky box in another both with heavy usage). Publicity that this being policed along with gentle emails to suspected offenders, or having devices verify themselves on home wi-fi and suddenly this has gone from the norm to the exception.
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20-10-2022, 21:12
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DAZN becomes exclusive home of PFL with joint venture
DAZN has become the exclusive home of the Professional Fighters League in the UK and Europe.
The streaming platform has also agreed to form a joint venture with the MMA competition, named PFL Europe, which will become the first regional league from a global MMA provider when it launches in 2023.
https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broad...75662.article/
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21-10-2022, 02:10
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Originally Posted by Media Boy UK
DAZN becomes exclusive home of PFL with joint venture
DAZN has become the exclusive home of the Professional Fighters League in the UK and Europe.
The streaming platform has also agreed to form a joint venture with the MMA competition, named PFL Europe, which will become the first regional league from a global MMA provider when it launches in 2023.
https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broad...75662.article/
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PFL Europe, it was at one of their gyms i learnt MMA they are well established.
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21-10-2022, 08:21
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k
PFL Europe, it was at one of their gyms i learnt MMA they are well established.
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So that's an accurate user handle then?
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21-10-2022, 09:32
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Got an email this morning advertising Netflix’s new “profile transfer” feature, which allows you to split any user profile in your Netflix membership account out to a new account.
Ostensibly useful when kids grow up and leave home (or in the event of relationship breakdown), this would of course also help oil the wheels if/when they ban account sharing …
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21-10-2022, 14:05
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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So that's an accurate user handle then?
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Lol not quite the username is more to do with my streetfighter2 record of 350 wins and 0 defeats with Chun Li at the time, that record has now gone as someone beat me prob old age setting in lol.
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21-10-2022, 16:13
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Lol not quite the username is more to do with my streetfighter2 record of 350 wins and 0 defeats with Chun Li at the time, that record has now gone as someone beat me prob old age setting in lol.
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Impressive. I've never been good at that game.
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21-10-2022, 17:51
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Re: Streaming services news, offers and general chit chat
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Originally Posted by Chris
Got an email this morning advertising Netflix’s new “profile transfer” feature, which allows you to split any user profile in your Netflix membership account out to a new account.
Ostensibly useful when kids grow up and leave home (or in the event of relationship breakdown), this would of course also help oil the wheels if/when they ban account sharing …
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I also received the same email.
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