VOD : Netflix/Streaming Services

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by Phunkenstein

To be fair I did make the distinction that O2 were the mobile partner - so Sky are not the only 3rd party retailing the service for Disney but yes by all evidence Sky are the pay tv partner and O2 the exclusive mobile partner. Though either way still not sure it will convince OB! 😂

Tbf you did mate yes, i'm sure SKY have their paws in O2 too i believe SKY Mobile runs on o2 maybe that's how O2 got the D+ deal.

[denphone]

The Walt Disney Company has just announced that its streaming service Disney + has more than 50 million subscribers.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/08/di...m-subscribers/

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by denphone

The Walt Disney Company has just announced that its streaming service Disney + has more than 50 million subscribers.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/08/di...m-subscribers/

It's doing really well for a fairly new service especially as Netflix has 160million subscribers and they've been around for longer.
One feels this time next year Disney+ could surpass 200million subs.

Disney is doing very well right now because you can access a huge wedge of its back catalogue for a tiny fraction of the cost of buying or even renting DVDs or Blu Rays. It does however appear to have made a strategic error, with little evidence of original serials in production. Netflix, (partly because it was forced to, due to not starting with a load of stuff it already owned) has commissioned an absolute barrow load of original content. Almost every week you have a new reason to keep subscribing. Disney is going to have to take this seriously. This time next year I won’t be paying £60 just to retain access to a video library where the family has already watched everything worth watching.

[SonicMaster]

Originally Posted by Chris

Disney is doing very well right now because you can access a huge wedge of its back catalogue for a tiny fraction of the cost of buying or even renting DVDs or Blu Rays. It does however appear to have made a strategic error, with little evidence of original serials in production. Netflix, (partly because it was forced to, due to not starting with a load of stuff it already owned) has commissioned an absolute barrow load of original content. Almost every week you have a new reason to keep subscribing. Disney is going to have to take this seriously. This time next year I won’t be paying £60 just to retain access to a video library where the family has already watched everything worth watching.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...d_by_Disney%2B

Originally Posted by SonicMaster

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...d_by_Disney%2B

Three scripted serials released since the service launched 5 months ago, for a total of just 28 30-40 minute episodes. It’s not brilliant - barely more than one full season of one broadcast series.

Granted there’s more scripted stuff in the pipeline, but based on the info in the wiki it’s not going to amount to more than 100 episodes, and based on their present form they’re going for 30-40 minute running times rather than the hour long format that’s more common in made-to-stream content.

Disney above everyone else has the financial firepower to absolutely ace this, but they do seem to be resting on brand power to draw people in. I maintain that the only thing that truly makes the difference between competing streamers all charging £5-£10 a month is the quantity and quality of their original commissions. (Which is why I’m ignoring the generally poor quality, shrill, studio based (or worse, handycam fly on the wall format) unscripted rubbish all the streamers are equally guilty of).

By this time next year Disney is going to have to be doing better than this.

[muppetman11]

This was why I said I’d probably cancel the service , we have Sky TV so have either seen a large amount of the Disney back catalogue or are not interested in some of it.

It’s going to have to spend a lot more on original content to keep us paying month to month.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by spiderplant

Be very wary. That sounds like a phishing attempt.

Some of the current ones are listed here:
https://community.virginmedia.com/t5...ernet_Security

thanks just put it to spam as soon as l saw it.As l said Netflix account is not via virgin and was,/ is set up on an other e mail site in fact it's all l use it for ! lose track of e mail address some times as l try to use a different one of each product l use.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by oliver1948uk

According to this article, Disney+ on Sky Q has limitations. No HDR, no 4K and, despite the hype, Disney+ content is NOT integrated into Sky Q search.

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...ox-Not-Working

How many outside of the Internet forums really care that much about 4K and HDR , I speak to many friends who have 4K TVs and the majority haven't a clue what they are watching and always state they find HD good enough. Aside from the AV enthusiasts many either have set sizes they can't tell much difference or find the HD feeds perfectly adequate.

[Stephen]

It eventually will get updated to add 4k and hdr.

Even the menu on Q looks poor as it's either 720p or lower just now.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

How many outside of the Internet forums really care that much about 4K and HDR , I speak to many friends who have 4K TVs and the majority haven't a clue what they are watching and always state they find HD good enough. Aside from the AV enthusiasts many either have set sizes they can't tell much difference or find the HD feeds perfectly adequate.

It really does depend on the size of your TV. HD is acceptable on my set, but UHD is superb.

I no longer watch anything in Standard Definition (except the BBC regional news, for which we have no choice) as the picture on SD channels is far from good.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

It really does depend on the size of your TV. HD is acceptable on my set, but UHD is superb.

I no longer watch anything in Standard Definition (except the BBC regional news, for which we have no choice) as the picture on SD channels is far from good.

Not much choice there currently as every time the main news bulletin finishes one has to change channels again to watch the regional bulletin.

Originally Posted by denphone

Not much choice there currently as every time the main news bulletin finishes one has to change channels again to watch the regional bulletin.

I can't believe the BBC still hasn't sorted this for the English regions. Wales, Scotland and NI all got complete HD variants years ago.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Chris

I can't believe the BBC still hasn't sorted this for the English regions. Wales, Scotland and NI all got complete HD variants years ago.

l suspect now it will be even lower down on their list of priorities which is not surprising given the current circumstances but it would be nice sometime in the next couple of years to get it.

[cheekyangus]

Originally Posted by Chris

I can't believe the BBC still hasn't sorted this for the English regions. Wales, Scotland and NI all got complete HD variants years ago.

I think the cost for satellite provision will be the biggest £ hurdle for regional BBC1 HD variations. Cable and Freeview don't need to carry them all simultaneously, satellite does.