VOD : Netflix/Streaming Services

Gosh, how strange to find a website observing that streaming service menus are not, in fact, the cornucopia of utopia, and actually tend to overwhelm consumers. I wonder what sets Forbes.com apart from all the digital marketing blogs we’re accustomed to seeing linked in this thread.

They’re not trying to sell something?

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

Funny considering The Witcher has been the biggest show of the year streamwise.

What does biggest show of the year mean? Netflix's most streamed show in 2019 was Lucifer. https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a...3-reasons-why/

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Originally Posted by Chris

I wonder what sets Forbes.com apart from all the digital marketing blogs we’re accustomed to seeing linked in this thread.

Maybe, just maybe it's written by someone who watches telly and not by someone trying to flog digital snake oil.

[pip08456]

Who knows what the most streamed show was? As yet the streamers don't publish viewing figures.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Maybe, just maybe it's written by someone who watches telly and not by someone trying to flog digital snake oil.

It could be however, in defence of people who barely watch television, it could be they aren't emotionally attached to one outcome and can objectively comment on the market.

As I've said countless times before there's nothing special about streaming as a technology that exempts it from the same principles as any other manufacturer/service provider/retailer.

More competition = bad news for incumbents. It can drive up supply side costs and down revenues (therefore profits).
Lots of debt relative to competitors = bad news. They can sell an equivalent product to you at lower cost as they don't have to service the debt.
Few assets = bad news. Creditors potentially less likely to tolerate ongoing debt.

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Originally Posted by pip08456

Who knows what the most streamed show was? As yet the streamers don't publish viewing figures.

Surely it's Friends, if the 2% figure holds up?

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

What does biggest show of the year mean? Netflix's most streamed show in 2019 was Lucifer. https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a...3-reasons-why/

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Maybe, just maybe it's written by someone who watches telly and not by someone trying to flog digital snake oil.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/2/21...ip-competitors
but look at the date i replied to Dens post - it was tounge in cheek haha.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/2/21...ip-competitors
but look at the date i replied to Dens post - it was tounge in cheek haha.

You got me

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/2/21...ip-competitors
but look at the date i replied to Dens post - it was tounge in cheek haha.

Lol, good shout!

[jfman]

Twitter suggests our North American cousins are upset over Friends being taken off Netflix. I wonder if there was any on screen indication that there was a “last chance” window? Someone seems upset to be on Season 6 and now can’t watch it.

Not ideal customer service if, as we know, this is just the beginning.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by jfman

Twitter suggests our North American cousins are upset over Friends being taken off Netflix. I wonder if there was any on screen indication that there was a “last chance” window? Someone seems upset to be on Season 6 and now can’t watch it.

Not ideal customer service if, as we know, this is just the beginning.

The beginning is always followed by a end.

[jfman]

Couple of interesting articles on Netflix. I'm loathed to use the first one because it uses an online survey for one set of data. However the Bank of America commissioned data is interesting - while Netflix appears to hold up reasonably well, with a diminishing library of known quality content and further streamers ready to enter the market it'd be worrying if the situation repeated itself every time in light of new competition.

https://www.investors.com/news/disne...s-dump-rivals/

And this one:-

https://seekingalpha.com/article/431...ng-real-threat

This article raises the interesting idea that Netflix is already at, or near, it's peak. As I've said before - the pay-tv market (which streaming belongs to) has a reasonably fixed size. The collective pie only gets bigger for everyone if they introduce 'new' customers - where are they coming from? Netflix, Amazon and Now TV have undoubtedly introduced new customers at lower price points.

However once you aggregate three or four streamers you are into Sky/Virgin/BT pricing territory - essentially trying to sell to those who have rejected pay-tv options already.

[denphone]

Netflix faces crunch year as Disney, Apple and more vie for streaming crown.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...treaming-crown

Netflix is this year facing its sternest challenge since it embarked on the path to global streaming dominance, with a prediction it could lose 16 million subscribers to cash-rich rivals led by Disney.

Analysts say Disney +, which launches in the UK and Europe on 31 March, is set to put the global brakes on the relentless growth of Netflix.

Wedbush points to Disney’s potent combination of crown-jewel content – from the Marvel superhero universe of films and TV spin-offs to Pixar films such as Toy Story 4, family fare such as Frozen 2 and TV series including Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy – and very competitive price. In the US, Disney+ is almost half the cost of Netflix’s most popular tier, $6.99-a-month compared to $12.99, and in the UK it is likely to be several pounds cheaper, at about £5.99, compared with Netflix’s most-popular standard package at £8.99.

[ozsat]

The new Dracula series on BBC is in UHD/HLG on iPlayer.

[Stephen]

It's great that Disney+ is fairly cheap and also has full 4K UHD content. Where as to get the same content on Netflix is around 12.99 a month.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Stephen

It's great that Disney+ is fairly cheap and also has full 4K UHD content. Where as to get the same content on Netflix is around 12.99 a month.

You could say its no contest certainly in our household it is..