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[cupcakes aka dd]

Amazon has confirmed it’s not a mistake — your Amazon Prime Video subscription no longer includes Dolby Vision HDR or Dolby Atmos surround sound. That’s on top of the ads that Amazon injected into the service on January 29th. Now, when you pay $2.99 a month to remove those ads, you can get Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos back as well.

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[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Chris

The article is heavily skewed towards discussing its screening within America. The fact that international distribution is already handled separately (by ITV Studios) is a throwaway line at the very bottom of the article. They can’t just withdraw those rights unilaterally, unless they want a big lawsuit on their hands. If they have already sold the international rights,

Do you really think they would want to sue over a single show . Me I would not bother

Originally Posted by Itshim

Do you really think they would want to sue over a single show . Me I would not bother

You’re not a global media distribution company

Yes, if the producing studio refused to supply the content ITV Studios has bought distribution rights for, and which it has financially planned to sell on at a profit, you would absolutely expect the distributor to sue for redress.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Chris

You’re not a global media distribution company

Yes, if the producing studio refused to supply the content ITV Studios has bought distribution rights for, and which it has financially planned to sell on at a profit, you would absolutely expect the distributor to sue for redress.

Sorry disagree, would more likely except a refund, plus some "costs" really want to chance no future deals .

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by Itshim

Sorry disagree, would more likely except a refund, plus some "costs" really want to chance no future deals .

It's a breach of contract and the company can be sued for it, it has happened many times before.

Originally Posted by Itshim

Sorry disagree, would more likely except a refund, plus some "costs" really want to chance no future deals .

That cuts both ways. Your ability to sell your content is dented if potential distributors start to doubt you’ll actually deliver what you say you will.

It’s also unlikely ITV would just accept an initial offer, because the producer’s interest is in minimising its financial exposure whilst the distributor’s interest is in talking up how much it could have made by selling the rights on. Sure, it might not get to court, but it would result in lawyers. Lots of lawyers. Much simpler for the producer to negotiate a delay releasing the rights to ITV rather than actually trying to withdraw them.

[1701-e]

Our great streaming future

[buckeye]

Originally Posted by cupcakes aka dd

Amazon has confirmed it’s not a mistake — your Amazon Prime Video subscription no longer includes Dolby Vision HDR or Dolby Atmos surround sound. That’s on top of the ads that Amazon injected into the service on January 29th. Now, when you pay $2.99 a month to remove those ads, you can get Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos back as well.

I've been binging the second season of Reacher on there (don't judge me!) since last Friday and the first 6 episodes were ad free with Dolby Vision and Atmos, then suddenly last night on the final two episodes I got pre-roll ads, only one each episode and no Dolby Vision or Atmos.
This wasn't too bad, the adverts were only for 40 seconds and I still got a UHD/HDR picture with Dolby 5:1 sound, if this is the extent of their changes then its certainly something I can live with, but does anyone think it will be all? I certainly don't!

In one aspect on the whole streaming subject I agree with OLD BOY that sooner or later streaming will be the dominant entertainment delivery method, but how long before we're back to the old ways of being forced to pay for services we don't want and have minimum term contracts forced on us?
The new shiny future is rapidly becoming just like the past!

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by 1701-e

Our great streaming future

It's business. TV channels are not immune from them.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

It's business. TV channels are not immune from them.

No, but none of them advertise a massive back catalogue. Viewers accept that’s the way it goes - streaming services are fundamentally misrepresenting the proposition.

It’s quite hilarious how OB’s brave vision of a streaming future, built from all the box sets he’s added to his favourites list for more hours of great viewing than he could ever have dreamed of, is suddenly susceptible to business pressures that eat away at the very thing that was meant to make those streaming services fundamentally better than broadcast channels.

[Horizon]

Originally Posted by cupcakes aka dd

Amazon has confirmed it’s not a mistake — your Amazon Prime Video subscription no longer includes Dolby Vision HDR or Dolby Atmos surround sound. That’s on top of the ads that Amazon injected into the service on January 29th. Now, when you pay $2.99 a month to remove those ads, you can get Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos back as well.

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Utterly disgusting.

Do we really want our broadcasting to be completely taken over by these greedy American tech giants? It's rapidly going that way and once it's all gone, it's gone.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by Horizon

Utterly disgusting.

Do we really want our broadcasting to be completely taken over by these greedy American tech giants? It's rapidly going that way and once it's all gone, it's gone.

Once they get control they’ll just price gouge us worse than Sky or any of the cable operators did since there will be virtually zero regulatory oversight.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Horizon

Utterly disgusting.

Do we really want our broadcasting to be completely taken over by these greedy American tech giants? It's rapidly going that way and once it's all gone, it's gone.

Don't worry you've always got the British Broadcasting Corporation. Until the licence fee goes, then you can expect the same crap everywhere.

[buckeye]

Originally Posted by Horizon

Utterly disgusting.

Do we really want our broadcasting to be completely taken over by these greedy American tech giants? It's rapidly going that way and once it's all gone, it's gone.

Its not just broadcasting, we're allowing American big business to take over many aspects of our corporate, cultural and sporting economy, with nearly all takeovers being unmitigated disasters for consumers and fans, but that's a subject for a completely different thread.