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April 11, 2019. Investor day
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CaptainAmerica
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Wall Street analysts aren't fanboys. They don't know or care what Song of the South is.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
That's exactly what it's supposed to be. The differentiator isn't the GUI, it's the content. Looking and feeling like Netflix is the whole point because customers will know how to use it comfortably right from launch. No learning curve, let the content speak for itself.
Cosmic Commando
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Darkwing Duck, Tale Spin, Rescue Rangers, etc. would be perfect content for the service. When they said 5,000 episodes from Disney Channel, it really got my hopes up for older stuff. Hopefully, I'm not just underestimating the amount of schlock they've churned out in the last few years!
Have you forgotten all those live action tween comedies and dramedies?
Cosmic Commando
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Of course not... I think my kids have found every single one of them that's made it to Netflix!
Of course not... I think my kids have found every single one of them that's made it to Netflix!
May God have mercy on your soul.
Slpy3270
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I'm surprised that Batman '66 was left out entirely. That show (and its tie-in movie) is one of the crown jewels of the Fox library. It has a huge fan following, is attached to a major IP, and is seeped deeply in popular culture ("Holy X, Batman!", "To the Batcave/Batmobile!", "Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel!", among many other quotables) despite lasting just three seasons.
I get that Warner Bros./DC owns Batman, but as far as I know Disney still has TV distribution rights and copyright to the whole series. One would think that would include streaming, and I don't think they have to consult with WB on it since WB doesn't own the series.
I get that Warner Bros./DC owns Batman, but as far as I know Disney still has TV distribution rights and copyright to the whole series. One would think that would include streaming, and I don't think they have to consult with WB on it since WB doesn't own the series.
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Slpy3270
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I think I saw it when they were outlining the app.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
This is probably the reason why, note the lower left corner:
WB/DC put out the whole series on DVD in 2014. Which means likely the Fox gave up their rights to the show. Plus there were a lot of other entities in the mix as well, its the reason why it took so long for the DVD to come out.
Slpy3270
Well-Known Member
This is probably the reason why, note the lower left corner:
WB/DC put out the whole series on DVD in 2014. Which means likely the Fox gave up their rights to the show. Plus there were a lot of other entities in the mix as well, its the reason why it took so long for the DVD to come out.
They only have the home video rights. The show is still copyrighted to Fox, and they still own TV distribution rights, as far as I know. As for the other entities, Fox bought all those rights back thanks to Classic Media (they originally bought all the rights that William Dozier's estate had to the series and then tried to get Fox's share, but Fox turned the tables on them).
Slides are now available. But they weren't exactly the ones we saw, and they're missing the slides of the D+ interface...
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Well the fact that it was only 5 years ago one has to assume that a new contract was signed between WB and Fox. And that Fox gave up some rights in lieu of licensing royalties so WB could be the distributor on record. So likely any contract would still be in place.
Slpy3270
Well-Known Member
Here's the back of the cover. Notice the Fox logo on the bottom? And not to mention the program content copyright?
Even if WB still owns home video and merchandising rights, they still don't have the show itself. In fact, current airings of the series still have the 20th TV vanity plate at the end, so I'm pretty sure Disney, through Fox, owns the series still. One has to assume they own streaming rights as well, unless we're told otherwise.