What? As @Disney Irish pointed out, Disney’s content spending is $5 billion higher than Netflix. In 2024, Disney distributed the most watched content in the U.S., far outpacing Netflix’s total viewership.
www.nielsen.com
I'm right there with you, except we did cancel D+. We have most of the content we want on Blu-ray or DVD so we don't need to keep it. So now we're just churning until a few things come that we want to see.
How much of that content went straight to Disney+?
How much is Netflix sending to theaters…. Many studios findings have been that movies do better on streaming if in theaters first..,. Going theatrically does not change things as it will only further deepen their library
All content that Disney spends money on eventually goes to D+/Hulu, whether its a movie that was a theatrical release or for a show the originally aired on ABC or D+/Hulu exclusive. All of it ends up on D+/Hulu.
I must be an outlier here, but I love Netflix. We have Amazon Prime too, but I always seem to go back to Netflex for the variety and quality of shows. I like that they have the older shows instead of all new properties. If I had to get rid of one of the streaming services, it would definitely Not be Netflix.
That assumes that consumers want to become their own little film studios creating their own content for their own consumption, that in my opinion can't be assumed. By and large consumers want to consume, not create.
I'm reminded of every doom and gloom prediction that has made its way through the entertainment space over the last 100 years and how it was going to take everything down, and yet its still here.
No doubt it’s imperfect, for now. The advance from 2018 in its accuracy to now is quite a leap, let alone the last two years.
As I mentioned in previous posts and threads, its a tool just like any other that an artist may use from their toolbox. But a full wide scale replacement of a lot of the industry as your previous post alluded to, not likely. Sure some jobs will be lost, but many of those would have been lost by some other technological advancement if not AI. And sure it'll be used to replace industry knowledge that is no longer available, but not replace entire divisions of people. Its a tool, and that is how it should be seen.
Exactly. Who’s going to want to come home from work and create their own entertainment?As I mentioned in previous posts and threads, its a tool just like any other that an artist may use from their toolbox. But a full wide scale replacement of a lot of the industry as your previous post alluded to, not likely. Sure some jobs will be lost, but many of those would have been lost by some other technological advancement if not AI. And sure it'll be used to replace industry knowledge that is no longer available, but not replace entire divisions of people. Its a tool, and that is how it should be seen.
But this idea that consumers are going to want to become content creators and drive the entertainment industry out of business as you allude to, doubt it. As mentioned consumers by and large aren't wanting to become creators. The 25 year old in Iowa isn't suddenly wanting to be a filmmaker just because AI tools are now or soon will be better able to make believable content. If they didn't want to become a creator before, AI isn't just suddenly going make them desire that. So there is still a need for a Disney and other studios, and will likely be for many decades to come in my opinion. Until we get a "Ready Player One" virtual room where we all plug into everyday.
Don't get me wrong, some people do, as that is essentially what the gaming industry is all about now with gaming channels on Youtube. But they're still playing someone else's creation rather than creating it themself based on some entered prompts into an AI engine. I mean maybe one day we'll get a Holodeck like in Star Trek or the Oasis from Ready Player One. But I don't think we're going to have a society of mini creators all creating their own content trying to sell it to others as the poster alluded to.
That’s exactly what I was referring to. I did not intend my post to refer to playing video games. I like to play Luigi’s mansion after I get home from work and then I will watch tv.
I knew what you meant. I was just expanding on it, because the gaming industry is one area where we are seeing a rise in creators for "Let's Play" content just for people who want to watch rather than play themselves.
