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MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

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Indy_UK said:
If the likes of Paramount+ isn’t longed for this world, why don’t they cut their losses and just partner their content with someone else like Netflix or Disney+
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It's been in the works. They're looking for the right dance partner at the right price.


flynnibus said:
The overrotation all the services have right now is the notion that people only want a channel for the newest shows. I think most providers are flopping terribly at getting people to watch the historical content they have... content that people LOVE they just don't know it's there, forgotten, or it's just too buried to be bothered with.
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Actually, historical content is very strong on streaming. People get to watch TV series they didn't get to watch, or, to watch fully thanks to the linear aspect of old TV. Shows like Suits, Friends, The Office regularly show up on Nielsen's Top Ten.

Encanto, Coco, and Moana also show up in the Top Ten years after they debuted.

Netflix is a driver of new content because they don't own their own historical back catalogue... BUT... they also 'rent' the back catalogue of other studios so that they can attract bingers of old TV series.


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flynnibus

flynnibus

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MisterPenguin said:
Actually, historical content is very strong on streaming. People get to watch TV series they didn't get to watch, or, to watch fully thanks to the linear aspect of old TV. Shows like Suits, Friends, The Office regularly show up on Nielsen's Top Ten.
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Go and look at your profile va someone else’s… you’ll find a very large overlap and simultaneously a ton of suggestions you don’t care about at all. Their recommendation engines blow. I can’t think of anymore worse than discovery+ in the mainstream. Disney’s is pretty bad too.

Of course shows like the office, simpoms, etc will get views… because they are suggesting the same thing to nearly everyone
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

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If people are tuning in to watch old content - which is dirt cheap - then there already should be more money than they’re showing across the board…

There’s a fundamental “leak in the hull” not a “goldmine”…

The money people aren’t believing it…that’s usually all you need to know
 
PSUDisney77

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Indy_UK said:
If the likes of Paramount+ isn’t longed for this world, why don’t they cut their losses and just partner their content with someone else like Netflix or Disney+
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I was reading elsewhere that Paramount and Peacock are looking to merge. Reasoning as a counter to the upcoming ESPN, Fox, and WB Discovery merge for sports..
 
_caleb

_caleb

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Do those of you who insist streaming is not going to be a viable business for Disney also think linear tv and box office is going to be a viable business for Disney?

And why do you think you can understand this better than Studio Executives?
 
Jrb1979

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_caleb said:
Do those of you who insist streaming is not going to be a viable business for Disney also think linear tv and box office is going to be a viable business for Disney?

And why do you think you can understand this better than Studio Executives?
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I don't think either is going to be viable business for any company. We already seeing companies merge forming one streaming service. IMO it's just the beginning. In a few years there will only be 4-5 streaming services. You will Amazon, Netflix, Apple and whatever happens with the rest of them.

Making profit is one thing but I can't see any of them being ok that. They want to replace the profit from linear tv and the only way to do that is raise prices. It's eventually going to cost the same as cable.
 
_caleb

_caleb

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Jrb1979 said:
I don't think either is going to be viable business for any company. We already seeing companies merge forming one streaming service. IMO it's just the beginning. In a few years there will only be 4-5 streaming services. You will Amazon, Netflix, Apple and whatever happens with the rest of them.
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So you do see why Disney threw everything they could into making D+ work.
Jrb1979 said:
Making profit is one thing but I can't see any of them being ok that. They want to replace the profit from linear tv and the only way to do that is raise prices. It's eventually going to cost the same as cable.
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Maybe streaming will end up costing consumers the same as cable. But it will make more money for the streaming companies than linear, that’s why they’re pursuing it.
 
Indy_UK

Indy_UK

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It’s going to be difficult moving away from Linear TV. Hulu + LiveTV with Disney+ and ESPn+ is pretty expensive in itself and there isn’t a huge amount of people signed up to that so they’re going to have to think of something
 
TrainsOfDisney

TrainsOfDisney

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_caleb said:
Do those of you who insist streaming is not going to be a viable business for Disney also think linear tv and box office is going to be a viable business for Disney?
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the best business move would have been for Disney to keep out of streaming and have the streaming companies fighting to partner with Disney.

How much would Netflix, Amazon, or Apple Pay to have a rotating Disney vault?
 

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