Discovery — which is about to become Warner Bros. Discovery within the next month, when its merger with AT&T’s WarnerMedia closes — has confirmed its plans to combine its current streaming service Discovery Plus and WarnerMedia’s HBO Max into one service, rather than offer the two platforms as a bundle.
Funimation and Crunchy merging sure cleans things up a bit
You think you've got it bad? Try adding in regional licencing and it's confusing as fuck.
You think you've got it bad? Try adding in regional licencing and it's confusing as fuck.
Just got an email Netflix is gonna be more expensive than Hbo soon. $15.49...
Bye bitch.
Just got an email Netflix is gonna be more expensive than Hbo soon. $15.49...
Bye bitch.
The Prime Video that comes with my Amazon Prime subscription is all that I need.
The Prime Video that comes with my Amazon Prime subscription is all that I need.
Eww Bezos and eww Amazon's design and UI language.
The Prime Video that comes with my Amazon Prime subscription is all that I need.
Eww Bezos and eww Amazon's design and UI language.
THE WORST APP.
The Prime Video that comes with my Amazon Prime subscription is all that I need.
Eww Bezos and eww Amazon's design and UI language.
THE WORST APP.
gotta say, it's funny they're getting walloped for not being able to go up infinitely consistently
Well, unless you get people to start paying for 2 accounts apiece, can only climb so high
gotta say, it's funny they're getting walloped for not being able to go up infinitely consistently
If we can pay $10 a month for all the music on earth, why cant we do the same for TV
If we can pay $10 a month for all the music on earth, why cant we do the same for TV
Because it costs about 50x as much to make and as Netflix are finding out, people don't re-watch stuff unless they really like it, making it incredibly expensive to produce a library with enough of a constant flow of fresh content to ensure that there's something new to watch.
If we can pay $10 a month for all the music on earth, why cant we do the same for TV
Because it costs about 50x as much to make and as Netflix are finding out, people don't re-watch stuff unless they really like it, making it incredibly expensive to produce a library with enough of a constant flow of fresh content to ensure that there's something new to watch.
Counterpoint: Enough TV has been made that you dont need new content. Get some Drew Carey Show on there and youre set for a year
When I signed up for Netflix, it had a mixture of a bunch of recently aired / ongoing US TV boxsets (stuff like Gotham, Shameless, Its Always Sunny, etc) a bunch of classic US TV boxsets (your Breaking Bads but also your Losts, your House, your Alias, your Star Trek etc as well as some older stuff like Mission: Impossible), and a selection of decently rated original shows (Orange Is The New Black, the Marvel TV stuff).
Nowadays, it doesn't even fucking bother with most of the Us TV stuff that was its biggest draw, so outside of Better Call Saul, there's nothing ongoing from anyone else I give a shit about, most of its 'back catalogue' they also don't give a shit about so that's gone to other streaming services (most noticably Amazon Prime hoovering everything up thats not intended to pad out the launch of a Single Channel Subscription Service later) so - again, outside of Breaking Bad - its basically the Star Trek boxsets which are clearly on borrowed time, and a lot of their original shows are shovelware shit, or when they do have something good they cripple it by splitting it into two so they can stretch it out beyond a free month sub.
I haven't cancelled yet, but I am on their most ghetto possible 'one screen only and only in SD' tier - one more annual price hike without an associated increase in quantity or quality (because, honestly, both have been slipping) and I'm done.
I get for long term sustainability they need suites of shows that they and only they own the rights to and can never leave the service, but spend some of your fucking profits buying older shit thats not currently broadcasting, or renting back catalogue syndicated stuff.
Theres a ton of 60s/70s/80s/90s shit that must cost fucking pennies to licence, and I might not sign up to a streaming service for old episoes of Knight Rider or Baywatch or Quincy or wtfever, but its stuff I can mindlessly rewatch while doing other shit and it adds to the overall 'reasons to stay subscribed'. Especially given I don't have access to most of the US ad-supported streaming services which do this exact same thing.
I think this is the fastest death of a streaming service. Even Quibi lasted a few months.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/warner-bros-discovery-lays-off-cnn-cfo-suspends-marketing-spend-axios-2022-04-19/
CNN+ not long for this world. Might be cancelled quicker than Quibi.
Perrette and incoming CNN CEO Chris Licht notified staffers of the decision in a meeting on Thursday afternoon. Licht bluntly told employees it was a "uniquely shitty situation."
They should lock all 24h news behind a sub. Milk those boomers.
Piracy is good, piracy is your pal.
I'm a weirdo but I rewatch stuff all the time, but I do it while doing something else, usually playing vidya
just have a constant seinfeld, or always sunny, or mst3k, or redlettermedia, or cool podcast running in the background
it's hard for me to watch something new because I want to devote all my attention to it, if it's rewatching/listening then it's ok to hit an intensive part in the game and realize you missed 20 minutes of the show
Is Netflix just not in a position to not raise their prices? I don't understand how doing this, which has led to them losing a ton of subscribers, show cancellations, and firings, is good for them.
:confused
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/netflix-animation-erased-executives-fired-220251819.html
https://www.thegamer.com/netflix-animation-boss-baby-layoffs-report/
The animation industry... :(
Netflix... :maf
not just that, but attempting to crack down on password sharing, when entire industries continue to handwave this due to all the goodwill it earns them :derp
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/netflix-animation-erased-executives-fired-220251819.html
https://www.thegamer.com/netflix-animation-boss-baby-layoffs-report/
The animation industry... :(
Netflix... :maf
first I read this and thought damn that really sucks
then I clicked through and realized this means they CANCELED BONE
:rage
Bone is amazing and deserves so much better than the treatments it's gotten over the years, like telltale's shitty first attempt at an adventure game before they canceled it and then later died
fuckin hell
Netflix [originally told] creators, “We want to be the home of everybody’s favorite show.” By the time the producer left several years later, there was a “new thesis statement”: “We want to make what our audience wants to see,” Reed Hastings, Netflix’s Co-CEO, now told animation talent. As far as mission statements go, those are vastly different.
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Netflix currently touts “Boss Baby” as the ideal of what an animated series on the platform should be and what kind of numbers those animated series should be bringing in (this was reiterated by almost everyone we spoke to) although Netflix doesn’t even own “Boss Baby” — it licenses the series from DreamWorks Animation. (A new “Boss Baby” series premieres next month.)
Is Netflix just not in a position to not raise their prices? I don't understand how doing this, which has led to them losing a ton of subscribers, show cancellations, and firings, is good for them.
:confused
Netflix: "So....you guys like Stranger Things right? We still got that."
wait you're the CEO why are you PMing yourself :lol
from: Tasty
to: Tasty
bcc: Secret Tasty
thanks for greenlighting my projects friend, hope all is well for you when you receive this in the future :-[
wait you're the CEO why are you PMing yourself :lol
from: Tasty
to: Tasty
bcc: Secret Tasty
thanks for greenlighting my projects friend, hope all is well for you when you receive this in the future :-[
...I've had a few beers OK :lol
Also thinking about it some more, I think originally I assumed it was a Possessor (2021) / Being John Malkovich (1999) situation where I temporarily inhabit the body of the person in question, not permanently assuming the CEO title.
The streamer moves out of the "other" category for the first time, and streaming as a whole tops 30 percent of usage.
“blue collar comedy, cancelled shows, Trump-specific programming, faith-based shows, family entertainment, shows that embrace the Second Amendment, and news.”
Quote“blue collar comedy, cancelled shows, Trump-specific programming, faith-based shows, family entertainment, shows that embrace the Second Amendment, and news.”
So...disney +
Finally an Expendables TV series, to air back to back with THE DEPLORABLES
Our expert panel voted HBO Max the hottest streamer in town, and it wasn’t even close: 12 of our 14 insiders ranked the platform either first or second out of eight contenders. “The service just feels more balanced and deeper than the others,” one top talent agent raves. Like last year, Disney+ came in a solid second, pushing former winner Netflix down to third (though four voters still ranked it No. 1).
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After a rocky launch during the height of the pandemic, HBO Max has rallied to become the supernova of the streaming universe. Netflix remains far bigger overall, but its two-year-old rival is rapidly adding subscribers around the world and has pulled ahead in terms of industry respect and cultural resonance. The challenge for new boss David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery: Don’t mess things up. Meanwhile, Netflix, already looking shaky a year ago, drops below Disney+ to third place.
https://twitter.com/loudmouthjulia/status/1516794978105794560
Not including new HBO originals is kind of a handicap, but yeah, really puts Netflix's content blurge into perspective.
Vulture: The Hottest Streamer (Right Now) - The top three spots get a shake-up in our annual power ranking. (https://www.vulture.com/article/streaming-power-ranking-2022.html)Eh, Disney+ hasn't grabbed me at all yet. What's a must watch on there?QuoteOur expert panel voted HBO Max the hottest streamer in town, and it wasn’t even close: 12 of our 14 insiders ranked the platform either first or second out of eight contenders. “The service just feels more balanced and deeper than the others,” one top talent agent raves. Like last year, Disney+ came in a solid second, pushing former winner Netflix down to third (though four voters still ranked it No. 1).
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After a rocky launch during the height of the pandemic, HBO Max has rallied to become the supernova of the streaming universe. Netflix remains far bigger overall, but its two-year-old rival is rapidly adding subscribers around the world and has pulled ahead in terms of industry respect and cultural resonance. The challenge for new boss David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery: Don’t mess things up. Meanwhile, Netflix, already looking shaky a year ago, drops below Disney+ to third place.
This shows that Netflix has way more content in all brackets, including the good ones
Do we get a discount at TJMaxx
“The Nevers” has been canceled halfway through its first season by HBO. The Joss Whedon-created sci-fi drama will be pulled from streaming on HBO Max, along with the recently canceled HBO series “Westworld,” Variety has confirmed.
Whedon :mouf
Is that the guy who raped buffy?
So the only way to watch Raised by Wolves is to find a copy that fell off the back of a truck?
So the only way to watch Raised by Wolves is to find a copy that fell off the back of a truck?
So the only way to watch Raised by Wolves is to find a copy that fell off the back of a truck?
Warner Bros. Discovery has announced a plan to license some of its canceled and pulled programming to third party free ad-supported television (FAST) channels. Additionally, the company says it will announce plans for its own proprietary FAST channel in 2023.