Bad News for Netflix Nuts: Some Streaming Movies Could Disappear
Bad News for Netflix Nuts: Some Streaming Movies Could Disappear
Posted 01/15/2010 at 1:09pm
| by Bart Salisbury
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Being successful, in and of itself, is no crime. But if your success undermines the profit interests of more powerful players, then you can expect to be punished. Netflix seems to be in line for this lesson. There’s a chance some of its streaming movie offerings about to be pulled.
Here’s how it works: Netflix has a deal with Starz Play where Starz resells Netflixs its movie licenses. Netflix then trots these films out on its Netflix Watch Instantly service. Starz is happy. Netflix is happy. Netflix’s customers are happy. Disney and Dreamworks aren’t happy. And since it’s there content, they have the final say.
Disney and Dreamworks want more money for what they’re providing. (Who didn’t see that coming?) If Starz doesn’t agree, or if the economics become untenable, then Netflix and its customers will lose out.
It seems, like with music, that movie studios, still operating under last century’s economic models, are intent in killing off a burgeoning new content delivery system because they can’t make as much money as they feel they deserve--regardless of what the system is capable of delivering. It didn’t work well for the music industry. Hard to see how it will work out any better for the movie industry.
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zepontiff
January 16, 2010 at 3:26pm
So pull the content and end up making less money in the end. The best part is the industry is too stupid to realize how much money they have already lost by not doing what netflix did first or at least getting into bed with netflix from day1
Dexter243
January 16, 2010 at 6:36am
Nutcracklng snack
if i can not watch it on netflix ill just download it or rip it to my hd from a rental disk it your call
Disney and Dreamworks
Disney and Dreamworks making $ all ready with the netflix deal
and if thay pull ther vids from netflix it will be there loss i just wont watch them
in that format but you can bet i will still get to watch the movie for free,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Vegan
January 15, 2010 at 5:06pm
This is nothing new, I thought everyone knew this. Netflix has always listed when the expiration date of stuff in your Watch Instantly queue is approaching.
Atomike
January 15, 2010 at 2:48pm
"And since it’s there content..."
there content?
Come on guys... this is English 101. Very, very basic stuff. I normally don't point out these gaffs, but they happen SO often on this site, I'm losing faith in the journalistic integrity. Not to mention that you look silly.
Ok, sorry about that, but it had to be done.
I Jedi
January 15, 2010 at 6:18pm
So why visit this site if u think the journlist are rtards? Sure, the speling may be rong and there could of just simply done a simple spell check however why be a grammar nazi?
Atomike
January 16, 2010 at 12:56pm
I'm trying to help them. I'm sure they don't want to lose readers - which is what will happen if they sound like morons.
As an example - people who read YOUR post, will correctly assume that you are (likely) poorly educated. As a result, everything you type will be ignored as irrelevant. Correctly so. If you want people to take you seriously, you must present yourself as worthy of that consideration.
If you don't want people to think you're a moron, then don't compose text like a moron. It's very simple.
Biceps
January 15, 2010 at 3:38pm
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Mastrada101
January 15, 2010 at 1:42pm
First, I hear at Trekmovie that Pocket books was screwing over the fans of the new trek movie, and now this. Why is it that when any news is provided about companies, it's always about how they screw the consumer over?
Mastrada101
January 15, 2010 at 1:41pm
First, I hear at Trekmovie that Pocket books was screwing over the fans of the new trek movie, and now this. Why is it any news is provided about companies, it's always about how they screw the consumer over?
I Jedi
January 15, 2010 at 6:20pm
Um, because bad things make the news? Honestly, when was the last time you turned on Fox/CNN, and saw them report about something good that happened? I honestly cannot say I see it too often. Mostly its about the war, some idiot senator/congressman or what have you.
Ntldr
January 15, 2010 at 1:40pm
Here is my two cents on the matter. I will buy a movie I like even if I can watch it online streaming from Netflix. I watch them streaming from NF so that I don't ruin my DVD when I want to take is somewhere I can't get Netflix, i.e. a friends house that either doesn't have internet or not high enough speed to watch the movie. I also preview movies I want to buy this way if they are up. Or I borrow them and decide if I want to buy them.
Disney and Dreamworks need to get the heads on right because if they do this I don't care if I like the movie or not I won't buy it. I will borrow it from a friend or a movie store but I will not purchase it.
nekollx
January 15, 2010 at 1:58pm
This is Disney we are talking about. They canceled a 17 year uninterrupted run series because of Low Ratings but they never promoted it or even AIRED it in some territories to begins with.
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scoop6274
January 15, 2010 at 1:36pm
its always amazing how money can cloud the minds of even the most intelligent business minds. The movie industry would have been smart to take notes on the whole music industry thing.
Biceps
January 15, 2010 at 3:48pm
You are talking about move execs... not exactly known for their raging intellects, my friend. If they were that intelligent, they might have found a way to make $$ and please the consumer in the current market. Looks like they are too busy pulling this crap instead of coming up with solutions for problems that honestly aren't that complex.
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