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Can the TV Guys Put the Netflix Genie Back in the Bottle?

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday November 05 2015, @12:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the network-tv-death-spasm dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

For the past few years, the big TV networks made easy money selling their reruns to Netflix.

Now they're having second thoughts.

So are they ready to pull back on sales to Netflix and other digital services in the hopes of keeping their core business intact?

Investors will be looking for an answer to that question this week and next, as most of the big entertainment companies report their Q3 earnings and take questions from analysts. But several key TV executives have already signaled that they're going to stop selling their best stuff to digital services — particularly Netflix.

Binge-viewing has been established as the new method to consume content--that is the genie they need to stuff back in the bottle.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by EQ on Thursday November 05 2015, @01:04AM

    by EQ (1716) on Thursday November 05 2015, @01:04AM (#258599)

    It's fairly simple, they decrease the convenience and availability then they will increase piracy. I've seen the lame attempts at streaming their own shows from their own websites and it's horrible. To skip to a different part of a program, one show forced a 2and a half minute commercial break, even if you had just had one 30 seconds prior. No thanks, I'll just download it if I can't get it on Netflix and the network is going to cram commercials down my throat ever time I pause or rewind or fast forward. In the 14 minutes of time I spent watching on the network site, I got 10 minutes of unskippable commercials. The next commercial that popped up, I was able to find and download the episode (with the commercial breaks edited out!) before they were done. They just don't get it, I don't want to sit there and let them dictate how I watch. I'll pirate it, faster easier and arguably better.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by jdavidb on Thursday November 05 2015, @03:26PM

    by jdavidb (5690) on Thursday November 05 2015, @03:26PM (#258892) Homepage Journal

    Obligatory [imgur.com]

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