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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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Can the TV Guys Put the Netflix Genie Back in the Bottle?
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by frojack on Thursday November 05 2015, @01:46AM
Professional TV cameras are phenomenally expensive. But now Netflix owns lots of them, they have studios and the like. Alternatively those who cannot sell their independently-produced shows to the broadcast networks can sell them to Netflix instead.
Studio cameras are expensive. The location cameras they are using now, even in a steadycam mount aren't that expensive. Under $2000 for a cheap model, under $5000 for
By the time you add in lighting, a good sound man, and post production, the cost of a couple cameras being used on location these days is nothing. Most of the reality type shows are shot with shoulder mounted cameras. These shows are cheap to produce.
There are a lot of independently shot shows that have trouble getting renewed, and get sold off to NetFlix. And even if Netflx loses money on every one of them, it builds an audience base. My wife liked that Longmire TV show and she followed it to Netflix when it migrated. I could care less about the dumb show, wait, ohhhhh, Katee Sackhoff..... Well, there's 8 bucks a month that Netflix never had before.
Old DVDs can be found in used goods stores for like 2 to 3 dollars apiece. My problem is I'm easily bored and watching a whole movie is something I do maybe twice a year. Wait... This year, exactly NONE. Not big screen, not on TV, and not on the net.
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