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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:54AM (#258703)

    Exactly this. For years I did the torrent bit (and many other piracy methods before that) for things like TV. First I watched on my monitor. Then I had a PC or a laptop hooked up to the TV. A few years ago this turned into a boxee, then later a WD TV Live after the boxee died. It's like a free DVR that programs out ads automatically - I could hardly watch anything any other way. The only reason I paid for cable/satellite at all back then was live sports. Six months ago I said enough. I dumped the cables/satellite, picked up a Roku 3 and HD Antenna so the wife & co. can still get some content, and added Netflix. I haven't missed paying $100/month one bit.

    Here's the funny thing... I don't mind paying a small amount for my content now that I have some disposable income. But for all my streaming services combined I'm not going over about $20 or $25 per month. A while back there was a story about Netflix putting more resources into original programming and dropping some movies/TV from other sources. If Netflix turns into just another TV channel and stuff ends up on Amazon Prime I'll be over there instead. If it ends up on Hulu guess where I will be. If all the legal services have large holes in their content my WD TV Live and torrents still work perfectly fine. They could just shutup and take my money, or they could try to squeeze me for more money and push ads on me, at which point I will drop them just like I dropped satellite. The money is theirs for the taking, it's just a question if they want my few dollars per month or not.