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Disney has announced that it will stop providing new movies to Netflix in 2019, in favor of its own streaming service:
Disney has decided it wants to create its own internet services built around its ESPN and Disney entertainment brands. As a result, Disney said it would stop making its newly released movies available to stream on Netflix beginning in 2019. That means Netflix Inc. has roughly 18 months to figure out how to replace fresh Disney and Pixar movies, which are popular draws for its subscribers. A Netflix executive has said Disney programs are responsible for something like 30 percent of Netflix viewing in the U.S. (Disney movies are available on Netflix only in the U.S. and Canada.)
[...] This Walt Disney Co. announcement may also explain why Netflix on Monday announced the first acquisition in its 20-year history, for a company that specializes in creating superhero characters. Netflix also has an arrangement with Disney's Marvel brand under which Marvel makes series exclusively for Netflix based on Marvel characters. That relationship is responsible for buzzy Netflix shows including "Daredevil" and "Luke Cage."
Also at Reuters, CNBC, and Walt Disney.
Previously: Netflix Acquires Comic Book Publisher Millarworld
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 10 2017, @01:53PM
That won't work, cable today is basically a bunch of ads and shitty self-produced garbage/reality tv/other shit nobody wants to watch. To get the content that was on old-cable you need to spend just as much on individual pay TV channels that will fleece you just as much as the plethora of streaming services would. TPB and co are the only sensible choice.