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posted by martyb on Thursday August 10 2017, @11:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-cross-the-streams dept.

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


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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday August 10 2017, @04:27PM (1 child)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday August 10 2017, @04:27PM (#551709) Journal

    please explain in detail how we can have both.

    One word: bittorrent. Time for us to set the rules and the prices.

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  • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Thursday August 10 2017, @04:56PM

    by Pino P (4721) on Thursday August 10 2017, @04:56PM (#551727) Journal

    One word: bittorrent.

    Technically, BitTorrent takes away the cost of hosting, but not the digital restrictions management. Files with a DRM container can still be distributed through BitTorrent so that only subscribers can view them. In order to make works copyrighted to Disney lawfully available through BitTorrent other than to subscribers, someone would need to come up with the money to buy Disney's copyrights from its shareholders.

    Time for us to set the rules and the prices.

    The market has already set that price, and Disney's $168 billion market cap [google.com] is about four orders of magnitude bigger than even an exceptionally successful crowdfunding campaign.