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from the pray-I-do-not-alter-it-any-further dept.
It's difficult to imagine that Friends, a show that ended 15 years ago, could be of any real importance to a modern streaming giant like Netflix.
In fact the sitcom, which features a bunch of 20-somethings living together in a time before streaming was even invented, is US Netflix's second-most watched show.
Today, Netflix announced that it's poised to lose its rights to broadcast the series to its original parent company, Warner, which plans to launch its own streaming service, HBO Max in the first quarter of 2020.
The blow follows another announcement in June that Netflix's number one series, the US version of The Office, is also being snatched back by its creators, NBCUniversal, to be broadcast exclusively in the US on its own yet-to-be-launched streaming service.
Old media, analysts are noting with no small amount of surprise, is suddenly bringing the fight to Netflix, and it looks like Netflix could be the one that gets knocked out, or at least very knocked around.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday July 13 2019, @01:33PM
Yes, that!!
I have never, in my life, been able to justify the cost of cable, satellite, or most of the internet offerings. But, ten bucks per month for unlimited watching? It's almost worth that, even to me, to give the wife and kids something to waste their time on. Back in the day, when the kids thought $60 was reasonable to get all the channels they wanted to watch? Believe me, my kids were disappointed!!!