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Netflix Takes Gamble With Epix Film Cull in U.S.

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday September 02 2015, @04:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the optimus-prime-is-not-happy dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Thousands of movies will be removed from Netflix in the US after the streaming service decided not to renew a deal with distributor Epix.

Removed titles will include the Hunger Games and Transformers movies.

Netflix, which has more than 60 million subscribers worldwide, said it wanted to focus on exclusive content.
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Explaining the move to subscribers, Netflix's chief content officer Ted Sarandos wrote: "While many of these movies are popular, they are also widely available on cable and other subscription platforms at the same time as they are on Netflix and subject to the same drawn out licensing periods."

Will this change in their library make you more or less likely to subscribe, or continue to subscribe?

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  • (Score: 1) by esperto123 on Wednesday September 02 2015, @11:19AM

    by esperto123 (4303) on Wednesday September 02 2015, @11:19AM (#231198)

    Removed titles will include the Hunger Games and Transformers movies.

    And nothing of value was lost...

    Kidding aside, from what I've heard, this is only valid for the US, other places have different contracts and will not be affected (like Brazil).
    To me this is a bad thing for them because they are now like a one stop shop where people would find all kinds of movies and series, if they start limiting their content too much without big catalogs and mostly with self production, people can start leaving, and, as pointed out above, using "free" alternatives.
    But I guess Epix was probably getting too greedy on licensing terms because netflix is getting really big. In the end is hard to know if this is good for the consumer or not, on one hand getting this movies to other streaming services can create more competition, but on the other we would need to subscribe to more services and end up increasing costs.