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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 Francis on Wednesday September 02 2015, @04:42PM

    by Francis (5544) on Wednesday September 02 2015, @04:42PM (#231337)

    I probably should have been more clear. It's mostly things that I'm likely to want to watch. I seem to have to work harder and harder to find things that I'm interested in watching. Even just watching things that I've already watched is getting rather hard.

    I'll probably start keeping a bit of a log of shows that I look for and can't find versus can find. But, I'm not looking for shows that are particularly obscure in most cases. They weren't the most popular things during their respective time, but they weren't obscure either. Things that they really ought to have, but aren't necessarily too expensive to license either.

    But, it does seem to be getting worse as time goes by and when Netflix refuses to sign an extension it just makes matters worse.

    OTOH, the industry is at risk of killing the goose with the golden eggs as I'm not going to be buying large numbers of DVDs because I can't find what I want on Netflix. I'll just do without. There's plenty of cool content online that doesn't come from the MAFIAA and I probably shouldn't be spending any time watching TV anyways.

  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday September 02 2015, @11:47PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday September 02 2015, @11:47PM (#231489) Journal

    I written this before on SN, but I too have totally mined out Netflix's DVD and streaming selection. More and more I watch content on Instructables and YouTube. The more I watch there, the more inspired I feel to undertake my own projects and as I do, the happier I feel generally. For example, I've taken up brass etching and augmented my survival skills with different forms of snare building, etc. Maybe other people will experience this progression, too, and the DIY movement will swell with new practitioners.

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    Washington DC delenda est.