Another interesting story about Netflix woes.
Netflix still piling up viewers -- and big programming bills:
https://apnews.com/4ec2b9eb954d4591a3ebbdb565ca1ac0
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On Jun 28, 2017, 9:43 AM, at 9:43 AM, Tom Wolper wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:35
Canceled Netflix series 'Sense8' to return for 2-hour finale
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The fans have spoken, and the canceled Netflix series
"Sense8" is coming back next year for a two-hour final episode.
Netflix and show co-creator Lana Wachowski said Thursday that fan clamor
inspired the show's
On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Doug Fields wrote:
> "If you are thinking about something like HBO and The Sopranos, where
> people would subscribe just before a new season started and quit at the
> end, Netflix puts all episodes up at once. If HBO had done that, people
> would
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Doug Fields
>That's been something I've wondered about ever since Netflix created
>binge-watching of original content when they started making an entire season
>of new episodes available at once. Not that I (as
I suspect that like many other things, Netflix has a complex algorithm that
in sort determines what they keep and what they cancel.
These probably include:
- Series people add to their list (almost regardless of actually watching -
they want you to always have *something* to watch)
- How much
"If you are thinking about something like HBO and The Sopranos, where people
would subscribe just before a new season started and quit at the end, Netflix
puts all episodes up at once. If HBO had done that, people would subscribe on
Friday and cancel the subscription the following Monday. That
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 11:36 PM, Steve Timko wrote:
> I think that's the opposite of what they are thinking. If a show draws
> enough viewers to pay for itself, and it's the only reason people watch
> Netflix, then it stays. I think a show is more vulnerable if people also
the analytics of this kind of stuff, along with business decisions,
fascinates me. Even more remarkable that they have data on things like
"when users pause" and stuff (like TiVo's "rewind" stats of Janet's
nip-slip). Just an amazing amount of data.
Off topic, and perhaps I shared it before,
I think that's the opposite of what they are thinking. If a show draws
enough viewers to pay for itself, and it's the only reason people watch
Netflix, then it stays. I think a show is more vulnerable if people also
enjoy other Netflix shows.
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 8:24 PM, Tom Wolper
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 6:54 PM, Steve Timko wrote:
> Someone, I can't remember who, was interviewed on Marc Maron's WTF and
> said getting a few hundred thousand loyal viewers would be enough to get a
> show renewed on Netflix. I wonder if that's still the equation.
>
Someone, I can't remember who, was interviewed on Marc Maron's WTF and said
getting a few hundred thousand loyal viewers would be enough to get a show
renewed on Netflix. I wonder if that's still the equation.
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Tom Wolper wrote:
> On Tue, Jun
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:35 AM, Steve Timko wrote:
> House of Cards seems to have run out of gas. A friend stopped watching
> Orange is the New Black.
>
> Sorry, Netflix shows — you don’t get a pass just because you’re on Netflix
> http://wapo.st/2u91iMI
>
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