On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:51 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > This does nothing for me, the only show I have ever seen even one episode > of is Ringer, and I only saw 2 of those. But again, this is the reason > Netflix did what it did this summer. The Variety article gives the mistaken > impression NF had to do this to put the bad juju of the price increase > behind it; more accurately, NF judged that the bad juju was worth it > precisely so that they could afford deals like this. > *********************************** > > http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118044366 > > Well, as the excerpt noted, you wouldn't be seeing that show on Netflix this year, anyway. It won't arrive until *next year*. They are going to need to improve their game -- and it was still poor planning to spring for the price increase *before* closing on the deals. It is not like they have to pay cash-in-full-today to close these deals. (I hope they aren't under the impression they have to pay cash-in-full-today.) Even *one* good deal announced in the summer in conjunction with the price increase would have be a salve. Because as you noted, the story-line in the press is "Netflix has to make up for the mistakes over the past several months, starting with the price-hike." It's basic message-management.
http://is.gd/d8bK1a > "For Netflix, this TV show agreement is unusually broad as it amounts to an > exclusive output deal covering current and future CBS and Warner Bros. > TV-produced series for CW. The deal does not give Netflix access to episodes > from the current season; all shows will be available to CW on a one-season > delay. The license term gives Netflix long-term access to the episodes that > extends for a period of four years after each series ends its run on the > net. > > Analysts estimate the deal could be worth $1 billion, an expensive but > necessary outlay from Netflix as it looks to put both a series of > ill-conceived strategic moves and new competition behind it. > (SNIP) Programming will include the eight dramas on the CW's fall 2011 > schedule, including new series "Ringer," "Hart of Dixie" and "The Secret > Circle"' returning skeins "The Vampire Diaries," "Gossip Girl," "90210," > "Supernatural" and "Nikita"; and midseason series "One Tree Hill." Deal > covers any past and future series that bow through the 2014-15 season after > the one-season delay." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
