On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]>wrote:
> Tristan Louis does an analyst comparing movie streaming availability among > Netflix, Amazon, Vudu, and those small silver discs you can pick up at > stores ( or have Amazon send to your home via post). If you follow the > news ( http://goo.gl/RRPKC ), you can guess that Netflix is losing out > on the movie game... To me it looks like Netflix is being pushed into > changing its market strategy, into trying to offer original programming > because the movie studios are just not into Netflix. > > http://www.tnl.net/blog/2012/01/14/internet-vod-2011-movies/ > > Next week, Louis promises to publish how Netflix is doing with acquiring > TV shows. From my end, it looks like that is where their focus is heading > (and some say short-form video like TV shows are more amenable to viewing > on computers and tablets and portable devices). > I don't think these conclusions are quite fair. The first link you provide simply reports that studios are lengthening the window that protects DVDs from competition from other distribution modes - this effects Netflix competitors as much as it does Netflix, and is an attempt to buffer DVD sales, which have been tanking. The second link is comparing apples to oranges - Netflix is a subscription streaming service, while the other services it is being compared to provide short term, per title online rentals. Most of the films not streaming on Netflix are available on the DVD plan from Netflix. I don't think anyone signs up for Netflix streaming so they can watch as many new blockbuster Hollywood films as they want within 6 months of their release for $8/month. It is only rarely that I want to watch a film like that at home (I watch most of those in the theater) and when I do, I can always get them at Amazon or iTunes or On Demand. I do agree that streaming television is increasingly a big part of the Netflix model - that has been true for about a year now. They have published stats on what percent of their stream is television, and for a while it has been more than half, and growing. -- 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
