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 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:35 AM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> > 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 >> > > The Netflix strategy makes sense. When original content was in its startup > phase Netflix would be happy to be as diverse as possible in the kinds of > shows they were willing to produce. They would also be willing to spend > lots of money to attract talent and to show producers wary of working for a > new platform that they could get money and no studio interference. When all > that becomes established the company moves to its second phase: using their > big data tools to figure out who is watching what when and why, and > analyzing the data to decide what is the most profitable for them. > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
