Because they think somehow Netflix spending $100 million on Friends has something to do with Daredevil being canceled so they need to place their irrational logic somewhere
Girlfriend loves this show and has to put it on every single night before falling asleep.
I'm stunned, but not surprised by AT&T's decision to extended their #Friends licensing deal with Netflix through 2019. A perfect example of, despite saying they were committed to winning in SVOD, Big Media wants to have their cake, eat it to - and then hope they get a 3rd cake
Good breakdown on what could be happening here. I get that Friends is the big story here, but the long term play for WarnerMedia is super interesting.
Or they could be joking but let's take it super cereal anyways
And Hulu paid 160 million forArg! Came to post this! Total injustice what happened to American Vandal, but daredevil? Wtf? I've been watching Hulu more anyways.....
I'm happy for fans of friends though.
I don't see why Matthew kept mentioning HBO. Friends doesn't seem like a great fit for HBO. For Warner's upcoming SVOD, sure, but not on HBO.They want their hand in every pot basically. Rather then pulling back from Netflix and leveraging their own platform with Friends they're taking the $100 million and going to try and find original content to pull in people to HBO
Funnily enough, Paul is coming to South America next year. He must enjoy the hell out of it, because the last thing he needs is money.the same reason Paul McCartney still releases albums and the Rock makes movies and Mark Zuckerberg does whatever the fuck he does. Because they can.
Holy shit, Paul is worth 1.2 billion and Bono has like $700 million. Could they BE any richer?
I literally do, yes.Do people just run Friends on Netflix in the background all day??
I don't see why Matthew kept mentioning HBO. Friends doesn't seem like a great fit for HBO. For Warner's upcoming SVOD, sure, but not on HBO.
The bigger point that Matthew makes is that this can be seen as Warners not having as much confidence in their own streaming as they're letting Netflix, ultimately a future streaming competitor, license one of their most valuable properties.
And if you're the kind of person who finds all of this entertaining, I have good news for you: You're likely to see a repeat of this plot sometime in the near future, when Comcast's NBCUniversal has to think about what it wants to do with "The Office," which it currently streams on Netflix but will most likely want to keep for its own, yet-to-be-announced streaming service that it will likely launch once it sells its stake in Hulu.
NBCU execs say Netflix has told them "The Office" generates more viewing hours than anything else on the service. Which means Jim and Pam may end up getting more money than Ross and Rachel.
The opposite actually
100 Million you say? Yet DD gets canceled while its the 4th most streamed show across all streaming platforms.
Makes sense.
So much money. And I bet a huge portion of people that watch them already have the complete DVD collection but use Netflix because it's easier lol.
100% agree because that's what I do with it and the Office.Friends is probably like Star Trek in that while there are people who watch it, it's also a show that you turn on to watch before bed. A show to relax to.
At least that's my take.
I don't see why Matthew kept mentioning HBO. Friends doesn't seem like a great fit for HBO. For Warner's upcoming SVOD, sure, but not on HBO.
The bigger point that Matthew makes is that this can be seen as Warners not having as much confidence in their own streaming as they're letting Netflix, ultimately a future streaming competitor, license one of their most valuable properties.
$100 mil to host one of the most overrated sitcoms for an extra year?
Jeff Bezos should get rights to air Seinfeld on Amazon Prime to compete
Friends is probably like Star Trek in that while there are people who watch it, it's also a show that you turn on to watch before bed. A show to relax to.
At least that's my take.