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The Office will be pulled from Netflix in 2021. Will move to NBC Universal/Comcast Streaming Service
- Thread starter jbug617
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I wish we can just go back to Hulu & Netflix to cover most shows. Now every studios have their own specific streaming service.
Also, just wait until the Office revival news when this NBCU streaming service comes out.
Also, just wait until the Office revival news when this NBCU streaming service comes out.
"Competition is good" Seriously?
How is having a multitude of stream subscriptions better for us? Because I can think of a whole bunch of ways it's worse. Namely,
1. Security
2. Much higher cost
3. Harder to keep track of said costs, and many people will be fucked over for it as they inevitably lose track of some trial they signed up for. (And don't give me any caveat emptor bs)
4. Having to manage multiple accounts
Every company wants to be a service now, and until this shit is reigned in and regulated we will all lose because of it.
1. Security- Are you taking about credit card/personal information? Because that is something that is hardly exclusive to media providers.
2. Much higher cost- Again, that depends on how many services you subscribe to. Yes, I could subscribe to a dozen different services a month, but am I going to really maximize their worth every month? On any given month I likely won't spend more that $30 on streaming services, and that might be pushing it.
3. Harder to keep track of said costs, and millions of people will be fucked over for it as they inevitably lose track of some trial they signed up for. (And don't give me any caveat emptor bs)- I mean, is it the company's fault if you sign up for something and forget the terms?
4. Having to manage multiple accounts- How is that any different then managing your utility bills/mortgage/car ect that you pay every month?
Yes competition is good for any industry. Do you want to see a monopoly in the industry or see companies push to get new subscribers by offering a better service.
Also -
HBO
CBS
Criterion Channel
Shudder
YouTube TV thing
A whole host of niche services
Fair point to 1, 3, and 4 though I think sensible consumption practices take care of 3 and 4. Not that people are necessarily good at that, mind you.
But as for 2, I'll quote myself -
I'm saving a good $100 a month compared to, say, 6 years ago with multiple streaming services.
In the following year my plan is such - keep Spotify ad-free year-round ($11/month). I'm going to add The Criterion Channel when it has a PS4 client ($100/year, meaning roughly $8.35/month). I'll also be doing Disney+ for Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, and Simpsons ($7/month).
From there, I'll rotate Netflix, Hulu, and HBO every couple months - Netflix is $12/month, Hulu ad-free is $13/month, and HBO is $15/month.
So in any given month I'll have $11 + $7 + $8.35 + $12-15 for a grand total of $38.35-41.35.
That's still so much cheaper than I ever had it before.
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It's better for us because it'll keep the subscription costs competitive and it'll drive content providers to create exclusive content that might not exist otherwise.
There is this strange notion that you have to have all the content services, if you want all the content, then it might just be cheaper to get cable.
This is for people who wanted to have the choice of the content you want, Might not be a good idea to add a monthly Sub to NBC universal, if you only watch 1-2 shows, would be just cheaper in getting season downloads.
I mean heck if you are already paying 15$ a month for HBO, for 2-3 dollars more a month you get that and the rest of the Warner library? Seems like a slam dunk.
Until I start to see it become difficult to cancel these streaming services, and/or their bills automatically go up after 1 year or sooner, with mysterious charges here and there, and/or I have to call every year and haggle and threaten just to fight to get pricing that's still not even close to what 'new' subscribers get, streaming services for me will still be way better than old cable contracts.
All of my friends laugh when I still keep buying music CD's and DVDs/BluRay for TV and films. But this stuff is precisely why I'll keep buying this sort of thing on physical media for as long as possible.
I worried about something like this happening to 30 Rock and Parks and Rec so I just bought them when they were on sale from iTunes.
This is why I feel pretty comfortable about my last few years of buying movies and TV shows when they are cheap on iTunes.
I had a feeling that the Netflix party would ultimately end - and I'm in Australia, where we get crippled and compromised versions of basically everything, so it seemed even more important to just own copies of things.
Which is what I'll be doing with games, too. Subscriptions are a trap.
I had a feeling that the Netflix party would ultimately end - and I'm in Australia, where we get crippled and compromised versions of basically everything, so it seemed even more important to just own copies of things.
Which is what I'll be doing with games, too. Subscriptions are a trap.
Michael is incredibly ignorant but he loves his peeps man.
Much like TV couldn't support more than 2-3 channels?
I don't know why anybody is surprised or outraged by this. With theatrical distribution for non-blockbusters and traditional TV audiences withering in favour of streaming, of course the major media companies are all going to move toward that model. It would make no economic sense for them to accept just a fraction of the revenue by putting everything on Netflix or Hulu.
The widespread availability of many companies' products on only one service was only possible when it was a supplement to regular TV revenue, not when it started to actively replace those revenue streams.
The future of media is in a sense like the old integrated film distribution model, where every conglomerate has its own service.
Fuckers won't stop until every single episode of every single show has it's OWN streaming service
That's right.
I wonder what happens to Hulu. Will it eventually just be Disney content.
Someone get me my Pirate hat and eye patch!!
These big companies just never seem to learn - nothing about these multi platforms is good for customers.
These big companies just never seem to learn - nothing about these multi platforms is good for customers.
Disney has already made deals to take full control of Hulu. I expect it's going to be the mature counterpart to Disney+.
By the same token, these big companies cannot afford to lose so much revenue as streaming takes over. Netflix as an all-encompassing low-cost platform was only viable as long as TV and theatrical revenues continued on as before.
I suppose all 20th Century Fox produced TV shows will go there.
Is 20th Century Fox still making shows for current FOX TV?
I'm not sure they're losing that much money, feels more like they're getting greedy. If they have a succesfull show like Friends or The Office, they hold all the cards since they own the content. That's multi millions of revenue through licensing. Add to that the worldwide deal that they could get and all of that with minimal effort since it's mostly legacy content and I don't see how they would be losing money.
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I don't think Netflix is exactly hurting for original content.
I thought Hulu had the Seinfeld streaming rights locked up for a long time but it's apparently for "at least" five years, which would mean 2021 at the earliest. That'd be a huge bummer for me if Hulu lost Seinfeld, it's one of that service's biggest values for me.
It's a show with 2 great seasons, 2 good ones, and 4 bad ones. I have no idea how it's remained such a tour de force, it's inconsistent as hell and gets downright bad.
well damn. There goes our go-to "it's Tuesday night and nobody wants to make a decision..." choice
I also don't plan on getting the NBC/COmcast streaming service.
I also don't plan on getting the NBC/COmcast streaming service.
Yeah same, I really like Superstore and The Good Place, both NBC on Hulu. Never got into The Office, but might rewatch Parks and Rec again before it's gone.
You didn't think having every show under the sun for $10 a month was a sustainable model? You are smarter than the average bear. I am kind of surprised anyone thought that would last - it was clear once it caught on that studios weren't going to give up all that revenue.
I disagree. Nobody will be required to subscribe to streaming services ("channels") they don't want and there is no penalty to cancel. Easy to cancel/resub.
