Comments on: Netflix, Hulu and the golden age of content

By: Paul Reiter

Paul Reiter — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:23:33 +0000

Owen – Netflix streams in HD and looks perfect if you have the right equipment. Streaming has improved greatly in the last few years.

By: Shayn Baron

Shayn Baron — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:53:50 +0000

Worth a good read http://gigaom.com/video/hollywood-windows-piracy/

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:07:31 +0000

Quite interesting development. Unfortunately, I won’t see the results of this probably, since netflix, amazon & hulu are not available in my country :(

By: Shayn Baron

Shayn Baron — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:51:20 +0000

I guess HBO will change its business model when a competitor matures. I hope the affiliate fees taste good, enjoy them while they last. Goodbye Cable TV.

By: TimeKeeper

TimeKeeper — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:03:30 +0000

Content production introduces a huge amount of risk, requires a whole new corporate infrastructure and lots of variable costs. Netflix, Hulu, et al… have been enjoying the fruits of other’s labor by just acquiring rights to and broadcasting completed properties. By funding original content they run the risk of having bomb on their hands. Sure they have the venue but if they cannot find an audience how are they going to monetize it?

The other issue they have is that they will still have to pay for other content that they do not produce. Original content does not reduce their dependance on other producers/distributors for content to fill out their library. A crazy thing occurs if they do have a hit; it may take audience away from 3rd part content they paid to acquire streaming rights. So they are paying for something that their audience is not watching in order to offer a large library.

This will be interesting to follow and see if it turns out to be a good move or a wild tangent that costs these big guys their companies.

By: Owen Chadmire

Owen Chadmire — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:48:26 +0000

Im not interested in watching VHS quality Netflix, thank you.

By: @cardinalrose

@cardinalrose — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:11:26 +0000

It is worth noting that they are all following the HBO model. You should probably add Starz to your list. They dropped Netflix but they are also focused on following the HBO model (their CEO he was former HBO CEO) and they are in the midst of rolling out their own original programming. I think their rollout started 3 years ago with Spartacus and they are up to about 4 original shows with more to come. I think their latest and greatest is Boss staring Kelsey Grammar.

By: Shayn Baron

Shayn Baron — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:46:21 +0000

I see a bunch of new faces.. I hope we get real actors here (not the typical web standard). This is an Epic deal and should be presented with quality. I’m excited!