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Re:Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List by bandrami on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @10:38AM (#12693237)
Huh? If you don't like reality TV then you aren't syfy's core demographic (or just about any channel's, really). Basically every channel has moved in that direction because people keep proving they will watch it.
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Re:Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List by Retric on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @10:59AM (#12693444)
Reality TV is cheap. In a highly fragmented and bundled market it can work. Yet, HBO and other premium services avoid it presumably because willing to watch is different from willing to pay for.

PS: Cheap TV can be compelling. Personally I really liked the primitive technology youtube channel which has 788,764 subscribers and is really cheap to produce 1 guy without any spoken lines. Twitch can also be extremely compelling. However, that's not paying subscribers.

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