Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquired programming in 2017

Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir... by verisimilidude on Monday March 27, 2017 @02:49PM (#13970545)

The reality-style Netflix Originals seem to be coming. Last year they hired Brandon Riegg, among other notable producers in that domain.

Some of their "unscripted" content is already out: Terrace House, Ultimate Beastmaster, etc.

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Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir... by fullshark on Monday March 27, 2017 @04:17PM (#13971327)

Yeah that seems to be the way to go to me, i guess maybe they reached the same conclusion.

HBO is a premium product, you pay for it in addition to cable. Netflix is an all in one product, you pay for it to replace cable. Don't try to be HBO, be every cable tv station.

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Re:Netflix expected to spend over $6B on original and acquir... by mattferderer on Monday March 27, 2017 @08:47PM (#13973057)

Is HBO still a premium product? We watch it through HBO GO/NOW or something like that without cable.

All this Netflix talk makes me wish I never ever tried to "play" the stock market with Netflix. I learned a very valuable lesson thanks to them & Amazon. It's called buy & hold on companies you use & love. Needless to say, overall I agree that they've ran their business extremely well. That whole dvd/stream announcement is hardly a distant memory. Also they deserve credit for listening to their customers & trying to fix that pretty immediately.

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