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Re:Netflix suffers first massive global outage by unfunco on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @11:55AM (#17294505)
Do you have a citation for the nightly news aspirations? Whenever I read about Netflix not wanting to purchase the rights to soccer, it's nearly always with the reason being that Netflix has little to no interest in live streaming:

https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/07/netflix-ceo-reed-hasting...

_"We have so much we want to do in our area, so we're not trying to copy others, whether that's linear cable, there's lots of things we don't do. We don't do [live] news, we don't do [live] sports. But what we do do, we try to do really well."_ - Reed Hastings.

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Re:Netflix suffers first massive global outage by dopamean on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @12:11PM (#17294689)
They already have shows that run a bit like that. I believe Michelle Wolff's show is one of them.
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Re:Netflix suffers first massive global outage by unfunco on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @01:18PM (#17295471)
The Break is pre-recorded and released weekly with a quick turnaround time (hours maybe), but it's not at all live.
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Re:Netflix suffers first massive global outage by dopamean on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @03:59PM (#17297409)
You're right. This might sound weird but it's been so long since I've watched nightly news that I actually forgot that it's live.
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Re:Netflix suffers first massive global outage by satsuma on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @12:44PM (#17295060)
joel mchale's show was weekly too. i'm no television expert so i don't know how much more it would take to get a daily show rolling.
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