Re:Netflix drops 10% after missing on global paid subscribers
by tastygreenapple on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @04:42PM
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Netflix is a bit different in that (recently) they seem unusually reluctant to renew shows after the second season. People speculate that this is a rentier play, new customers don't value season 3+ as much as existing customers. Netflix expects new content to bring in new customers and they hope to be just good enough for existing customers that they don't cancel.
Re:Netflix drops 10% after missing on global paid subscribers
by oflannabhra on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @04:41PM
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Fargo and Better Call Saul are FX shows, not Netflix Originals
Re:Netflix drops 10% after missing on global paid subscribers
by oakesm9 on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @04:45PM
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Outside the US they're only available on Netflix and are marketed as "Netflix Originals".
Re:Netflix drops 10% after missing on global paid subscribers
by ljm on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @05:26PM
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I’m writing from the UK. Netflix handles that here and they schedule the episodes weekly. In Europe they’re Netflix Originals because we don’t have FX or AMC or CBS or whatever, but the new and popular ones don’t get aired until the US has aired. So our fix of, say, Better Call Saul, comes on a Sunday or Monday.
Re:Netflix drops 10% after missing on global paid subscribers
by dplgk on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @07:36PM
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Strange, they must have payed a pretty penny to slap that label on it.
Re:Netflix drops 10% after missing on global paid subscribers
by kgwgk on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @05:09PM
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That's true for streaming only, and with a few exceptions.
Re:Netflix drops 10% after missing on global paid subscribers
by azernik on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @09:24PM
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They do this relabeling a lot for shows where they get exclusive rights in a particular country. For example, a lot of Korean fantasy stuff is released in the US as a "Netflix original".
It’s not like you watch HBO 12 hours a day expecting pure content that you love from start to finish.
That said, apart from the tent pole series they [plan to] push out each year (stranger things, better call saul, Fargo, mindhunter, nightflyers, etc.) the rest is clearly data driven garbage that doesn’t realise it’s working a cliche. With a couple of exceptions even the marvel universe shows fell into their pattern.
In that sense it’s Netflix Unoriginal Content. But you still get the diamond in the mine.
Being in the EU I get about 8 different translations of two different kinds of zombie story, but you’re not really paying for that.
And on the same level, it’s a shame that streaming is now split. American Gods, Good Omens, The Expanse, and Mr Robot are all on Amazon. Netflix definitely dropped a ball on some of that. The TV show costs the same but I have to pay 2x to watch because of the networks.