Re:Launch HN: BlackOakTV (YC S21) – Netflix for black people
by spywaregorilla on Friday August 06, 2021 @02:47PM
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It seems like it will be extremely difficult to cater to the American Black market and assume those interests carryover to other populations.
Re:Launch HN: BlackOakTV (YC S21) – Netflix for black people
by Uzo0312 on Friday August 06, 2021 @04:22PM
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I wouldn't think of anything that we're planning to do from an internationalization point as being any different from what Netflix has done spanning across the globe and cultures.
Re:Launch HN: BlackOakTV (YC S21) – Netflix for black people
by spywaregorilla on Friday August 06, 2021 @07:12PM
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Netflix doesn't cater to a specific racial subset of America though. You could become a global player in the space somehow, but probably not while retaining this mission
Re:Launch HN: BlackOakTV (YC S21) – Netflix for black people
by hnick on Friday August 06, 2021 @09:06PM
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A possibility would be catering to local minorities and their creators in various places around the world, but that sounds like a lot of work. And here in Australia for example you'd be situated against SBS/ABC which do a lot of ethnic and minority content.
I'd also be worried anything big with wide appeal would be snapped up by Netflix et al. Here in Australia Cosby, Family Matters, Fresh Prince etc were all very popular. But this was in a mainstream way, African-American issues and experiences were largely irrelevant to us as viewers.
And yes, our site needs a lot of work in terms of the meta data. We're working on getting that filled in across the site as much as possible. Hopefully, the free episodes we made available have their descriptions in place!