Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new movies

Re:Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new mo... by technoslut on Thursday September 01, 2011 @07:52PM (#2952300)

I wish I could be like you but there is not enough good content even though I may only be interested 10-15 shows and most are on pay channels. I still enjoy the theater as it's still the best way to watch a movie.

My childish dream: Apple, Google, and MS combine efforts to create their own production companies with content available on all platforms. Hire away all the talent and we return to 70's style filmmaking and TV shows where the studios had less control. The big three have always treated this part of this business as break-even so the prices will be cheaper.

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Re:Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new mo... by Steko on Thursday September 01, 2011 @08:17PM (#2952367)

I don't see the current tv/film ecosystem getting broken until there's a widely available toolset that enables rapid creation of high quality animation by casual users. At that point YouTube will swamp Hollywood.

1. Take any crappy MMO going down the tubes.

2. Hack in a frontend for Kinect and a higher quality text to speech ala Xtranormal

3. Release it as Blizzard Fantasy Studio and Profit.

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