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Re:Netflix's New Chapter by scarface74 on Monday January 23, 2023 @12:23PM (#34491889)
That’s not entirely true. Disney+ is partially losing money because of “transfer payments”. Disney+ has to “pay” Disney studios the market rate for the right to stream a movie. Of course the money mostly flows up to Disney. But from an accounting standpoint, Disney+ can’t say it’s profitable by getting movies for free from Disney studios and cause Disney studios to lose potential profits they could have made elsewhere.

There are also revenue share agreements that are involved with actors. That are still taken into accounts

> You can’t have enough new content every month, subscribers therefore don’t keep the subscription year round

That’s not strictly true either for kids content. You can keep recycling content to kids for years and kids will rewatch the same thing.

Disney has been making money off the same animated content for over half a century. To a first approximation, no one cares about Netflix’s back catalog.

Re:Netflix's New Chapter by nkingsy on Monday January 23, 2023 @12:29PM (#34491981)
Octonauts would like to have a word
Re:Netflix's New Chapter by 867-5309 on Monday January 23, 2023 @01:11PM (#34492599)
sound the Octo-Alert!
Re:Netflix's New Chapter by voisin on Monday January 23, 2023 @02:21PM (#34493600)
Ok, totally off topic, but am I the only one that hears “Explore, Rescue, Rrotect” rather than “Protect” in the intro?

See here at 0:40ish: https://youtu.be/mR_Ui_3Iz2o

Re:Netflix's New Chapter by sogen on Monday January 23, 2023 @02:49PM (#34493988)
I also hear this, sounds very faint, a little bit clearer with headphones.
Re:Netflix's New Chapter by hawski on Monday January 23, 2023 @04:00PM (#34494968)
If I can go on another tangent I would just like to recommend Octonauts. It is charming, funny and clever show. My 5 year old daughter loves it and she would like to have a Tweak costume.

I can't stand many kid shows, but this one even I can love. It is incredible for me how Octonauts are not pretentious, like so many "science!" shows for kids are.

Re:Netflix's New Chapter by prawn on Monday January 23, 2023 @05:27PM (#34495999)
I would recommend it for children also. My kids have learned a decent amount from having watched it, unlike many other shows without any real educational content.
Re:Netflix's New Chapter by golem14 on Monday January 23, 2023 @04:08PM (#34495052)
Wonderpets maybe also (not on Netflix right now, but it used to be). And TimmyTime. And Adventure Time.
Re:Netflix's New Chapter by pbronez on Monday January 23, 2023 @04:13PM (#34495122)
Creature Report, Creature Report. Creature Report!
Re:Netflix's New Chapter by semireg on Monday January 23, 2023 @01:22PM (#34492788)
There’s no where else to say this, but for wholesome kids entertainment, Bluey is hard to beat. Every 10 minute episode is basically a guide on how to play. Kids love it. Parents relearn how to play. It’s so charming and ridiculous. Totally worth the money.
Re:Netflix's New Chapter by paulryanrogers on Monday January 23, 2023 @02:39PM (#34493844)
Fair warning there is a Bluey episode where the kids push their father down steps. A day after watching one of my wards pushed someone down the steps :/
Re:Netflix's New Chapter by duderific on Monday January 23, 2023 @04:45PM (#34495524)
I have some beef with how Bluey depicts the parents as stooges to be toyed with and manipulated as the kids see fit, with little pushback from the parents. In the end there's generally some kind of lesson to be learned, but the parents go along with pretty much anything the kids propose.
Re:Netflix's New Chapter by joshspankit on Monday January 23, 2023 @08:30PM (#34497847)
Is Bluey this generations’s Caillou?
Re:Netflix's New Chapter by ikr678 on Monday January 23, 2023 @10:47PM (#34498932)
Mild disrespect for authority is an Australian cultural trait.
Re:Netflix's New Chapter by sideshowb on Monday January 23, 2023 @02:01PM (#34493341)
> You can keep recycling content to kids for years and kids will rewatch the same thing.

Furthermore, kids will complain if they lose access to frozen etc so disney+ has an exit cost. Like the admiral said, it's a trap!

Re:Netflix's New Chapter by subsaharancoder on Monday January 23, 2023 @05:32PM (#34496062)
> That’s not strictly true either for kids content. You can keep recycling content to kids for years and kids will rewatch the same thing.

I'm looking at you Netflix and your lack of new seasons of Octonauts and Cat in the Hat :-)

Re:Netflix's New Chapter by maxsilver on Monday January 23, 2023 @09:59PM (#34498587)
> To a first approximation, no one cares about Netflix’s back catalog.

People would care more, if Netflix would stop cancelling everything. I'm not sure they realize how much they're killing their own backcatalog revenue by making everything a one/two season max.