| Netflix Splits Off DVD Rentals, Calls It 'Qwikster' Seems to me the name for the slower-to-get mail service should be "Slowster" and the name of the streaming service "Faster" or "Immediatster" or "Streamster".
Otherwise leave the mail service as Netflix and the streaming service Quikster |
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Re: Netflix betting on future Hollywood may not let them have Netflix was paying Starz $30 million but Starz wanted $300 million in a new contract. Hey, Starz, which is better, $30 million or $0 million? |
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slckusrPremium
join:2003-03-17
Maumee, OH
kudos:1 | reply to BF69
Re: Blame the correct people bf69 do you work for netflix or what? |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by slckusr:bf69 do you work for netflix or what?
No just educating the uneducated. I believe an INFORMED populace is a good thing. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to PastTense
Re: This seems too sudden... said by PastTense:Why didn't they announce these two changes (the rate change and the name change) at the same time? It would have been more understandable.
That's why the dude is apologizing. He say he fucked up by not doing that. Did you even READ the apology? |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Streetlight
Re: Netflix Splits Off DVD Rentals, Calls It 'Qwikster' said by Streetlight:Seems to me the name for the slower-to-get mail service should be "Slowster" and the name of the streaming service "Faster" or "Immediatster" or "Streamster".
Otherwise leave the mail service as Netflix and the streaming service Quikster
except MILLIONS of streaming devices have NETFLIX on them. |
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 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | reply to jims2321
Re: Netflix not so smart? said by jims2321: This really is going to impact their business.
Stock down another 5% today and down about 50% since mid July:
»finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=NFLX···ndefined
Their CEO is apologizing because the board is going to toss his butt on the street soon if the stock keeps dropping.
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| Streaming "future?" Seeing as how their streaming selection is the pits, and they keep losing streaming providers including movies and TV episodes, the "future" isn't looking good.
Right after the price hike, Starz pulled their content.
Netflix is getting too greedy.
I dumped them all together. |
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Re: Netflix not so smart? said by Linklist:said by jims2321: This really is going to impact their business.
Stock down another 5% today and down about 50% since mid July: » finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=NFLX···ndefinedTheir CEO is apologizing because the board is going to toss his butt on the street soon if the stock keeps dropping. Even in his apology he seems indifferent and cocky.
F him. I dropped them. |
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Re: Im actually ok with it said by ksharp25:My point is this. If Netflix is to survive as a streaming service, I need more than Japanese cartoons, tired old low rated TV series (for the most part), horrible weak-sauce B movies and documentaries no one cares about. I dont care if I have to wait 60 days etc like others, but get me relevant AAA content....still for only $8-10 a month. Or Im out. Period. Not paying $25-45 a month just to get what everyone wants and dreams for Netflix to be (which is the price the industry would love)
You wont get it. They are actually losing content much faster then they are gaining.
Starz content is gone as are many TV episodes.
Netflix streaming is garbage, plain and simple. |
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 msmisfit
join:2004-09-13
Lawrenceville, GA
kudos:2 | reply to SysOp
Re: Call it what ever you want I'll still be a customer said by SysOp:I am one of the million who dropped streaming. However, I went from 1 DVD to 2 DVDs by mail.
Goofy name but who cares.
Same here... although I didn't drop streaming, as I had dropped DVDs last year. There aren't that many movies I can't wait to see anymore.
I'll keep Netflix to spite the corporate moguls, if nothing else. 
Edit: The "same here" comment refers to the subject that was dropped, about "I'll still be a customer". |
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LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | reply to Streetlight
Re: Netflix betting on future Hollywood may not let them have said by Streetlight:Netflix was paying Starz $30 million but Starz wanted $300 million in a new contract. Hey, Starz, which is better, $30 million or $0 million?
Starz won't be getting $0. They already signed a deal with Dish Networks to stream Starz content on a Blockbuster streaming service. Details will come this Friday.
»www.fiercecable.com/story/dish-n···11-09-19
Details of how much Starz is getting from Dish/Blockbuster won't be available till Friday, if ever.
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Re: Streaming "future?" Like i said in one of my other posts about NFLX. The studios/Hollywood/Cable Co were waiting for the day they could sock it too Netflix. The first blow was adding caps to users/cord cutters, hoping they would flee away from HD/Online content etc. Then Starz which sent everything spiraling downward from there. Netflix new this was going to be the case with news like this. So before hand, they decided to restructure their pricing to cap revenue losses due to all the bad news they had coming their way. They knew the backlash of the news to come would be horrible for them. So let's jack up the pricing and recoup our losses with the ones that stay. They also knew the bandwidth caps were going to be killer and that the studios/Hollywood/Cable CO was after their throats. I can go on and on about the obvious. Truth is...Netflix will be sold within the next 18 months to one of the studios/Hollywood/Cable CO and then you can guarantee the pricing heads upwards to cable TV prices ALONG WITH YOU STILL BEING CAPPED and paying overage. STUDIOS/HOLLYWOOD/CABLE CO WIN...CONSUMERS LOOSE |
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Re: Netflix not so smart? Well how many DVDs have they bought from the studios.
Both sides are going to take a hit. Though Netflix looks to be trying to forcing the studios' hands. Well we are not going to be buying anymore DVDs which is a decrease in your pocket of millions, though we have this streaming service over here where you can make up some of that money. |
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 tshirtPremium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
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Re: Also adding video game rentals Not at all!
I think (as I said in many other threads) that I belive that some price hike was inevitable and justified (I would have structured and announced it somewhat differently) and games should add a another $4-12 depending on available titles (maybe $7.99 per month , they seem to like that #)
I do think the price hike announcement was less than perfect, and was VERY poorly recieved. (I couldn't figure out why people quit (or claimed to) right away, they had already paid for the rest of the month (NF ToS says NO refunds) my price hike still hasn't taken place (next week is the quit/bill date for me, IF I was planning too).
However this, smells like a panic response (Board says ",DO something!) that was ill planned, basicly in the last 2+ months netflix has"shocked" many of their loyal subs with
Large price increase.
starZ play ends in 6 months
ill announced/explained spinoff, namechange, account changes?
Sound like 3 ways to panic/confuse/wakeup/scare off both existing and future customers, and they did them all at once
and little explaination directly to average joe customer from NETFLIX (most has been fluff for stockholders and the press about how they are changing to improve their business) though pundits have added plenty of hype on both sides of the story.
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Re: Groan......gotta keep track of two accounts, now? said by BF69:Thew streaming never got a price increase. So I'm not sure what you were referring too.
True. Come to think of it, it was $8 for streaming and an additional $2 for DVD. So technically no, streaming was not changed. The only people really affected are those that pay for both streaming and DVD, with a $6 increase.
If I recall, a couple years ago it was just $8 for everything...That's probably what I was thinking. |
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Whatever they candy-coat the name its *still* a 60% price increase! |
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Sedro Woolley, WA | reply to abadaba
Re: Streaming "future?" You are so right. It's always the same unhappy ending. |
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Re: What about others Redbox is already experimenting with raising their prices in some markets.
I guess to please the studios they may charge X for one movie and Y for another as Apple started doing at one point.
Or they may just raise the price for all movies all the time. |
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Re: Call it what ever you want I'll still be a customer further proof that marketing departments/divisions/groups are 'a little empty upstairs'.
When I came across an article pointing that out, I was instantly wondering why the marketing department didn't dig a little bit more on the name. Now I'm wondering: 1-how is the view count for that particular twitter account and 2- how much money is Netflix going to pay to get the account shutdown or bought? |
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