| Yeah, well... if "Hollywood" had their way, then everyone would pay to watch a movie every time they watched a movie. |
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 pogPremium
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if "Hollywood" had their way, then everyone would pay to watch a movie every time they watched a movie.
Well, a streaming model offers the only way they could get paid every time. 
The real problem is cost per view. There's no way that Netflix will be able to stream unlimited new releases at what they charge now. Physical media involves a built in throttle... the rental cycle is measured in days. With streaming, you just click the next title. Much more content can be consumed via streaming... and new releases ought to cost more.
Perhaps that's the key... offer a 2nd tier called "premium streaming". Existing accounts could come with very low limit on premium and just have more expensive or different packages available... or simply offer pay-per-view, too.
That would at least get Netflix's foot in the door... which they desperately need to do if they want to remain viable.
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 Doctor FourMy other vehicle is a TARDISPremium
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said by meh37II :
if "Hollywood" had their way, then everyone would pay to watch a movie every time they watched a movie.
The entire entertainment industry (Big 4 Music, the Big 6 Movie studios, and the TV producers) are all like that. In an ideal world in their view, there would be no such thing as fair use, and every time you wanted to listen to watch something in a different place or format, you would pay.
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This is the same thing i was thinking.
Instead of 8.99/month I would pay maybe 14.99/month and have access to stream a certain amount of premium content. It would be cool if they had a rollover concept b/c I tend to fluctuate my viewing depending on the time of the year. |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
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Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to meh37II
the movie industry is such that on one of my DVDs they had an unskippable section of copyright warnings stating where you cant show it. stupid things like at the office or on oil rigs lol.
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