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Why are so few movies on Netflix Instant?
Posted on 2/10/11 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 2/10/11 at 8:03 pm
Doesn't this hurt their business? I know many people who won't get a Netflix account because of the extremely small Instant selection
This post was edited on 2/10/11 at 8:04 pm
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Posted on 2/10/11 at 8:07 pm to benhamin5555
It's not really up to Netflix, if they had their way every movie would be streaming. The studios are dragging their feet on the issue.
Look at the situation from Warner Brother's side. Netflix pays a one time fee, or maybe a yearly contract of some sort, to license specific Warner programs. Warner gets paid and that's fine, but all of sudden Blu-ray and DVD revenue drops because people are fine with just hitting a button from their couch. In place already is The Warner Archive, a selection of exclusive classic films unavailable anywhere else but that website. You can pay to download the movies for $15 or have them printed onto a DVD-R for an added fee ($20). The studio is already making a bid to stream their own content, and per movie, not unlimited. So which program do you think they want you to use?
Look at the situation from Warner Brother's side. Netflix pays a one time fee, or maybe a yearly contract of some sort, to license specific Warner programs. Warner gets paid and that's fine, but all of sudden Blu-ray and DVD revenue drops because people are fine with just hitting a button from their couch. In place already is The Warner Archive, a selection of exclusive classic films unavailable anywhere else but that website. You can pay to download the movies for $15 or have them printed onto a DVD-R for an added fee ($20). The studio is already making a bid to stream their own content, and per movie, not unlimited. So which program do you think they want you to use?
Posted on 2/10/11 at 8:08 pm to benhamin5555
I'm waiting for them to make everything instant.
Posted on 2/10/11 at 8:11 pm to benhamin5555
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Why are so few movies on Netflix Instant?
I've watched well over 300+ movies on instant and have over 100 in my queue right now...Posted on 2/10/11 at 8:14 pm to benhamin5555
Netflix Instant's playlist is fairly solid imo. They have a lot of good art films and classics
Posted on 2/10/11 at 8:49 pm to benhamin5555
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Why are so few movies on Netflix Instant?
I've watched hundreds of good movies through Netflix Instant, not to mention TV shows.
Posted on 2/10/11 at 9:05 pm to Afreaux
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I've watched hundreds of good movies through Netflix Instant, not to mention TV shows.
+1
Posted on 2/10/11 at 9:12 pm to benhamin5555
i stopped my netflix account because of the lack of streaming content.. if they really step it up i would consider joining again.
Posted on 2/10/11 at 10:14 pm to SouljaBreauxTellEm
They can't step it up without stepping up the fee.
I seem to recall reading something recently that they have to pay MUCH MUCH MUCH more for streaming movies.
You can look up the reason why, but there is a huge difference in cost structure for actual DVDs and streaming.
Unless movie studios budge, nothing is going to change.
I seem to recall reading something recently that they have to pay MUCH MUCH MUCH more for streaming movies.
You can look up the reason why, but there is a huge difference in cost structure for actual DVDs and streaming.
Unless movie studios budge, nothing is going to change.
Posted on 2/10/11 at 10:19 pm to SouljaBreauxTellEm
Apparently if they do not have all the "new" releases it means they have very little content..
Posted on 2/10/11 at 10:56 pm to tduecen
As a paying customer, I really can't think of a complaint I have for Netflix. That's taking the price into account. I mean for $9, I could care less if they have all the new movies on instant. They have so many good movies and tv shows at my disposal that otherwise, I would have never been able to watch. Occasionsly, if there's a new movie I want to watch, I just put it at #1 at my DVD Q, and in a day or two I'm watching it.
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