Re: Netflix Making Changes

Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

@bikerbabe wrote:
Aside from sports, I pretty much only watch streaming. Even NFL Monday night is on Amazon this fall.

Amazon has the THURSDAY night games....

Jun 15, 2022 · ESPN is the home of Monday Night Football, but there are a handful of games that are going to be simulcast or air on ABC and ESPN2.

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Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

Did Netflix consider pehaps viewers are leaving because it is the junk they are showing and the upcoming junk by and about subjects and persons that nobody cares to watch????? Maybe? 'Ya think?

Jordan2 · ‎03-16-2010

The GMA story did say Netflix realizes there comes a point when customers won't spend the money anymore, if you will they don't have unlimited funds. I may start pausing some of my streaming services and maybe watch them a month at a time.

Effie54 · ‎09-08-2010

@Spurt wrote:
@Effie54 wrote:
Netflix is losing subscribers because they're too expensive! They $15.00 a month, on top of my already skyrocket high cable bill. Hulu is $5.99, I think. Amazon Prime is free as are numerous other streaming apps. They don't even offer a free 30 day trial anymore. They're triple the price of all the other streaming networks along the same line.
@Effie54

You gotta pay $139 a year $14.99 a month for Prime Membership in order to get Prime Video for free....

Yes, I know. I've had Prime for years.

SusieQ_2 · ‎03-27-2012

The price for Netflix increases if you want to view it on more than one screen simultaneously but for one screen with no ads it's $9.99 a month. Since I'm not interested in Amazon Prime a Prime Video subscription would be $8.99 a month. It's been years since I watched anything on Prime so I have no idea if they have ads.

Hulu is $5.99 a month with ads, without ads it's $12.99 per month.

gardenman · ‎03-09-2010

The entertainment market is in flux these days with everyone trying to figure out the best way to make money. Ads or no ads is one option everyone's looking at. Ads only help subsidize a service if there are enough viewers to watch the ads. Advertisers go where the viewers are to see their ads. If you want to get top ad dollars, you need a lot of users of your service. But if ads drive away users, you lose that revenue stream.

It's an issue the publishing industry (newspapers and magazines) has faced for decades. If you price your publication low enough to get a lot of subscribers, you need a lot of ads to help cover your expenses. But when you fill your publication with ads, you lose subscribers. Price your publication high enough so ad revenue is less important and lots of people can't or won't spend the money on the publication.

Finding that middle ground where you charge enough to be profitable while keeping enough users is a challenge for those in the entertainment industry these days. Where are the lines? No one knows.

The NFL which had restricted local streaming of games is coming out with a $4.99 monthly "NFL+" streaming service this fall that will let people stream their local games on mobile devices. Previously you could only do so through some cellular providers or Yahoo Sports, but those deals have ended.

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Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@Effie54 wrote:
@Spurt wrote:
@Effie54 wrote:
Netflix is losing subscribers because they're too expensive! They $15.00 a month, on top of my already skyrocket high cable bill. Hulu is $5.99, I think. Amazon Prime is free as are numerous other streaming apps. They don't even offer a free 30 day trial anymore. They're triple the price of all the other streaming networks along the same line.
@Effie54

You gotta pay $139 a year $14.99 a month for Prime Membership in order to get Prime Video for free....
Yes, I know. I've had Prime for years.

@Effie54 I pay for Amazon and almost never watch prime videos or movies or whatever. But several times a week we get things we need delivered without extra cost, which is well worth it to us.

Effie54 · ‎09-08-2010

@Sooner wrote:
@Effie54 wrote:
@Spurt wrote:
@Effie54 wrote:
Netflix is losing subscribers because they're too expensive! They $15.00 a month, on top of my already skyrocket high cable bill. Hulu is $5.99, I think. Amazon Prime is free as are numerous other streaming apps. They don't even offer a free 30 day trial anymore. They're triple the price of all the other streaming networks along the same line.
@Effie54

You gotta pay $139 a year $14.99 a month for Prime Membership in order to get Prime Video for free....
Yes, I know. I've had Prime for years.
@Effie54 I pay for Amazon and almost never watch prime videos or movies or whatever. But several times a week we get things we need delivered without extra cost, which is well worth it to us.