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Amazon has a long way to go. As far as I can tell prime or Amazon Fire TV is only available in a few countries. I think they needs to go global quick, or they
by petke 11y ago
Amazon has a long way to go. As far as I can tell prime or Amazon Fire TV is only available in a few countries.
I think they needs to go global quick, or they will not survive against netflix.
As it is now, the internet is a rather segregated place. Many media sites are only available in the US. "This is not available in your country".
I wonder if a big reason why netflix decided to make original content in the first place, is that its a huge pain to go global with content with regional rights.
- Havoc 11y ago>Amazon has a long way to go. Indeed. Its OK at the moment given that its piggy-backing off the Prime subscription. Without that I doubt I'd subscribe.
- myko 11y agoConsidering I can't even watch it on my Chromecast without having my laptop stream it I barely use the service at all. The integrated "smart TV" Amazon app I have is a total pain to use.
- jedberg 11y agoThe purpose of Amazon Prime Video is to get you to sign up for Prime and then order stuff on Amazon. It only makes sense for them to be where Amazon actually delivers stuff quickly via Prime. The purpose of Netflix is to provide entertainment. It makes sense for them to be everywhere. I doubt we'll see Amazon PV around the world anytime soon -- it doesn't make sense for them to spend on the global licensing costs since it won't boost Prime subscriptions.
- cookiecaper 11y agoI don't know about that. Retail margins are pretty thin. Video seems like it would be much more profitable, and they'd prefer to have people sign up for Prime just to watch videos and never buy anything that requires shipping. Of course, Amazon's cash cow right now is AWS. It's mind-blowing how much money companies will spend on that just because they resent maintaining their own hardware.
- discodave 11y agoYou're correct that prime is mostly about getting people to buy more stuff. But the purpose of prime video (and music) is ALSO to replace Amazons dying (dead?) revenue streams of selling DVDs (and CDs). That was a huge chunk of Amazons business at one point and they correctly recognized that streaming would eventually replace physical media.
- cookiecaper 11y agoI'd use Amazon Prime Video much more often if they gave up their crusade against the Chromecast. I know they're trying to move their own hardware (Fire Stick), but they're really misguided to completely exclude Chromecast support. They even shut down a third-party app that added it. Don't they think having to download a separate app is enough hassle to encourage sales of the Fire Stick to someone who cares?