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Oh it's crazy how much stuff Disney can pull off Netflix, I don't know if they will, because it's in their interest to have some stuff accessible over more than

Oh it's crazy how much stuff Disney can pull off Netflix, I don't know if they will, because it's in their interest to have some stuff accessible over more than one place, but they own ABC (Lost, Castle, Firefly, etc), ESPN, Marvel, LucasArts, now Fox and their assets, not to mention they distribute on behalf of many publishers (Dreamworks for example), they would probably clear more than half of Netflix's content if they pulled everything.

_Codemonkeyism 9y ago
They will.
trisimix 9y ago
Isnt lucasarts the game studio
- bsiemon 9y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(2008_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(200... is on netflix right now. I think it was made by lucas arts.
  - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    Just got excited .. nope, not on my Netflix (UK).
  - DerekL 9y ago
    No, that was made by Lucasfilm Animation, a division of Lucasfilm. LucasArts is the name of the video game developer and publisher.
- reubeniv 9y ago
  You're completely right, I got arts and film mixed up
cableshaft 9y ago
Almost seems like Netflix knew what they were doing when they started funding a bunch of original content. I remember when people thought they were being silly.
- glenstein 9y ago
  Exactly. Imagine where Netflix would be without it's original content at this point. Initially, I thought it was just a kind of frustration. For the cost to acquire rights to shows, you could just create your own original content that you own outright, and they did just that. But now I see that even if the cost of acquiring other series were dirt cheap, the negotiating posture of companies offering the content to Netflix could change at any moment.
  - ghostbrainalpha 9y ago
    But didn't Netflix make the worst move possible? They developed a heap of MARVEL original content, that Netflix funded, which now Disney is able to pull from them.
    - papercrane 9y ago
      I would hope that Netflix negotiated a licensing agreement that prevented Disney from just pulling their rights to the shows they funded.
      - WorldMaker 9y ago
        Current reports are that Netflix's contract rights to the Marvel original shows is set to expire in 2019, just in time for Disney's still unnamed service to launch. (…and possibly one of the reasons it isn't launching until 2019.)
- bolasanibk 9y ago
  "The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us." - 2013, Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix https://gizmodo.com/5980103/netflix-the-goal-is-to-become-hbo-faster-than-hbo-can-become-us https://gizmodo.com/5980103/netflix-the-goal-is-to-become-hb... Edit: He just got the company wrong.
tssva 9y ago
Disney also gets controlling interest in Hulu through this deal. All around bad news for Netflix.
doomlaser 9y ago
They will starting next year. They're building their own streaming service competitor https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/08/disney-will-pull-its-movies-from-netflix-and-start-its-own-streaming-services.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/08/disney-will-pull-its-movies-...
druiid 9y ago
Just as an FYI the Dreamworks distribution deal wasn't renewed in 2016 so they're 'on their own' as it were. I believe the two companies are still friendly but don't directly have the distribution deal in place any longer.
larrik 9y ago
I'm pretty sure Firefly is Fox.

_Codemonkeyism 9y ago

They will.

trisimix 9y ago

Isnt lucasarts the game studio

bsiemon 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(2008_TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(200... is on netflix right now. I think it was made by lucas arts.
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  Just got excited .. nope, not on my Netflix (UK).
- DerekL 9y ago
  No, that was made by Lucasfilm Animation, a division of Lucasfilm. LucasArts is the name of the video game developer and publisher.
reubeniv 9y ago
You're completely right, I got arts and film mixed up

cableshaft 9y ago

Almost seems like Netflix knew what they were doing when they started funding a bunch of original content. I remember when people thought they were being silly.

glenstein 9y ago
Exactly. Imagine where Netflix would be without it's original content at this point. Initially, I thought it was just a kind of frustration. For the cost to acquire rights to shows, you could just create your own original content that you own outright, and they did just that. But now I see that even if the cost of acquiring other series were dirt cheap, the negotiating posture of companies offering the content to Netflix could change at any moment.
- ghostbrainalpha 9y ago
  But didn't Netflix make the worst move possible? They developed a heap of MARVEL original content, that Netflix funded, which now Disney is able to pull from them.
  - papercrane 9y ago
    I would hope that Netflix negotiated a licensing agreement that prevented Disney from just pulling their rights to the shows they funded.
    - WorldMaker 9y ago
      Current reports are that Netflix's contract rights to the Marvel original shows is set to expire in 2019, just in time for Disney's still unnamed service to launch. (…and possibly one of the reasons it isn't launching until 2019.)
bolasanibk 9y ago
"The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us." - 2013, Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix https://gizmodo.com/5980103/netflix-the-goal-is-to-become-hbo-faster-than-hbo-can-become-us https://gizmodo.com/5980103/netflix-the-goal-is-to-become-hb... Edit: He just got the company wrong.

tssva 9y ago

Disney also gets controlling interest in Hulu through this deal. All around bad news for Netflix.

doomlaser 9y ago

They will starting next year. They're building their own streaming service competitor https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/08/disney-will-pull-its-movies-from-netflix-and-start-its-own-streaming-services.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/08/disney-will-pull-its-movies-...

druiid 9y ago

Just as an FYI the Dreamworks distribution deal wasn't renewed in 2016 so they're 'on their own' as it were. I believe the two companies are still friendly but don't directly have the distribution deal in place any longer.

larrik 9y ago

I'm pretty sure Firefly is Fox.