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But maybe Netflix's advantage over a traditional TV channel like HBO is that it can offer ten shows 1 million people will watch instead of one show 10 million w
by greggarious 8y ago
But maybe Netflix's advantage over a traditional TV channel like HBO is that it can offer ten shows 1 million people will watch instead of one show 10 million will watch?
Traditional channels have limited slots. Obviously there's costs to produce shows, but making 10 small budget shows that attract 10 different types of viewer might be a better way to lock in subscriptions than a small number of "prestige" shows.
- ghaff 8y agoPossibly. But there's also a dynamic on Netflix (and HBO, etc.) of must-see-TV shows (to steal a term from an earlier era) that pull someone over the hump of signing up and then staying. You need the "filler" (which isn't really intended to be disparaging) too. But a large number of shows which are OK/fine doesn't get people to pull the trigger. Game of Thrones, House of Cards (originally), Man in the High Castle, Orange is the New Black, etc. do.