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Disney owns ABC, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm. Not mention ABC Family and existing Disney cable channels. Between those assets they could make a very compelling

by untog 8y ago

Disney owns ABC, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm. Not mention ABC Family and existing Disney cable channels. Between those assets they could make a very compelling streaming service. Something Netflix knows well since they were leaning hard on Marvel shows for a while.

adwf 8y ago
Marvel and Lucasfilm are still very much in my "I've already got the DVDs" territory. The Marvel TV shows never really lived upto the hype for me and if Disney need to PG'ify everything, they'll have a hard time. I'm probably underestimating some of the Disney kids TV shows that I've never heard of, but are they even on Netflix right now? Isn't Disney just going to cannibalise their own existing TV market?
- justsomedood 8y ago
  The Disney kids TV shows are on Netflix right now, yes. There are a lot of those shows that appeal to toddlers up to the tween age ranges. They have a very large amount of content besides just movies
  - adwf 8y ago
    Thanks for the info, had a quick look but couldn't work out which were Disney. So it really becomes a question of whether people are buying Netflix just for their kids content and will cancel one for t'other if Disney pull all their content, or whether they're happy to buy both. If they only want to buy one, then maybe they'll switch. If they're happy with both, then it actually helps Netflix bottom line as they no longer have to license expensive movies from Disney. It's a balancing equation between whether the people they lose outweigh the licensing costs for Disney. Which is exactly the same situation they've always been in anyway competing with traditional cable offerings. I see a challenge, but not a considerable Netflix killer like some people try to make out.
    - general8bitso 8y ago
      You also have to consider people living with their parents, who will move out, and start their own family.
  - riffraff 8y ago
    ..and sadly Netflix often does not have the dubbing in many languages, so my non-english speaking toddlers prefer to watch other stuff. It's painful, really, I just want the Mickey mouse clubhouse in Italian and am unable to obtain it legally. The day an international Disney streaming service appears I'm guaranteed to sign up.

by untog 8y ago

adwf 8y ago

Marvel and Lucasfilm are still very much in my "I've already got the DVDs" territory. The Marvel TV shows never really lived upto the hype for me and if Disney need to PG'ify everything, they'll have a hard time. I'm probably underestimating some of the Disney kids TV shows that I've never heard of, but are they even on Netflix right now? Isn't Disney just going to cannibalise their own existing TV market?

justsomedood 8y ago
The Disney kids TV shows are on Netflix right now, yes. There are a lot of those shows that appeal to toddlers up to the tween age ranges. They have a very large amount of content besides just movies
- adwf 8y ago
  Thanks for the info, had a quick look but couldn't work out which were Disney. So it really becomes a question of whether people are buying Netflix just for their kids content and will cancel one for t'other if Disney pull all their content, or whether they're happy to buy both. If they only want to buy one, then maybe they'll switch. If they're happy with both, then it actually helps Netflix bottom line as they no longer have to license expensive movies from Disney. It's a balancing equation between whether the people they lose outweigh the licensing costs for Disney. Which is exactly the same situation they've always been in anyway competing with traditional cable offerings. I see a challenge, but not a considerable Netflix killer like some people try to make out.
  - general8bitso 8y ago
    You also have to consider people living with their parents, who will move out, and start their own family.
- riffraff 8y ago
  ..and sadly Netflix often does not have the dubbing in many languages, so my non-english speaking toddlers prefer to watch other stuff. It's painful, really, I just want the Mickey mouse clubhouse in Italian and am unable to obtain it legally. The day an international Disney streaming service appears I'm guaranteed to sign up.