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I wouldn't be surprised if Netflix comes out with a "TV Mode" soon, that allows you to pick from personal channels similar to how music streaming services have

by gen3 7y ago

I wouldn't be surprised if Netflix comes out with a "TV Mode" soon, that allows you to pick from personal channels similar to how music streaming services have weekly mixes.

keanebean86 7y ago
Actually a random play actually sounds interesting to me. They know what I like already. I don't want it on by default. Just a link to play a random show/movie and let me skip/hide if it sucks.
- aantix 7y ago
  Imagine flipping through the Netflix "channels", Die Hard is playing, and it's playing right at the scene where Bruce Willis is jumping out of the window of the building. And there's an option in the right corner to "play from the beginning". Flip to the next movie, and it's positioned right at its most popular scene.
- InitialLastName 7y ago
  I've been pondering a feature like this for a while to replicate my youthful viewing habits. When I was younger, I would get home from school and watch a few hours of TV. The channel I watched would syndicate sitcoms in blocks, same show at a given time, played in episode order (but a few different shows over the afternoon). What I'd love from netflix is to be able to put together a list of shows I'm watching right now and have it run a playlist in random order by show, but with the episodes in the correct order per show.
  - gen3 7y ago
    and it would all be ad free! It would be all the good parts of TV, but even better.
xemdetia 7y ago
To me there is a reason why twitch is popular and I believe it is exactly this feeling. I remember watching some more dodgy streaming services that just effectively were streamed playlists of shows, but you didn't have any control over the playlist. You watched (or watched part of) a series start to finish and then a new series would start and you'd watch that instead. It was a small enough total catalog that you often could pick up where you left off a week or two later and watch another chunk, and that was it. The pendulum has seemingly reached the limits of self-programmed content and has started to swing the other way, and people are starting to realize the value of having a content producer putting on a good show across several programs. Netflix also feels (by the way they are developing their internal IP) that they are becoming a niche (in genre) service rather than a generic appeal service and losing subscribers feels like an outcome of the catalog they have tried to pursue. The subscribers they retain are likely going to have a higher level of permanence compared to people who are a more general audience.
- ohithereyou 7y ago
  It sounds like we're coming back around to the idea that curation can add value when it is done right.

by gen3 7y ago

I wouldn't be surprised if Netflix comes out with a "TV Mode" soon, that allows you to pick from personal channels similar to how music streaming services have weekly mixes.

keanebean86 7y ago

Actually a random play actually sounds interesting to me. They know what I like already. I don't want it on by default. Just a link to play a random show/movie and let me skip/hide if it sucks.

aantix 7y ago
Imagine flipping through the Netflix "channels", Die Hard is playing, and it's playing right at the scene where Bruce Willis is jumping out of the window of the building. And there's an option in the right corner to "play from the beginning". Flip to the next movie, and it's positioned right at its most popular scene.
InitialLastName 7y ago
I've been pondering a feature like this for a while to replicate my youthful viewing habits. When I was younger, I would get home from school and watch a few hours of TV. The channel I watched would syndicate sitcoms in blocks, same show at a given time, played in episode order (but a few different shows over the afternoon). What I'd love from netflix is to be able to put together a list of shows I'm watching right now and have it run a playlist in random order by show, but with the episodes in the correct order per show.
- gen3 7y ago
  and it would all be ad free! It would be all the good parts of TV, but even better.

xemdetia 7y ago

To me there is a reason why twitch is popular and I believe it is exactly this feeling. I remember watching some more dodgy streaming services that just effectively were streamed playlists of shows, but you didn't have any control over the playlist. You watched (or watched part of) a series start to finish and then a new series would start and you'd watch that instead. It was a small enough total catalog that you often could pick up where you left off a week or two later and watch another chunk, and that was it. The pendulum has seemingly reached the limits of self-programmed content and has started to swing the other way, and people are starting to realize the value of having a content producer putting on a good show across several programs. Netflix also feels (by the way they are developing their internal IP) that they are becoming a niche (in genre) service rather than a generic appeal service and losing subscribers feels like an outcome of the catalog they have tried to pursue. The subscribers they retain are likely going to have a higher level of permanence compared to people who are a more general audience.

ohithereyou 7y ago
It sounds like we're coming back around to the idea that curation can add value when it is done right.