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Isn't Netflix effectively doing VC, but for TV shows? They seem to be shotgunning money around to people who want to make shows, and if the RoI is not at an arb
by grenoire 6y ago
Isn't Netflix effectively doing VC, but for TV shows? They seem to be shotgunning money around to people who want to make shows, and if the RoI is not at an arbitrary threshold, they stop feeding money.
Seems like it generates horrible perverse incentives on what kind of (generic) content is created, though.
- ignoramous 6y agoThe way I look at it is Netflix genuinely believes this a necessary strategy given there's so many other creatives they could instead be funding.
- ldoughty 6y agoVC is a bad comparison ... Maybe VC with the intent to sell all ownership to the first person that offers them a 20% ROI... Netflix wants to bring in NEW customers... Existing customers are unlikely to unsubscribe, but getting new customers is hard at this point. Best way to get new customers is to throw new shows at people, lots of them, get them hooked. If people join, again, unlikely to leave -- they will find other cool things to watch. For Netflix, the value if a new hot show is way higher than season 4 of a very hot show... Nothing short of GOT (mid seasons) would be good enough to make it to season 5-6... I'm shocked some if these Netflix original series are making a 3rd season, since 2 is usually all it takes to milk a franchise
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