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Nobody cares about the network—they only care about the shows. If Breaking Bad were airing today as an AMC+ exclusive, they would have no problem with subscribe

by teeray 4y ago

Nobody cares about the network—they only care about the shows. If Breaking Bad were airing today as an AMC+ exclusive, they would have no problem with subscribers.

A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
This is exactly it, but executives keep thinking they can make streaming into cable, because cable worked for them: "But that is not enough to solve a bigger problem: The money that the company makes from its streaming business, including AMC+, is not making up for the loss of revenue from its traditional cable channels, as people abandon their cable subscriptions and advertisers pull back on spending." Naturally, the solution is to spread IP even thinner, license more Walking Dead merchandise, new spinoffs, games and whatnot and, clearly, not trying to create a digital library with other IP holders so that customers can have access to everything they want. Gate keeping is that important. << Nobody cares about the network—they only care about the shows. I will add one more thing here, because some executives seem to miss this point. I did enjoy Breaking Bad and their other shows, but I can easily live without them. It is not a necessity. I might care about their shows, but there is a limit to the amount of hoops I will jump through. The cable days are over. I am not going back to ad infested and ad interruptions ( my wife might ). I am an adult.. and I do have other entertainment choices ( and failing that, numerous obligations my entertainment choices prevent me from completing ).
- subpixel 4y ago
  If you ask the average person under 50 what network produced a list of hit shows from the last decade, you’d get some correct HBO answers and a whole lot of blank stares. In the heyday of the Pirate Bay that was where you got shows. Today I’m a Google search away from illicit streams. This is how it should be when the alternative is 500 subscriptions, to put a twist on the famous 500 channels quote describing the attractive future of cable tv.
  - zerocrates 4y ago
    I'd say you're probably greatly overestimating how many people torrent or even pirate in general (in the US anyway). I'm well under your age-50 cutoff and I'd probably name you most of the networks (while freely admitting I'm somewhat of an outlier there, and also a previous but really not current user of certain illicit services). Stuff going to one of the "big" legal streamers like Netflix is a huge deal for it having broader uptake. HBO is about the only big exclusion from that where they're still able to drive media coverage and social media conversation while having stuff locked to themselves (I've seen so much White Lotus stuff out there lately, as an example).
    - subpixel 4y ago
      The retail VPN market is almost $50 billion. I think the true outliers are VPN customers who use it for purposes other than streaming and sharing.
epolanski 4y ago
BB never had stellar ratings btw.
- pier25 4y ago
  The last season did

by teeray 4y ago

Nobody cares about the network—they only care about the shows. If Breaking Bad were airing today as an AMC+ exclusive, they would have no problem with subscribers.

A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago

This is exactly it, but executives keep thinking they can make streaming into cable, because cable worked for them: "But that is not enough to solve a bigger problem: The money that the company makes from its streaming business, including AMC+, is not making up for the loss of revenue from its traditional cable channels, as people abandon their cable subscriptions and advertisers pull back on spending." Naturally, the solution is to spread IP even thinner, license more Walking Dead merchandise, new spinoffs, games and whatnot and, clearly, not trying to create a digital library with other IP holders so that customers can have access to everything they want. Gate keeping is that important. << Nobody cares about the network—they only care about the shows. I will add one more thing here, because some executives seem to miss this point. I did enjoy Breaking Bad and their other shows, but I can easily live without them. It is not a necessity. I might care about their shows, but there is a limit to the amount of hoops I will jump through. The cable days are over. I am not going back to ad infested and ad interruptions ( my wife might ). I am an adult.. and I do have other entertainment choices ( and failing that, numerous obligations my entertainment choices prevent me from completing ).

subpixel 4y ago
If you ask the average person under 50 what network produced a list of hit shows from the last decade, you’d get some correct HBO answers and a whole lot of blank stares. In the heyday of the Pirate Bay that was where you got shows. Today I’m a Google search away from illicit streams. This is how it should be when the alternative is 500 subscriptions, to put a twist on the famous 500 channels quote describing the attractive future of cable tv.
- zerocrates 4y ago
  I'd say you're probably greatly overestimating how many people torrent or even pirate in general (in the US anyway). I'm well under your age-50 cutoff and I'd probably name you most of the networks (while freely admitting I'm somewhat of an outlier there, and also a previous but really not current user of certain illicit services). Stuff going to one of the "big" legal streamers like Netflix is a huge deal for it having broader uptake. HBO is about the only big exclusion from that where they're still able to drive media coverage and social media conversation while having stuff locked to themselves (I've seen so much White Lotus stuff out there lately, as an example).
  - subpixel 4y ago
    The retail VPN market is almost $50 billion. I think the true outliers are VPN customers who use it for purposes other than streaming and sharing.

epolanski 4y ago

BB never had stellar ratings btw.

pier25 4y ago
The last season did