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That’s not entirely true. Disney+ is partially losing money because of “transfer payments”. Disney+ has to “pay” Disney studios the market rate for the right
by scarface74 4y ago
That’s not entirely true. Disney+ is partially losing money because of “transfer payments”. Disney+ has to “pay” Disney studios the market rate for the right to stream a movie. Of course the money mostly flows up to Disney. But from an accounting standpoint, Disney+ can’t say it’s profitable by getting movies for free from Disney studios and cause Disney studios to lose potential profits they could have made elsewhere.
There are also revenue share agreements that are involved with actors. That are still taken into accounts
> You can’t have enough new content every month, subscribers therefore don’t keep the subscription year round
That’s not strictly true either for kids content. You can keep recycling content to kids for years and kids will rewatch the same thing.
Disney has been making money off the same animated content for over half a century. To a first approximation, no one cares about Netflix’s back catalog.
- nkingsy 4y agoOctonauts would like to have a word
- 867-5309 4y agosound the Octo-Alert!
- voisin 4y agoOk, totally off topic, but am I the only one that hears “Explore, Rescue, Rrotect” rather than “Protect” in the intro? See here at 0:40ish: https://youtu.be/mR_Ui_3Iz2o https://youtu.be/mR_Ui_3Iz2o
- sogen 4y agoI also hear this, sounds very faint, a little bit clearer with headphones.
- hawski 4y agoIf I can go on another tangent I would just like to recommend Octonauts. It is charming, funny and clever show. My 5 year old daughter loves it and she would like to have a Tweak costume. I can't stand many kid shows, but this one even I can love. It is incredible for me how Octonauts are not pretentious, like so many "science!" shows for kids are.
- prawn 4y agoI would recommend it for children also. My kids have learned a decent amount from having watched it, unlike many other shows without any real educational content.
- golem14 4y agoWonderpets maybe also (not on Netflix right now, but it used to be). And TimmyTime. And Adventure Time.
- pbronez 4y agoCreature Report, Creature Report. Creature Report!
- semireg 4y agoThere’s no where else to say this, but for wholesome kids entertainment, Bluey is hard to beat. Every 10 minute episode is basically a guide on how to play. Kids love it. Parents relearn how to play. It’s so charming and ridiculous. Totally worth the money.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoFair warning there is a Bluey episode where the kids push their father down steps. A day after watching one of my wards pushed someone down the steps :/
- duderific 4y agoI have some beef with how Bluey depicts the parents as stooges to be toyed with and manipulated as the kids see fit, with little pushback from the parents. In the end there's generally some kind of lesson to be learned, but the parents go along with pretty much anything the kids propose.
- joshspankit 4y agoIs Bluey this generations’s Caillou?
- ikr678 4y agoMild disrespect for authority is an Australian cultural trait.
- sideshowb 4y ago> You can keep recycling content to kids for years and kids will rewatch the same thing. Furthermore, kids will complain if they lose access to frozen etc so disney+ has an exit cost. Like the admiral said, it's a trap!
- subsaharancoder 4y ago> That’s not strictly true either for kids content. You can keep recycling content to kids for years and kids will rewatch the same thing. I'm looking at you Netflix and your lack of new seasons of Octonauts and Cat in the Hat :-)
- maxsilver 4y ago> To a first approximation, no one cares about Netflix’s back catalog. People would care more, if Netflix would stop cancelling everything. I'm not sure they realize how much they're killing their own backcatalog revenue by making everything a one/two season max.