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Netflix disc had everything in a much smaller universe of content. The amount of money spent creating content over the last decade is staggering as is the numbe
by matwood 3y ago
Netflix disc had everything in a much smaller universe of content. The amount of money spent creating content over the last decade is staggering as is the number of shows/movies coming out.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/444870/scripted-primetime-tv-series-number-usa/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/444870/scripted-primetim...
https://www.statista.com/statistics/187122/movie-releases-in-north-america-since-2001/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/187122/movie-releases-in...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/streaming-original-content-spend-2023-growth-slow-ampere-1235359079/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/str...
Total media industry content cash spend rose 14 percent to $134.6 billion in 2022 after a 25 percent jump to $118.4 billion in 2021, he noted, citing company reports and his firm’s estimates and analysis. For 2023, he forecast a 1 percent gain to $136.4 billion. Content spend in the coming years was likely to be “relatively flat or even decline,” he argued.
- electric_mayhem 3y ago‘Content’ is what you get when bean counters and technologists commoditize our artistic output and cultural heritage. And the enshittified, ‘content-rich’ era is what you get when these same entities then proceed to churn out endless, mostly low-value and low-effort, variations on the existing themes. Oh boy, another reality show. Hey, look, yet another low budget third-rate superhero spinoff. Who cares if there’s ’more content than ever’ if 99% of it is unwatchable drek?