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Wow if Netflix buys hbo there isn’t really anything more left in the market to compete with them. On the plus side users don’t have to worry about paying for mu
by yalogin 11mo ago
Wow if Netflix buys hbo there isn’t really anything more left in the market to compete with them. On the plus side users don’t have to worry about paying for multiple services.
- mikeweiss 11mo agoHa! I like how you don't say consumers will pay less... Just less companies asking for money.
- d3Xt3r 11mo agoExcept there's still Paramount, Disney and Hulu, and even if you get them all, there's no guarantee you can stream what you want to watch due to some bullshit regional distribution rights restrictions, which makes no sense in the digital era...
- Simulacra 11mo agoWhich may lead to greater piracy
- echelon 11mo agoHBO is destination television - it's the taste that Netflix lacks and so desperately needs. WB and HBO together have the franchises that Netflix has been trying to build. DC, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings (film + game rights - tv rights), West World, The Matrix, Mad Max, King Kong, all of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. What does Paramount or Hulu have? It's a lot of fluff on the same or even lower caliber than Netflix. Amazon gives some good stuff away for "free". Apple has good shows, too. Disney? Meh - they've got Andor and that's really it. If whomever buys HBO also also buys A24, it's over. That's all I need.
- pirates 11mo agoParamount/NBC/Peacock/Fox/ESPN have live sports, which are the only thing left worth paying for, everything else can be skipped or pirated.
- dylan604 11mo agoESPN comes with your Disney+ which also gives you Hulu Peacock says they have sports, but then doesn't actually show all of the matches and instead tries to prop up USA and Telemundo numbers. Many times I have to watch a match in a language I'm not fluent even though I'm paying for Peacock specifically as they have the rights. Can't watch USA as I cut the cord years ago, so I'm left with hoping I can find the right spot for my OTA antenna to be able to tune in.
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoIf anything, the gambling ads interspersed with sports can be skipped or pirated.
- throw-away_42 11mo agoWestworld... the show you can't watch on HBO anymore. Taste? Like what they just did to one of the best shows ever, Mad Men? HBO today (Or Max, or HBO Max, or whatever their branding of the day is) is not the HBO it was before David Zaslav got his hands on it.
- blackjack_ 11mo agoNetflix could have built many franchises by now but instead burns them all in season 1 or season 2 and makes slop on purpose (i.e. explain what you are doing while you are doing it for the people not watching directly, etc). They also just had the most successful franchise launch of all time -- Kpop demon hunters. The brand is apparently worth about 10 billion right now, and they bought the film and the rights from Sony for <20 million. If they purchase HBO, I assume HBO will regress to the baseline that is Netflix content, not the other way around.
- dylan604 11mo ago> What does Paramount or Hulu have? Even less now that Taylor Sheridan has left for greener pastures.
- Stevvo 11mo agoSheridan is staying with Paramount until 2029, and the shows he made for them will remain theirs. So, Sheridan will be still be elevating paramount subscriptions long into the future.
- troupo 11mo ago> Disney? Meh - they've got Andor and that's really it. Disney owns so much content, IP and nostalgia that they don't care much.
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoPretty sure their shareholders care. Their market cap is at pre 2019 levels. Their earnings are back to 2014 levels. https://companiesmarketcap.com/walt-disney/earnings/ https://companiesmarketcap.com/walt-disney/earnings/ Meanwhile, Netflix is up $300B since 2019. And Netflix’s earnings are about to surpass Disney’s: https://companiesmarketcap.com/netflix/earnings/ https://companiesmarketcap.com/netflix/earnings/ And Netflix has 13,000 employees, while Disney has 233,000.
- troupo 11mo ago> And Netflix has 13,000 employees, while Disney has 233,000. And Disney is significantly more than just a single streaming service struggling to get content. Their Direct-to-Consumer business (aka Netflix equivalent) posted a net profit increase 9.5x year on year (from 143 million to 1.3 billion) and has more than half the number of Netflix subscribers (196 million vs. 300+ million) in significantly shorter time than Netflix. https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/the-walt-disney-company-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-earnings-for-fiscal-2025/ https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/the-walt-disney-company-rep...
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoOperating profit, not net profit. Net income (or profit or earnings) can only be calculated for the whole business. > has more than half the number of Netflix subscribers (196 million vs. 300+ million) in significantly shorter time than Netflix. I don’t find this impressive. Streaming has been the future for over a decade, and Disney has long had more, and more popular content than Netflix. So why is it taking them so long to catch up to Netflix? They should have surpassed Netflix a long time ago. Disney even sells sports.
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- jrflowers 11mo ago> Disney? Meh - they've got Andor and that's really it. I like this post about how The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Mad Max and Harry Potter are all valuable IP written by somebody that appears to have never heard of Marvel comics, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Simpsons, any Pixar film, Avatar, The X-Files, or The Bachelor.
- watwut 11mo agoWestworld, the show that dont exist because they would had to pay royalties to actors and workers? Screw them. Likr, literally choosing to remove the show to make an example of it.
- d3Xt3r 11mo agoParamount has Star Trek, so it's a must-have for any Trekkie. And Disney has Star Wars, so it's a must-have for any nerf herder. :p
- account42 11mo agoNu trek definitely isn't must have for any Trekkie.
- jader201 11mo ago> Except there's still Paramount, Disney and Hulu Should be: > Except there's still Paramount and Disney/Hulu Disney and Hulu are combining.
- etempleton 11mo agoIt will be Netflix and Disney as the prominent players with Apple and Amazon representing the high end prestige TV and lowest common denominator content, respectively.
- parineum 11mo agoI find Apple to be different lowest common denominator with high production value. I don't think the shows are really any better.