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Yes, you're right. What is making Netflix gain market share are the series. Basically most people are using Netflix instead of TV, not to get Hollywood movies.
by coliveira 13y ago
Yes, you're right. What is making Netflix gain market share are the series. Basically most people are using Netflix instead of TV, not to get Hollywood movies. The same pattern happened at my home: there are no good movies to see, but plenty of activity around TV shows and documentaries. And from a business point of view this is even better for them, because TV series make people stick around longer than a single movie.
- ghaff 13y agoRight, you basically still need to get the little plastic disks--from Netflix or elsewhere--if you want to watch quality movies, especially recent ones. Someone I know there told me a year or two back that people get streaming with the intention of watching movies but they end up watching TV shows instead. This doesn't quite apply to me because I quit streaming when they did the whole splitting of physical media from streaming thing. And signed back up when House of Cards came out. But I do view streaming today as a source for TV shows and any movies I want to watch on it are basically lagniappe.
- hkmurakami 13y agoThe algorithms and operations behind the storage and distribution of those physical disks is a marvel to behold though. A friend of mine was in Netflix's DVD operations for a number of years, and it was fascinating to hear what they had implemented (I can't do it justice). Imagine a bunch of Computer Scientists implementing sorting and data storage optimizations in the physical world, and you get the Netflix DVD distribution system. If you ever meet someone from the DVD division, take him out for some drinks. You won't regret it :)
- anoncow 13y agoI see a lot of "recent" movies on rent/sale on YouTube (India). No subscription though. There is even an Indian version of Netflix - Bigflix, but content is old and scarce.