Disney goes after WB's share of Hulu

[Andrew NDB]

After they're already getting majority share with the Fox purchase.

Yeah, it seems clear the (intended) future home of Netflix Marvel type of stuff.

https://geektyrant.com/news/disney-is-in-talks-to-purchase-warnermedias-share-of-hulu

[neatoman]

Well too bad we don't get Hulu over here...

... Ah, who am I kidding? People are justing to upload that **** to pirate streaming sites.

[Candy Kappa]

Well too bad we don't get Hulu over here...

... Ah, who am I kidding? People are justing to upload that **** to pirate streaming sites.

They'll probably end up on our Netflix, like STD and Titans

[neatoman]

They'll probably end up on our Netflix, like STD and Titans

Uh, yeah... Netflix... I totally, have a Netflix account... It's absolutely worth the price to have instant access to... American Death Note and... Ultimate Spider-Man but no version of Spider-Man anyone cares about and... A bunch of **** they'll just remove eventually because of license issues.

It's not like I can find hundreds of DVDs that are cheaper than milk (many of which Netflix don't have) in thrift shops. And even if that was possible, it's not like I could just rip them and keep digital copies of forever in my computer. No, Netflix is totally the best deal there is.

Nah but seriously, I took a look at the selection Netflix had last summer. Saying that physical media is outdated seems silly to me, because it wasn't really that impressive. If I can still get a copy of Terminator on Blu-Ray but not watch it on Netflix, why bother?

[Prowler]

Uh, yeah... Netflix... I totally, have a Netflix account... It's absolutely worth the price to have instant access to... American Death Note and... Ultimate Spider-Man but no version of Spider-Man anyone cares about and... A bunch of **** they'll just remove eventually because of license issues.

It's not like I can find hundreds of DVDs that are cheaper than milk (many of which Netflix don't have) in thrift shops. And even if that was possible, it's not like I could just rip them and keep digital copies of forever in my computer. No, Netflix is totally the best deal there is.

Nah but seriously, I took a look at the selection Netflix had last summer. Saying that physical media is outdated seems silly to me, because it wasn't really that impressive. If I can still get a copy of Terminator on Blu-Ray but not watch it on Netflix, why bother?
Netflix in Europe is a joke, really. It doesn't even have half the options that US Netflix has. It's still not worth getting Netflix if you live in Europe, imo.

[snake]

Why? They’re in the process of creating their own streaming service.

[Prowler]

Why? They’re in the process of creating their own streaming service.

Like I said, the Netflix content available in European countries pales in comparison to the content you get in US Netflix. So most Europeans still prefer to watch the stuff they want through... other means.

[sdp]

This has been clear for a while, I'm sure I posted this in the Fox thread months ago. WB will likely sell, they don't want to own a streaming service where Disney gets to do what they want. As soon as Hulu is all Disney it'll go international and be the "adult" Disney streaming service while Disney + be the one focused on kids. It's really a good strategy for Disney, they have the content to keep both services and get to charge people twice to get them to use their services.

[Andrew NDB]

Yeah. And they'll open Hulu up globally, like Netflix.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Netflix in Europe is a joke, really. It doesn't even have half the options that US Netflix has. It's still not worth getting Netflix if you live in Europe, imo.

The idea of splitting up Netflix into countries is a joke itself.

[snake]

The concept of streaming services itself became a joke when they all became de-centralized and now everyone wants their own- dividing a market that literally needs to be homogenized to succeed in the long-term.

[oldmanwinters]

Funny, I always thought Disney's master plan was to acquire Netflix, even if it meant pulling all their programming to lower their stock enough that a corporate buyout was good business.

Now it seems Disney will just run it into the ground and build a theme park over it's decaying corpse.

[Prowler]

The idea of splitting up Netflix into countries is a joke itself.
Actually, I dunno if that's the service's fault. They probably have to settle agreements with DVD and Bluray distribution companies in each country, since I assume those companies want to be able to sell popular shows on DVD and Blu-ray. Wouldn't be that easy for them to make a profit if Netflix just made all of its American content available in every other country.

The concept of streaming services itself became a joke when they all became de-centralized and now everyone wants their own- dividing a market that literally needs to be homogenized to succeed in the long-term.
Yeah, and even if Netflix in my country was just like the US Netflix, it'd still be lacking some of my favourite classic shows such as The Simpsons, for example.

Also, how do Netflix manage to make their own productions? How many actors do they have under contract and what are their production values like? Can they afford that with subscriber revenue alone? What other profits do they get?

Youtube is also doing that nowadays, but I dunno anyone who has YouTube premium. That being said, there's some short free shows on youtube made by users.

[Andrew NDB]

Disney takes full control of Hulu for 8.6 billion.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/disney-takes-full-control-of-hulu-for-8-6b/