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would you pay $15 or $20 a month for netflix streaming if

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they offer the same titles that are available on disc?


Slim pickings on Netflix streaming

Why Netflix's online library remains thin

Ever wondered why you can't seem to find any good movies or TV shows to watch instantly?

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LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) -- Peruse Netflix's catalog of DVDs, and you'll find just about any movie or TV series you want. Look for many of the same titles in Netflix's Internet video library, and prepare to be exasperated.

It's a problem that Netflix is unlikely to solve anytime soon. Despite an expensive expansion, Netflix's online video selection remains inferior. Netflix offers more than 60,000 titles that can be viewed on Internet-connected devices, while its DVD-by-mail service has more than twice that — some 140,000.

Competitive tensions and Netflix's own financial limitations account for the huge disparity.

No matter how much Netflix Inc. is willing to pay for the rights, some online video remains off-limits.

Major movie studios are refusing to license the rights to most of their latest movies at the same time they're released on DVDs. Premium cable channels such as HBO and Showtime also are withholding their most popular series, including "Game of Thrones" and "Dexter," because they are worried about losing subscribers if the content is available on Netflix's less expensive Internet service.

The mere $8 per month that Netflix charges for unlimited online viewing is one of the main reasons the service has attracted more than 23 million streaming subscribers, out of a total of 26 million. The expanding audience, in turn, is causing studios to demand higher fees for video that they are willing to license to the company.

Studios know Netflix is getting a bargain, says Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter. Netflix's streaming subscribers watch an average of 30 hours of Internet video each month, which works out to just 27 cents per hour.

The Internet video library already is far more appealing than it was five years ago, when it opened with just 2,000 titles — mostly obscure TV series and movies that many subscribers had seen years ago.

The streaming catalog now features recent seasons of many acclaimed TV shows, including "Mad Men" and "The Office," and exclusive series such as "Lilyhammer." Coming attractions include "The Artist," winner of this year's Oscar for best picture, and another original series called "House of Cards" starring Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey. Netflix also has struck a deal to revive the critically acclaimed TV series, "Arrested Development," which last aired in 2006.

As it is, Netflix has already agreed to pay about $4 billion in licensing fees during the next few years. CEO Reed Hastings foresees spending billions more.

Netflix might be able to afford to buy even more online video if it raises its prices, but that's a strategy the company says it won't pursue following a customer backlash over last summer's rate increase of as much as 60 percent in the U.S. For now, Netflix is trying to showcase the material already available in its online library by fine-tuning its recommendation system.

Pachter believes there is only so much that Netflix will be able to do to conceal the weaknesses in its Internet library.

In particular, he believes the recent loss of the streaming rights to movies and TV shows from Starz Entertainment will cost Netflix some subscribers. The Starz contract expired Feb. 29, depriving Netflix's streaming library of popular fare that included recent movies from Walt Disney Co. Netflix had been paying an estimated $30 million annually; Starz is believed to have demanded as much as $300 million a year to renew.

Although Netflix downplays the loss of the Starz content, Pachter likens it to a cable-TV system losing the Fox network and such popular shows as "American Idol."

"I think Netflix has underestimated the intelligence of consumers," Pachter says. "They seem to think all content is fungible, but I don't think consumers will see it that way."
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Fair Enough....$15 Would Basically be For Both the Streaming and DVD....Make it All Streaming to Increase the Selection...I'd Fuck Wit It
 
No questions...Then I would stop turning my account off and on every other month
 
Eventually they re going to have t raise the streaming price to afford the licenses. Studios are not stupid they know more people are streaming instead of buying DVDs so they are going to demand more money. If they are going to stay viable they will have no choice except to raise prices. It will make people mad but most will not leave b/c even if they raise it to 10 a month it is still cheaper than anything else going right now.
 
not sure. if they double their price for streaming, they need to do more than double their inventory. i guess that if they had all the options available in their disc library available for streaming, i'd probably try it out.
 
The movie industry is lazy and that s why they complain.

What they don t realize is that even they have to keep up with technology.....

The DVD is a thing of the past and will soon be exactly like the VHS and cassette tape....

Hell people don t even back up files with DVDs anymore....so why are they trying to force the public to hold onto a dead industry.....

Stop being lazy MPAA and figure out how to get "sales" off of online and electronic data formats......stop holding the consumer hostage....

Who in da fuck buys DVDs nowadays anyway?
 
I probably would, but I'd pay more if they had the libray Pirate Bay/Demonoid and so on have... if I could get all the shows and movies (foreign and domestic) I want in one spot :itsawrap:

A lot of people download because they can get it faster than waiting X amount of months for it to get to Netflix/itunes or whatever. It's just more convenient.
 
there's a lot of indie films and documentaries and tv shows to keep me cool with um.

who knows who other dudes don't seem to find something interesting :dunno:

i fuks with netflix :yes:
 
Hell yea i would pay that 15 or 20 if they offered everything. LOL i'm paying the 8.99 now whats 10 more bucks.
 
Yes! That steaming shit is lame sure to the content available. I had to suck it up and pay the cost for steaming plus one disk rental at a time. Streaming just wouldn't do it for me.
 
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Maybe they should have an option something like streaming + 1 cd a month for people like me who don't watch a lot of movies like that but like to have the option. Makes sense to me but others may not think so.
 
Damn Right said:
there's a lot of indie films and documentaries and tv shows to keep me cool with um.

who knows who other dudes don't seem to find something interesting :dunno:

i fuks with netflix :yes:
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Same here, watch all that and just switch to Crackle to watch everything else.
 
john blackcorn said:
u need to ask ur manager at mcdonalds for a raise if u cant afford 15-20 bucks a month for a 160,000 movie library access :smh:
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Nope, never said "can't afford". I'm just not a fan of giving my money away. That's ******* shit. At the end of the week, month, year, that's money I can reinvest in my business or properties.
 
Have you all seen this site

bateflix.com.

After doing some searches I realized there are a LOT more on demand movies
than they actually show you in the pre-populated searches.

Not saying there any oscar winners hidden, but I do like seeing all thats available
 
If they woould've left it alone. $8.99 for both streaming and 1 bluray then I would've stayed. Getting the one bluray made up for lack of streaming titles. I was able to use streaming for just TV series.
 

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