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traditional video on demand systems, and/or online viewing).
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If the goal of streamers once seemed to be prioritizing and supporting great series from a diverse group of interesting creators, that goal seems to have shifted from making better shows to just ... making more of them. As viewers, we’re being flattened by a fire hose of programming — and the experience of watching TV feels like a ritual of submiss... See more
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What is revolutionary about on-demand streaming in general and Netflix in particular is that the service has commoditized time: on Netflix Sunday at 9pm is no different than Tuesday at 11am or Friday at 6pm; there is no prime time. Thus Netflix will release original series all at once, because why not? Best to maximize the number of minutes over wh... See more
stratechery.com • Netflix and the Conservation of Attractive Profits - Stratechery by Ben Thompson
audience, thanks to the internet medium. And content owners will have the opportunity to make higher financial
Jason Kilar • Jason Kilar on Hulu and content
For news, we demand to know what is happening this very second, not an hour ago. Unless it occurs in real time, it does not exist. The corollary—and this is important—is that in order to operate in real time, everything has to flow. For instance, watching movies on demand means movies must flow. Like most families who subscribe to Netflix, our fami
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Netflix and the Conservation of Attractive Profits - Stratechery by Ben Thompson
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Streaming is poised to win big during lockdown not just because of demand-side effects but also supply-side effects.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Covid-19: Big shifts in the entertainment industry
In under two decades, on-demand lightning-fast internet television had gone from an impossibility to a simple fact of life.