Poll of the Day > Disney pulling out of Netflix and will start their own streaming service.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/08/disney-will-pull-its-movies-from-netflix-and-start-its-own-streaming-services.html

Disney wants to own a bigger piece of the streaming pie.

The company announced during its latest earnings report on Tuesday it intends to remove its movies from Netflix.

Instead, Disney plans to launch a branded direct-to-consumer streaming service in 2019 starting in the U.S. and expanding globally.

CEO Bob Iger told CNBC's Julia Boorstin Disney had a "good relationship" with Netflix, but decided to exercise an option to move its content off the platform. Movies to be removed include Disney as well as Pixar's titles, according to Iger. Netflix said Disney movies will be available through the end of 2018 on its platform. Marvel TV shows will remain.

The new platform will be the home for all Disney movies going forward, starting with the 2019 theatrical slate which includes "Toy Story 4," "Frozen 2," and the upcoming live-action "The Lion King." It will also be making a "significant investment" in exclusive movies and television series for the new platform.

The company will also launch its own ESPN video streaming service in early 2018. The platform, which will feature about 10,000 sporting events each year, will have content from the MLB, NHL, MLS, collegiate sports and tennis' Grand Slam events.

To power the services, Disney is buying a majority ownership of BAM Tech for $1.58 billion. Disney bought a 33 percent stake in the company, which was spun off from digital media company MLB Advanced Media, in August 2016.

"This represents a big strategic shift for the company," Iger said to CNBC. "We felt that having control of a platform we've been very impressed with after buying 33 percent of it a year ago would give us control of our destiny."

Netflix stock dropped more than 5 percent upon announcement of the news.

this is a bad idea

their stuff will be back on Netflix by 2020
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one thing i'm not looking forward to is when every single fucking company wants their own premium streaming service and you're gonna have to pay like $8 a month a piece for all these services.

eventually it's not going to be cost effective to cut cable anymore
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Lol everyone wants a piece of the streaming pie but don't realize we can't stand fragmentation.

Going to continue paying for Netflix.

Not going to pay for a Disney service.
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Disflix? Nesney?
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Jen0125 posted...

one thing i'm not looking forward to is when every single fucking company wants their own premium streaming service and you're gonna have to pay like $8 a month a piece for all these services.

eventually it's not going to be cost effective to cut cable anymore

then you'll start seeing platforms that combine all the different services into one bundle

just like cable
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I_Abibde posted...

Going to continue paying for Netflix.

Not going to pay for a Disney service.

and this. i'm not gonna pay for each individual channel's streaming service.

i'm only going to either pay for an aggregate streaming service or use repositories on kodi to view what i want to watch if i'm being quite frank.
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I_Abibde posted...

Going to continue paying for Netflix.

Not going to pay for a Disney service.

Yuuup this.

I'm already going to be missing the new Trek series since I'm not going to be paying for CBS' streaming site.
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Nobody is going to watch 10 Disney movies every month. They're going to fail.
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Arv seen this coming everyone will have their own streaming service thinking everyone will shell out more money
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JOExHIGASHI posted...

Nobody is going to watch 10 Disney movies every month. They're going to fail.

Hah, absolutely there are people who will.
Anyone who likes happy movies (which is pretty damn big), or have children.

if they have all their disney channel shows and stuff i can see the appeal for parents but that's a pretty limited audience you're giving yourself
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MrMelodramatic posted...

I'm already going to be missing the new Trek series since I'm not going to be paying for CBS' streaming site.

Netflix lost the license before it even began? Blast.
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So more stuff I'd need to pirate for my family since few other services do anything outside of the US.
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Jen0125 posted...

if they have all their disney channel shows and stuff i can see the appeal for parents but that's a pretty limited audience you're giving yourself

Sure, but at the same time, they're going to get a bucket of money for this. A smaller bucket than possible sure, but probably more than what they're piecemealing out to Netflix I'm sure.

Nichtcrawler X posted...

MrMelodramatic posted...

I'm already going to be missing the new Trek series since I'm not going to be paying for CBS' streaming site.

Netflix lost the license before it even began? Blast.

US only. Other regions get it on Netflix since the company realises they only get US customers there.
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Dammit.
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Currently, I have Netflix, Hulu (in Fall and Spring because I can't keep up with tv), Playstation Vue*, and technically Amazon Prime Video. Yeah, at some point expenses pile up.

*offtopic, but fancy that, Sony essentially said its providing quality content by getting rid of Comedy Central. I mean I didn't really watch that channel, but if I were the rep who stated that, I would not be able to keep a straight face. Given my family's setup right now, its currently the best option for us. Kind of miss that one throw back nick channel.

helIy posted...

Jen0125 posted...

one thing i'm not looking forward to is when every single fucking company wants their own premium streaming service and you're gonna have to pay like $8 a month a piece for all these services.

eventually it's not going to be cost effective to cut cable anymore

then you'll start seeing platforms that combine all the different services into one bundle

just like cable

That's an interesting idea.
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shadowsword87 posted...

JOExHIGASHI posted...

Nobody is going to watch 10 Disney movies every month. They're going to fail.

Hah, absolutely there are people who will.
Anyone who likes happy movies (which is pretty damn big), or have children.

People are going to get this for their kids and not have to worry about the content.
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Veemon_X posted...

*offtopic, but fancy that, Sony essentially said its providing quality content by getting rid of Comedy Central. I

that's pretty much the same reason Sony used for not allowing cross play with Nintendo and Microsoft and steam
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If they invest in a third season of Lolirock, then I'm in.


Jen0125 posted...

one thing i'm not looking forward to is when every single fucking company wants their own premium streaming service and you're gonna have to pay like $8 a month a piece for all these services.

eventually it's not going to be cost effective to cut cable anymore

No kidding. I really wonder what the market will bear on this.
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It's an extremely stupid move, tbh. It's also a heads-up to watch as much stuff as I can. The most interesting thing this will affect is the MCU, which sucks since NFI was usually how I got around to seeing most of the films.

Jen0125 posted...

one thing i'm not looking forward to is when every single fucking company wants their own premium streaming service and you're gonna have to pay like $8 a month a piece for all these services.

eventually it's not going to be cost effective to cut cable anymore

I can't see all of them charging $8/month, though. Plus the model is going to collapse (or become bundled somehow) because it's not viable for that many services to offer paid streaming.

Jen0125 posted...

if they have all their disney channel shows and stuff i can see the appeal for parents but that's a pretty limited audience you're giving yourself

I'm also wondering how this might affect their licensing of NFI Marvel shows since they're almost certainly going to moving the MCU films and it seems natural for them to do original content.
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Netflix, Hulu, Funimation, Crunchyroll, HBO Now, Amazon Prime Video..
I guess the competition among them is nice. It drives them to make the best exclusive shows. I personally favor Netflix and Funimation. I like the exclusives on Netflix and Funimation produces some quality dubs and quickly too. Disney can branch off for all I care. It just means less stuff to skip over on Netflix. I very rarely watch movies anyway. If I do I usually just go to the theaters for that.
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I have Prime and Netflix. I dont watch either much. I got Netflix for my gf at the time.
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helIy posted...

this is a bad idea

their stuff will be back on Netflix by 2020

I_Abibde posted...

Going to continue paying for Netflix.

Not going to pay for a Disney service.

My wife and I have no cable or satellite at our house because it's too expensive. We have Netflix to watch some stuff and we have Amazon Prime only because as a student I get that half price. Cable is dying because it's too expensive. Segregating streaming services will cause that same problem again there.

helIy posted...

Veemon_X posted...

*offtopic, but fancy that, Sony essentially said its providing quality content by getting rid of Comedy Central. I

that's pretty much the same reason Sony used for not allowing cross play with Nintendo and Microsoft and steam

That's kind of different though. Sony doesn't want people using Microsoft's services. Understandable since they are a direct competitor.
Or is there some sort of competition between Viacom and Sony?
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I bet that Disney will pretty much destroy Netflix after its streaming launches, because with their insane amount of money, they can get as many movie and shows licenses as they can.
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thedeerzord posted...

I bet that Disney will pretty much destroy Netflix after its streaming launches, because with their insane amount of money, they can get as many movie and shows licenses as they can.

Like buy out non-Disney/non-Disney affiliated shows?
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*thinks*

Bundling is already starting to be a thing, at least in its earliest phases. Any of my fellow Crunchy-Funi fans here have VRV? (I do not.)
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So does this mean everything Marvel and Star Wars will be leaving Netflix as well?...
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Meh. This is why I just buy everything I like on disc. I prefer one-time payments instead of paying for a service.

Netflix is nice for convenience, though.
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Luckily for Netflix, they've known for years that companies were going to bend them over in fees or leave to create their own revenue streams, so they've been doubling down on creating their own shows. One day it's going to be nothing but Netflix Originals.

I think Netflix has a stake in the Marvel TV shows either by co-funding or co-creating, so I'm guessing Disney can't take those away.

Jen0125 posted...

one thing i'm not looking forward to is when every single fucking company wants their own premium streaming service and you're gonna have to pay like $8 a month a piece for all these services.

Agreed. I only have Netflix and Hulu, and technically Amazon Prime, though I rarely use the streaming service.

No desire to pay for a Disney streaming service, even if it meant all of their classic animated movies and all of their Pixar films and all of their Marvel movies were exclusive to it.
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if they have ducktales, sign me the fuck up, ok?
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Jen0125 posted...

one thing i'm not looking forward to is when every single fucking company wants their own premium streaming service and you're gonna have to pay like $8 a month a piece for all these services.

this is true. i have netflix, hulu, crunchyroll, prime, hbo now and cbs, and i feel like we really don't need them all... plus i got excited over a whole app of streaming disney. it's tempting, but bad, ok?
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so why did people think streaming services were gonna be any better than cable?

seems less of a hassle to have cable than to just subsctibe to over a dozen different streaming services for around the same price
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Because Cable is super expensive and you usually have zero options as far as choosing what channels you want or don't want.
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...Didn't Netflix and Disney have an exclusive licensing deal until 2024 or something like that? It hasn't even been 4 years. LOL.

Like someone else said, these cable channels are gonna find out fast folks are far from willing to pay a monthly subscription to stream 5 to 10 channels. That and you can already stream channels if you have Xfinity/Comcast, DirecTV or Dish Network. So, yeah. Disney's wasting money with this move. LOL.

Now, if some of these channels banded together and collectively provided a streaming service that would be a different story. Something like...Netflix and Hulu!

...Oh wait. LOL.

NightMareBunny posted...

so why did people think streaming services were gonna be any better than cable?

I have Crunchyroll--just renewed for 12 months the other day in fact--as well as WWE Network. I usually have Netflix from November to January for the Holidays.

I will ALWAYS pick streaming over Cable/Satellite--which some in the business call "Free TV" even though it costs money (LOL!)--because I don't have to see ads. At all. Being able to watch what I went WHEN I want is great, too.
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I think Disney is one of the only movie/show companies that could pull this off. I think there's going to be more than enough people willing to pay for Disney only content. I also think other companies will try this but will fail.
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Guess I better watch Rogue One before it goes away.
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Dikitain posted...

Guess I better watch Rogue One before it goes away.

Or you could not watch it, because it's not that great :P

helIy posted...

Jen0125 posted...

one thing i'm not looking forward to is when every single fucking company wants their own premium streaming service and you're gonna have to pay like $8 a month a piece for all these services.

eventually it's not going to be cost effective to cut cable anymore

then you'll start seeing platforms that combine all the different services into one bundle

just like cable

I figure it'll go in a cycle. Large successful streaming services --> individual companies splinter off and see some success --> market gets flooded with small-scale services --> people stop paying for them --> companies start consolidating into bundles again.
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Thankfully that's not affecting Canada.....yet
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Well, damn. RIP Mahvel on Netflix
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Krow_Incarnate posted...

Well, damn. RIP Mahvel on Netflix

I don't understand how that can work though, because those are Netflix originals
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ohh noo. No more ABC shows.
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