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Netflix: House of Cards
Premieres tomorrow. All 13 episodes drop at once.
Heres an interesting nugget from a Forbes column: http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothyp...s-this-friday/ But BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield thinks that if House Of Cards is a success, Netflix could also start demanding a fee from the broadband suppliers that plug their fat pipes into our homes and let us stream House Of Cards in the first place. You can read Greenfield’s full report here (subscription required) but his basic idea is that the cable companies are taking about $40 bucks a month from you for your Internet service and not sharing any of that with the content side because for the most part, they are paying networks like AMC and Discovery a per subscriber fee on the cable side. If Netflix’s exclusive programming takes off and viewers demand it, Netflix could be in a position to start taking a per subscriber fee from the cable guys on the Internet side. It’s not a completely unprecedented idea. According to Greenfield, ESPN gets a per sub fee for ESPN 3 from broadband. It would be a bold move on Hastings’ part and one that he’s not yet in a position to make. But if shows like House Of Cards help Netflix become the next HBO, the service could be looking at a whole new stream of revenue. |
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02-04-2013, 05:32 PM | #31 |
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Aren't services like this just crying out for a joss whedon like involvement? Even ad is a bit different, because the rights are still held by traditional media. If they can ever make the money to do 4 or 5 of these a year.... cable will be in trouble.
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http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/netfl...-it-a-hit.html How Will We Know If Netflix’s House of Cards Was a Hit or a Failure? All thirteen episodes of House of Cards’ first season debut on Netflix Friday, but the folks who run the video service insist they don't give a damn if America rushes to watch the David Fincher–Kevin Spacey series this weekend. Or next weekend, or next month, for that matter. Executives have said they may never reveal any information about how many people watch the $3 million-plus-per-episode political thriller — or the number of viewings of any of the other four original series they'll be unveiling this year, including the highly anticipated return of Arrested Development. This has caused no small amount of head-scratching and even some ire in a TV industry where next-day ratings are a grand tradition: Numbers are how you declare yourself a success or reveal yourself a failure. FX chief John Landgraf earlier this month slammed the lack of transparency, telling a conference of TV reporters that Netflix suits "like the fact that they don't have to have a report card." What's more, Landgraf mused, if Netflix doesn't tell anyone who's watching its shows, "How will you determine if something's a hit?" Indeed, and with apologies to the late Whitney Houston, how will we know? |
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02-04-2013, 05:43 PM | #33 |
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If its a huge hit, I'll bet Netflix will be glad to toot their own horn. Otherwise , they probably remain quiet.
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I hope it's a huge hit, I dumped cable, and I would love more shows to follow this route.
I also wonder if a TV channel will ever buy the syndication rights for a show like this and might we see House of Cards replays on TNT in 10 years? I just really want some new Jericho or Firefly, but I'll gladly take more high-quality new shows too. |
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Just out of curiosity, what's it rated? I'm assuming its geared towards adults with language, violence and sex similar to a cable show?
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Yeah, it's tv-ma. Although it's actually pretty mild as far as sex goes when you compare it to other shows. Not a family show by any means though
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If I have one complaint about the show, and I'm only five episodes in, it's the kind of weird disconnect between the modern setting and the old boss style politics. I keep forgetting I'm watching something set today.
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I don't think any station would pay enough or interest Netflix. They want people to sign up and watch this whenever, whether now or a year from now. Syndicating contradicts what Netflix is trying to do.
Plus, most stations that do miniseries type stuff like this are, or soon will be, competitors. Edit: plus, in a few years how many TVs won't have built in access to Netflix, either native or through Microsoft, apple, or Google? Syndication isn't their plan Last edited by WoodDraw; 02-04-2013 at 07:57 PM.. |
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Have they explained how the Underwoods made their money? Not that you couldn't live well off of his $174k/year salary (and presumably she takes a draw from the charity), but their lifestyle seems to imply more than just that income.
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I think the wife comes from money.
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Just finished episode 9. It was incredible. Best episode of the series so far. I'm going to finish this series tomorrow night.
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