Global Video Streaming Market is Largely Controlled by the Usual Suspects (venturebeat.com) 39
An anonymous reader shares a report: Weeks after Steven Spielberg took a swing at Netflix and Hulu, the Hollywood legend had a change of heart about the medium, appearing at Apple's star-studded event to help the iPhone-maker launch a streaming service. The embrace comes as people are increasingly cutting their cable connections and moving to streaming services for their entertainment needs. Just last week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), a trade body that represents major Hollywood studios and Netflix, reported that video streaming services now have more subscribers worldwide (613.3 million users) than those with a cable connection (some 556 million users). Another disruption is nigh. Revenue generated by streaming services is set to surpass worldwide theatrical revenue this year, according to research firm Ampere Analysis. Media and technology companies are naturally fighting for a piece of that pie.
Here's a look at some of the biggest rivals, the markets they operate in, and how they are trying to win customers. At the top of the list is Netflix, which began offering a streaming service in 2007, long before most companies even considered getting in the ring. This gave Netflix enough breathing room to bulk up its content catalog through licensing deals with cable networks and content studios. Twelve years later, Netflix has amassed 139 million subscribers in over 190 nations and territories. Following in Netflix's footsteps is Amazon, which has also made its Prime Video streaming service available in over 190 nations and territories. [...] While YouTube is the most-consumed video streaming app in most markets, Netflix is leading in revenue worldwide. As of 2018, Netflix generated more revenue than any other video streaming service -- and in some cases, more than any app in any category -- in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the U.K., the U.S., and Vietnam, among other markets, according to App Annie.
Here's a look at some of the biggest rivals, the markets they operate in, and how they are trying to win customers. At the top of the list is Netflix, which began offering a streaming service in 2007, long before most companies even considered getting in the ring. This gave Netflix enough breathing room to bulk up its content catalog through licensing deals with cable networks and content studios. Twelve years later, Netflix has amassed 139 million subscribers in over 190 nations and territories. Following in Netflix's footsteps is Amazon, which has also made its Prime Video streaming service available in over 190 nations and territories. [...] While YouTube is the most-consumed video streaming app in most markets, Netflix is leading in revenue worldwide. As of 2018, Netflix generated more revenue than any other video streaming service -- and in some cases, more than any app in any category -- in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the U.K., the U.S., and Vietnam, among other markets, according to App Annie.
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Watching made up stories about made up characters has been gradually losing its appeal to me. In the depths of Canadian winters I certainly consume more entertainment than in the summer, but my total screen time has been falling for years. What remains is Youtube DIY stuff and social documentaries. I'll still find time for GoT, but that's the only fictional series that I'm looking forward to, and I doubt I'll start it until long after the whole season has aired.
Right now, I'd much rather spend time with m
Maybe it makes more sense to do things in reverse (Score:2)
After watching Netflix for a while, I am starting to wonder if what makes more sense is to make high quality movies for a platform like Netflix, then if it's widely liked release it into the theaters - people who really liked it might want to see it on a big screen (or 3D), people who hadn't seen it would be drawn to subscribe to your service... and on tap of all that the theaters could be more sure people actually liked what they were gong to put in a theater.
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I certainly don't go to theaters as much as I did even five years ago. Sometimes the experience is good (watching Deadpool in the theater was fun just to share in the general good feelings the movie generated in the audience), but considering going out for one movie costs me and my girlfriend about four months worth of Netflix subscription, and about double what I'd pay to watch a newish release on Google Play or itunes, yeah, the argument for going to theater is becoming harder to justify.
Re: Maybe it makes more sense to do things in reve (Score:2)
Other than Captian marvel and endgame(I waited for infinity war at home) I have been to less than 1 movie a year for the last ten years in theaters
The only reason I am not waiting for those 2 is I don't want to deal with spoilers for 4 months waiting for the streaming rentals to be released.
What gets me is that producers are blocking streaming rights for various sites. Amazon doesn't have a star is born, or Aquaman yet. But other places do.
With diseny + the situation is going to get worse. As companies ar
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Well, we're in the middle of the disruption. I suspect we'll all be stuck with two or three streaming service subscriptions by the time it's done, but really, if I have to pay $50 for streaming services so I can watch the shows and movies I want to watch, then I'll probably almost never walk inside a movie theater again. I do not see how the Hollywood distribution model will function in the long term, and in a way, the big studios like Disney and the networks trying to lock everyone in to their own streamin
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For my viewing, it all has really changed. Unless that content get's politicised, I don't even hear about it, living largely in an ad free life, screaming video ads, just don't see them. I find out what the latest movies are from other sites that provide streaming services of the latest content with reviews that are much more honest, they are reviewing free content so no profit lying, you know the ones, they carry all sorts of shonky ads, that you should generally avoid clicking but it is pretty much the be
Theaters are the next buggy whips (Score:2)
TVs partially displaced theaters, but not entirely because the image and sound quality wasn't as good, and the screen wasn't as big. HDTVs and especially 4k TVs pretty much match theaters in image quality. A lot of people's sound systems now rival a theater's (
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(The current generation of kids seems to prefer virtual social interaction over the Internet over physical social interaction.)
Yeah but after the internet is done getting fucked by the great firewall, repealing net neutrality the upcoming article 11.13 in the eu and go only knows what other attacks the internet will be little more than just another advertising stream and unless they want to pay through the nose people will start to remember that they can just go and talk to someone
Not at true I think (Score:2)
Netflix will be the next cable....The market demands it. The market always demands it. Free market capitalism is an oxymoron
Not at all. Look at what is happening already.
Yes Netflix has a lot of content and is the clear leader. But it's not like Amazon does not have a lot of good video exclusives. Whole fields of desireable content like Star Trek and Star Wars are not from Netflix.
Now Apple is getting the in game with unknown quality product, but we do know they are spending a ton to try and make somethi
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The current cable monopolies are a result of local governments giving the cable companies monopolies in exchange for concessions like guarantees to cover low-income areas. Capitalism played no role in them. They're a textbook example of a failure of government regulation, not a failure of capitalism.
Content Content Content (Score:2)
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Funny you should ask about that - 'cause I have it right now. It's my TiVo box, which has hook ups to a bunch of streaming services - *and a "TV Guide" for all of it*. I can search for a show I want to watch, and TiVo will tell me if it's on cable in the next 2 weeks, available on NetFlix, Amazon, X-Finity, etc. All in one place, available now. I've had a TiVo for ages now (on my 3rd or 4th generation of boxes) - smartest money I've spent IMO.
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Make it easier than piracy and they will come. It’s 2019 I should be able to stream any video ever made on any device.
They started doing that and it started working and almost go there then all the studios looked at how much netflix was making and decided they wanted a piece of that pie and are now succeeded in splitting the market up and making piracy the easiest option again.
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I don't know but it's a decent movie. Can we still watch this movie these days?
The two are not mutually exclusive (Score:2)
The Usual Suspects (Score:2)
You think you know who they are. But they are all being manipulated by the guy with the fake limp.
All I have to say is THIS (Score:2)
Hand *me* the keys, you F***g c***ker
Of course⦠(Score:1)