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Those regular check-ins vanished about a decade ago, right around the time linear ratings started to collapse.
So, that must mean Disney is already hurting Netflixs bottom line right?
Its not that Disney+ was a complete nonfactor in Netflixs performance during the fourth quarter.
And one longtime Netflix bear is more convinced than ever the glory days are over for the company.
When Nielsen reports that 15 million viewers watched ABCsJeopardy!
When Netflix saysXmillion people chose to watchThe Witcher, that is … not the same.
But its worth noting that Netflix isnt claiming these numbers reflect the size of a shows actual audience.
The letter also said the company was releasing data to demonstrate popularity, not to measure the audience.
Says Ball: Every OTT service, from Spotify to Apple Arcade, is struggling with this same question.
We are used to a world where everything was easily comparable, he continues.
Netflix knows whatThe Witchers value to Netflix was.
Unless the Hollywood guilds force it upon them, theres little incentive for streamers to enable more transparency.
So Will Peacock Be Good?
(Disclosure: Comcast is an investor in Vox Media, Vulture andNewYorkMagazines parent company.)
Therell also be a big push to re-create the experience of watching live TV.
Of course, other outlets have broken from what Bisson cleverly calls the SVOD-only agenda.
ViacomCBSs Pluto TV has long boasted dozens of advertiser-supported virtual channels as a supplement to its on-demand offerings.
The bottom line:I think the analysts who seem bullish on Peacock are largely right to be optimistic.
Still, two caveats …
The original content on Peacock seems, in a word, boring.
Stick with what consumers know or love rather than starting from scratch.
I wanted the context of the story to be broadened.
I wanted more women brought into the story, Winfrey said.
And on Wednesday,THRchronicled the backlashto Winfrey and Apples decision among Simmonss accusers and Me Too activists.
Translation: Shell produce and star in TV and movie projects for Apple over the next several years.
Its a big get for Apple on a few fronts.
And yet… ViacomCBSsTrekstrategy remains something of a head-scratcher to me.
(Has shacking up with Hulu inside the Mouse House mellowedthe mayor of television?
Who can say.)
The best indicator today of what gets made and what gets recommended to people is whats already popular.
Far from more choice, the untested and the unusual are minimized in the algorithm of big data.
But the shift to streaming has turned a bad Hollywood habit into a potentially dangerous addiction.
Barnett, like Landgraf, is right to sound an alarm.
Unlike the originalTrekseries, which aired on NBC,TNGwas syndicated to local TV stations by producer Paramount.
Theyre currently tied up at NBCUniversal.
