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Well, yesterday we got the answer: yes.Quibi has failed.
But they also admitted doing so would have been futile .
Audiences will of course always crave movies as big asAvengersor TV shows as lavish asThe Crown.
Wall Street initially punished Netflix stock, even though the cooldown should not have come as a surprise.
Whenever you put new change at the top, theres some downstream effects as well, he said.
What are local language originals in that particular country looking like?
Whats the slate thats coming looking like?
What [do] the fundamental metrics engagement and churn look like?
Dont expect any such hike, if it comes, to be too big though.
Will something like that happen in the U.S.?
Were going to try that in India, and well see how that goes, he said.
But Sarandos Tuesday all but put the kibosh on the idea.
Weve realized there are no gimmicks, Hastings said.
So were really focused on the fundamentals … Thats how we grow.
Its not just your imagination: There really are fewer old movies and TV shows on Netflix.
We really dont focus that much on the title count … Its really not a chase for how many titles, but are these the titles you cant live without.
New HBO Max boss Casey Bloys has his work cut out for him.
Another week, another reorganization:The latest TV biz shuffling is over at ViacomCBSs streaming division.
His replacement: Tom Ryan, the CEO of ViacomCBS ad-supported streamer Pluto.
Ryan will continue to oversee Pluto but will now take charge of the transformation of All Access into Paramount+.
(Got all that?)
But the move seems pretty logical to me.
(Pluto operated as an independent company under Ryan before Viacom snapped it up early last year.)
Ryans job is to prove those doubters wrong.
And as long as I get to keep making television without anybody bothering me, Im happy.
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