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The Office will be pulled from Netflix in 2021. Will move to NBC Universal/Comcast Streaming Service

boontobias

boontobias

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It would be amazing if there was 1 hub where you could feed in the content from all the different services and combine it all together into seperate constant streams of content.

You could have a stream for comedy, drama, movies, cartoons, sitcoms whatever all coming through on different channels. But thats kind of a pipedream I guess.
 

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Lowblood said:
Wait, didn't Netflix pay an absurd amount for Friends streaming rights? Would have expected that they'd get it for a decade at least.

Anyway, yeah, this is going to happen, so buckle in and wait it out. Everyone will make their own service, most of them will fail since nobody can compete with the IP libraries of people like Disney or the entrenched status of Netflix, so it'll consolidate out a while after that. Soon we'll be down to a solid 3-5 services, with high prices and monopoly protections for everyone!
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I think they only paid to forestall the Friends exodus by a year
 

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Can't wait for every company to have their own streaming service, only to have someone create a sort of GoG like app that combines it all into one app, and then all of your shows are in that app, and then a decade later the cycle restarts.
 
Parthenios

Parthenios

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By 2021, the market will be pirates, and people subscribing to one service and trading passwords with people subscribed to other services.
 
Nordic4tKnight

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Has magic powers said:
It would be amazing if there was 1 hub where you could feed in the content from all the different services and combine it all together into seperate constant streams of content.

You could have a stream for comedy, drama, movies, cartoons, sitcoms whatever all coming through on different channels. But thats kind of a pipedream I guess.
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Apple TV app kind of does this. It aggregates from all kinds of different sources (Hulu, Prime, etc.) to produce a unified watch list.
 
Vagabond

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Hopefully this causes Netflix to drop price or at least keep price constant for a while. I know those contracts were expensive.

I have no interest in either series so I'm fine with this.

Also, shows why show piracy is still so rampant. They make it so much harder to enjoy your content.
 
Pwnz

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Good, take that expensive baggage away. These rerun shows old people use for background noise and nostalgia are fucking expensive. It's poison to streaming services wanting to provide new content, much like sports network bundles on cable.
 
Elderly Parrot

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Has magic powers said:
It would be amazing if there was 1 hub where you could feed in the content from all the different services and combine it all together into seperate constant streams of content.

You could have a stream for comedy, drama, movies, cartoons, sitcoms whatever all coming through on different channels. But thats kind of a pipedream I guess.
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Apples got you. It's amazing searching for any show or movie on the app and it tells you what it's on and plays it.
 

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HStallion said:
I feel like all these streaming services may actually get people to just buy the blu rays of their favorite shows and subscribe to only a few actual streaming services instead of subscribing for one long time show. Only those streaming services with a huge amount of original or long time content are gonna be able to hold people for long.
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Maybe some people but I think a lot will go without or pirate. A Blu-Ray of a season of a show can be multiple months of a streaming service. As you can literally google watch ___ online its going to be hard to convince people to pay more for less.
 
Mass_Pincup

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Hobbes said:
Can't wait for every company to have their own streaming service, only to have someone create a sort of GoG like app that combines it all into one app, and then all of your shows are in that app, and then a decade later the cycle restarts.
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Apple's already doing that. No Netflix though.
 
Hours Left

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Not an Office fan, but streaming is out of control.

By diluting the content base across dozens of services, the appeal is greatly reduced.
 
SchrodingerC

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Oh

What a joyous future for streaming services.

Yay.
 
Mathieran

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Oct 25, 2017
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There's gonna be a streaming service bubble that will have to pop at some point. I don't see myself signing up for more than 2 at a time.
 
Auros01

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Nov 17, 2017
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Still a few years away but this is probably the nail in the coffin for Netflix for me personally.
 
thewienke

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Oct 25, 2017
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If my wife didn't use Netflix, I'd cancel it since I use Hulu infinitely more these days with Prime as my number 2 for my Curb fix. This just kinda reinforces my feelings since I don't really watch many Netflix originals outside of Stranger Things and they just shit canned all the Marvel stuff.
 
JigglesBunny

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If you don't own a copy of whatever it is that you want to watch, it'll be taken away too.

Physical media stays winning.
 

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It's on every channel right now.

Watch it before nbc gobbles it up.
 

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I use software called PlayOn to record shows that are on Netflix, Hulu, etc. It records to my PC, and there is a Roku app that I use to play back the files on my living room tv.

I would recommend people find a service similar to this and record what you want.

Also to record movies you digitally rent
 
Acorn

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Someone is gonna make a lot of money turning this streaming silo shit into the packages like tv is sold.

Basically streaming is just gonna turn into TV.
 
jaekeem

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jred250 said:
I use software called PlayOn to record shows that are on Netflix, Hulu, etc. It records to my PC, and there is a Roku app that I use to play back the files on my living room tv.

I would recommend people find a service similar to this and record what you want.

Also to record movies you digitally rent
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Why not just torrent them if you're gonna do that
 
Einchy

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There needs to be a streaming service that's just The Office and Friends, shit would be trillions of dollars.

jred250 said:
I use software called PlayOn to record shows that are on Netflix, Hulu, etc. It records to my PC, and there is a Roku app that I use to play back the files on my living room tv.

I would recommend people find a service similar to this and record what you want.

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This man out here VHSing on his PC.
 
HorseFD

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I find it strange NBC is launching its streaming service in 2020 without the Office for a whole year. What are people going to watch on it until 2021?
 
BringBackSonics

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RBH said:
Same thing is probably happening with Friends, as they'll be pulled off Netflix and put on WarnerMedia's incoming streaming service.






Not looking forward to this new era of streaming services
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Look at the list of warner brother tv shows, it's ridiculous. 17-18$ a. Month if it comes with hbo and movies (which has been speculated).
 
legend166

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jred250 said:
I use software called PlayOn to record shows that are on Netflix, Hulu, etc. It records to my PC, and there is a Roku app that I use to play back the files on my living room tv.

I would recommend people find a service similar to this and record what you want.

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I mean that's just blatant piracy so why not just download the torrent at that point.

Anyway, I've been expecting this. I really think I'm going to just invest in a proper home media set up and start to rip my physical media and continue purchasing that way. People say to go digital but I've got no faith any of those digital services will last very long.

I'm guessing there's no one out there that sells DRM free shows/movies?
 
patientzero

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On the flipside, NBC is putting a lot of stake into whether people will subscribe to their service for two of the most syndicated sitcoms in history. They're big gets, for sure, but it's hard to gauge how much they were a "nice to have" for Netflix, and how much they actually drove customers. Because god bless NBC, their lineup is pretty shitty, and I ain't subscribing to a Friends and Office service.
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NBC owns the rights to -

Friends
The Office
Parks and Rec
30 Rock
Seinfeld (not wholly owned, but they'll pony up for it)
Cheers
Frasier
Will & Grace
The Golden Girls
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

They could also probably haggle for Community (Sony-owned) and 3rd Rock from the Sun. Scrubs is owned by Disney and I highly doubt NBC wants to touch the lightning rod that is anything to do with Cosby, though.

But those are just the most notable comedies. I don't think it's going to be a standard-bearer for anyone, but an NBC owned streaming platform would definitely yank in some people on the strength of their sitcoms, especially for those of us who grew up watching them. Frasier is my go-to background show currently.
 
Conkerkid11

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Are we about to go from paying $50 a month or so for every channel, including some you might not want, to $10 a month for each individual channel?
 
Reinhard

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Good luck with this, I might just end up cancelling Netflix and only stick with streaming services included with my Cable (HBO, Showtime).
 
Joe

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I think a big part of the reason people watch The Office on Netflix so much isn't just because it's The Office, but also because it's on Netflix. Unless this spin-off service is much cheaper, I don't think it's gonna work out for them as well as they'd think. I know I certainly don't want to have to be juggling 10 different steaming services.

Some people are just gonna choose between Netflix and TheOfficeFlix. I know I'd choose Netflix.
 
patientzero

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Conkerkid11 said:
Are we about to go from paying $50 a month or so for every channel, including some you might not want, to $10 a month for each individual channel?
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Yes, but you can pick and choose on a monthly basis with the ability to instantly cancel or reconnect and able to choose your viewership whenever, wherever. That still beats trying to start/cancel cable and without locking you into specific times or DVRing.
 

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HStallion said:
I feel like all these streaming services may actually get people to just buy the blu rays of their favorite shows and subscribe to only a few actual streaming services instead of subscribing for one long time show. Only those streaming services with a huge amount of original or long time content are gonna be able to hold people for long.
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People will fall back to piracy
 
Conkerkid11

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NoKisum said:
Yet Netflix poured all their money to keep boring ass Friends on the service instead. Fuck this shit.
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They're the ones with the data regarding who watches what. Pretty sure they're capable of telling what's worth keeping and what's not worth keeping.

Also, there's potentially no amount of money they could have thrown at this to keep it forever.
 
BLEEN

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"Hi, pirates. Welcome back!", said the CEOs to no one.

Piracy is coming back in full force soon. Funny, the streaming services actually did put a nice dent in that culture for a while, too.
 
BringBackSonics

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patientzero said:
NBC owns the rights to -

Friends
The Office
Parks and Rec
30 Rock
Seinfeld (not wholly owned, but they'll pony up for it)
Cheers
Frasier
Will & Grace
The Golden Girls
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

They could also probably haggle for Community (Sony-owned) and 3rd Rock from the Sun. Scrubs is owned by Disney and I highly doubt NBC wants to touch the lightning rod that is anything to do with Cosby, though.

But those are just the most notable comedies. I don't think it's going to be a standard-bearer for anyone, but an NBC owned streaming platform would definitely yank in some people on the strength of their sitcoms, especially for those of us who grew up watching them. Frasier is my go-to background show currently.
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Friends, will and grace and the fresh prince are listed under warnermedia.
 
DarthSontin

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IIRC NBC also has the option to pull all of their stuff from Hulu in 2021 as part of the Comcast share sale to Disney. I will be shocked if anything NBC related is left outside their own service.
 
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