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The Office will be pulled from Netflix in 2021. Will move to NBC Universal/Comcast Streaming Service
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Yeah many things that Fox production were involved with are now owned by Disney
Seriously. I actually really like the seasons with out Michael as a lot of characters get good moments to shine but Andy is a straight up prick.
The wife has watched the office and parks and rec pretty much on the daily for years, so it looks like we are signing up for the NBC/Universal service.
Honestly I think we might drop Netflix at least as a 'have every month situation'
We will pick it up for stranger things and I'll binge my other shows at the same time (ozark, last Kingdom, peaky blinders). The downside of everything available at once
Honestly I think we might drop Netflix at least as a 'have every month situation'
We will pick it up for stranger things and I'll binge my other shows at the same time (ozark, last Kingdom, peaky blinders). The downside of everything available at once
Like I said, I think there is a big potential market for a service going - "Hey, remember all those shows you loved? We were behind them! Money please!"
And it'll work on me at least once in awhile. I initially signed up for Hulu in 2014 for two things - 1) Criterion, and 2) old sitcoms.
My island fantasy package would just keep me awash in Frasier, Simpsons, King of the Hill, Bob's Burgers, and Parks and Rec. Which I guess means I would really just need NBC and Fox.
Man, WB really has a lot of heavy-hitters that I would have assumed followed the network. CBS in particular really is screwed for a streaming service, all your Star Treks and Twilight Zones be damned.
That's without even getting into the kind of shows someone might be drawn to but not enough to pay exclusively for. Like, Mad About You was a big hit. I don't think it would get someone to subscribe but it might keep them hooked for a bit.
It hasn't for me; I just find so much of it mean-spirited. But I know a lot of people who quote it constantly and even came to it years later.
I've got Netflix and Amazon and won't sign up for anything else. If a show isn't on one of those I'll just never see it and I don't care.
All these subscriptions is just getting ridiculous and I hope they fail.
All these subscriptions is just getting ridiculous and I hope they fail.
They have already pulled the shows those are gonna be exclusive to NBC platform from Hulu: AP Bio, Quantum Leap, Miami Vice and Xena.
Others are staying on Hulu as NBC own only part of them: 30 Rock, Parks, Will and Grace and Saved by the Bell.
Nothing gets the juices flowing like the dulcet tones of Rainn Wilson...
I will not be signing up for all these services. I have Hulu, Amazon and Netflix. That shit is enough. In fact i will probably end up dropping Hulu once my $1 a month deal is up.
If this streaming service contains the entire breadth of NBC's classic sitcom canon (Cheers, Frasier, Taxi, Community, 30 Rock, the Office and Parks and Rec at a bare minimum) then maybe it could justify pushing its way into this already needlessly bloated market.
In a tangential related topic, I was looking at new cars the other day and bmw charges you $80 a year to "subscribe" to get Apple CarPlay.
Welcome to the new age. 👋🏻😬
Welcome to the new age. 👋🏻😬
"Oh monkey paw, please allow me to only pay for the channels and shows I want, end the cable nightmare!"
Pretty much. Not to be snarky about it, but this was always going to be the inevitable conclusion to an all-streaming future. The whole "I don't want to pay for a la carte, just the specific channel I want." This is it.
Well that's absurd. How does that even work? I mean in my Honda Odyssey you just plug your phone in and approve the connection on your phone one time and you're in.
He beauty of this system is being able to subscribe to one or two services constantly, with a rotation of relatively cheap, instantly cancelled options beyond that.
Like, right now I'm going with a system of Hulu/Netflix/Spotify. Hulu gets my girlfriend and I constant Bob's Burgers and episodes of network sitcoms during the airing season; Netflix gets us their ecosystem; Spotify gets me all my music. Combined it's roughly $35 a month.
In the past with cable and buying music (which I did a lot) I was probably spending $150 per month.
Ya, people begged for this and it turns out they didn't even know what they were asking for. This is exactly what they wanted.
The reality is they didn't want to pick and choose what they wanted; they simply wanted everything at a tiny fraction of the cost.
People did expect it. People screamed their heads off and people didn't listen. Netflix knew this is where it was going years ago. Anyone could see this coming from a mile away.
Thank you!
It also gets very tiring with the refrain of "these companies are greedy!" You want to see certain shows get made? Because you gotta pay people to make them. You have to pay royalties for past shows. No one is going to go into hock so you can watch The Office for free.
To add to that, it's weird how people thought companies would suddenly want to be making a fraction of the money they used to make. No company let alone an industry wants to go from 1 billion in revenue down to 125 million in revenue but somehow people thought we were going to get all the entertainment we want for a fraction of what it used to cost? Knowing this alone, you could tell where this was going.
It's also galling, because in some cases they actually have taken a hit. I'm pretty sure the music industry desperately wishes for the days of platinum sales in less than a week at $15-25 a pop.
Time will tell if these services will actually work out. Having content is one thing but you need a competent tech backend, good pricing and more to make it work.
Do you think Netflix doesn't pay royalties on these shows?
Do you think Netflix doesn't pay royalties on these shows?
Which they do by selling subscriptions. Just like any streaming service would, including new ones that are somehow a sign of corporate greed.
Eventually there will be a collapse in streaming services and everything will be consolidated back into the same 2-3 ones that are already popular.
How bout you go buy the entire series of Office or Friends or Seinfeld or whatever.
Does everybody have to have their own monthly streaming fee?
Does everybody have to have their own monthly streaming fee?
Damn ive watched the office on Netflix so many times,but only the micheal scott episodes,now i will have to watch the dvd versions i have.
I'd say the vast majority of people I know really like or love The Office. It's easily one of the funniest shows I've ever seen.
For those complaining and asking for consolidation, did you ever have a cable service plan?
If you want cable (for the sake of argument I am including satellite dish services), you have to pay to "rent" equipment in order to use it, pay to have someone come install the equipment, sign up for a 12+ month membership plan, and see a rate increase after your introductory period. If you don't want any of their other services, be prepared to pay extra to have just the one service. Do you want to watch away from home? Yes, more services have been more progressive with that in recent years but there are still restrictions in place and limited devices that are usable.
With streaming services you can subscribe for a month at a time without the need for a minimum commitment. Pretty much any device can run the streaming service that you use and you have more flexibility to watch where ever you want.
Competition is good. With more strong services out there, it pushes the market to evolve and get better. It will be interesting to see how the market plays going into the next decade as streaming is the present and future. Yes it can suck when there is great content spread out across several services but I would rater have the ability to pick a few services for a given month rather then pay a lump sum for 99% content that I will never watch. (Ironically I say this as a PS Vue subscriber, but hey that is the cheapest was to get my local sports teams)
If you want cable (for the sake of argument I am including satellite dish services), you have to pay to "rent" equipment in order to use it, pay to have someone come install the equipment, sign up for a 12+ month membership plan, and see a rate increase after your introductory period. If you don't want any of their other services, be prepared to pay extra to have just the one service. Do you want to watch away from home? Yes, more services have been more progressive with that in recent years but there are still restrictions in place and limited devices that are usable.
With streaming services you can subscribe for a month at a time without the need for a minimum commitment. Pretty much any device can run the streaming service that you use and you have more flexibility to watch where ever you want.
Competition is good. With more strong services out there, it pushes the market to evolve and get better. It will be interesting to see how the market plays going into the next decade as streaming is the present and future. Yes it can suck when there is great content spread out across several services but I would rater have the ability to pick a few services for a given month rather then pay a lump sum for 99% content that I will never watch. (Ironically I say this as a PS Vue subscriber, but hey that is the cheapest was to get my local sports teams)
So pretty much all the Big media companies are going to have their shows on a paid streaming on-demand service within the next 5 years it seems
Apple TV, I'm guessing DC universe is going to be rolled into WB.