[QUOTE]A new report from consumer data company Experian Marketing Services suggests that online video content services like Netflix are pulling people away from cable television.
After surveying more than 24,000 U.S. adults, Experian Marketing Services found that households with a Netflix or Hulu subscription were nearly three times as likely not to have a cable subscription than the average household. In total, 6.5% of the surveyed households did not subscribe to cable in 2013, up from 4.5% in 2010.
But cord-cutters became 18.1% of Netflix subscribers, up from 12.7%. Cord-cutters are three times as likely to be Netflix subscribers than the average consumer, in other words.
Traditional television companies like NBC and CBS receive licensing fees from Netflix and Hulu for their content, and Hulu is a joint venture owned by three of the major broadcast networks.
However, the licensing fees and advertising revenues made online still pale in comparison to the money the networks take in from the distribution fees paid by cable operators, to say nothing of the $60+ billion U.S. television advertising market.[/QUOTE]
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It's about time. Which means the cable companies are going to start writhing and trying to drag down the new service instead of adapting.
Less ads, less repeating films, more new films in TV then maybe people will stay with cable.
I think that's pretty much been Comcast and Verizon for awhile: "Sorry Netflix, but if you want the pipes, you're going to have to [I]buy[/I] them."
It would be amazing if this was happening to Sky over in the UK. It has been a plague over the last couple of decades hoovering up US TV shows, films and Sports rights and taking them behind a paywall. It would not be missed.
[QUOTE=Matthew0505;44578276]Wouldn't be surprised if they're bribing those ISPs that are hassling Netflix under the pretext of "excessive bandwidth".[/QUOTE]
They often [I]are[/I] the ISPs, themselves. That's the entire problem.
And I'll be there to piss on its grave
I just wish Netflix and Hulu came to Australia and wiped Foxtel out
[QUOTE=Adarrek;44578266]Less ads[/QUOTE]
I remember watching American TV over someone's internet stream and I was surprised to see that there were like, six five-minute long ads every seven minutes for a forty-five minute long show.
In the UK we usually only get about three two-three minute long ads for a forty-five minute plus show.
It's time to rise up Americans.
[QUOTE=Riutet;44578405]I remember watching American TV over someone's internet stream and I was surprised to see that there were like, six five-minute long ads every seven minutes for a forty-five minute long show.
In the UK we usually only get about three two-three minute long ads for a forty-five minute plus show.
It's time to rise up Americans.[/QUOTE]
Australia is literally the same but some TV stations (like SBS) only show a minute of ads
[QUOTE=Genericenemy;44578343]It would be amazing if this was happening to Sky over in the UK. It has been a plague over the last couple of decades hoovering up US TV shows, films and Sports rights and taking them behind a paywall. It would not be missed.[/QUOTE]
I think it would be if Netflix had the catalogue here that it does in the US.
Content on demand isn't the future, it's the now.
People don't want to sit in front of a TV anymore and watch what the network wants you to watch. They want to be in control.
Imagine if you turned on your PC and you were only allowed to play a certain videogame or visit a website at a certain time of day. That's pretty much what cable TV is right now.
No one wants to have a cable service, then a subscription package to just watch one show.
it's crazy to me that people still put up with the ridiculous advertisements and censoring when watching cable television
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;44578418]Australia is literally the same but some TV stations (like SBS) only show a minute of ads[/QUOTE]
Yeah the ads are ridiculous. I don't often watch TV but when I do it's going to be either ABC or SBS.
The only way I see cable truly being killed off by Netflix and Hulu is if these streaming services start providing new episodes of a show at the same time (or at least one week after) it airs on television. And I get the feeling that their contracts won't allow them to do that anytime soon.
[editline]18th April 2014[/editline]
Come on Netflix, give Series 7 of Doctor Who to America already. The next one starts in four months.
[editline]18th April 2014[/editline]
And to add on to this, they need to stop making these programs region-locked. I don't want to have to use a proxy to watch UK Netflix just because they have some shows that US Netflix either doesn't update often enough, or doesn't even have in the first place.
I wish netflix could be available in my country, but television is lobby-owned here and they rejected it in favour of their own shitty version, which has a tenth of the contents and costs about 3 times as much. Fuck this place.
Also over here you pay for tv even if you have no cable. Hell, you might even lack the antenna, the sole possession of a TV in your house warrants an annual tv tax.
Fuck this place in hell.
And if that isn't enough, I shit you not, there are 15mins of advertisement every 30 of entertainment.
I love Netflix. I was a bit skeptical at first because the Swedish version has a very small amount of shows and movies, but once I switched to the US version it was like stepping into a whole new world of entertainment.
(tip: get "Hola Better Internet". It's a proxy-plugin that lets you use US/UK versions of Hulu and Netflix. It's great)
For context on american Ads, A one hour time slot only has 45 minutes for the actual show. That means 15 minutes of ads for every hour, some network reduce the show time to 43 minutes too, for an extra 2 minutes of ads.
I haven't watched TV in years. Everything is on my computer, and it's better that way.
Can't say I'm surprised. My family's been discussing the idea of dropping our DVR from our plan for quite a while to cut down on bills. We barely use it anymore aside from Phillies games and one or two current shows; pretty much everything else we can grab on Netflix. Hell, half of its use these days comes from the little clock on the front. With our plans to get a Wii U combined with the fact that we have a media PC hooked up that we can all use InputDirector on from our laptops, we're not exactly wanting on options. Hell, even the current stuff we can get elsewhere. Hulu Plus is how much? Eight bucks a month?
Cable's a dying breed in this age of on-demand services.
Fuck netflix.
Cant find a single good new movie to stream on there. Hell they still dont even have a lot of old classics
The only reason I have cable is because the combo pack for the internet was the cheapest.
I really just want Google fiber.
[QUOTE=Gunner th;44578923]For context on american Ads, A one hour time slot only has 45 minutes for the actual show. That means 15 minutes of ads for every hour, some network reduce the show time to 43 minutes too, for an extra 2 minutes of ads.
I haven't watched TV in years. Everything is on my computer, and it's better that way.[/QUOTE]
Whenever American imported shows come onto Australian screens (which is frequently), the screen always goes black for a bit to cue the commercial slots and it happens so frequently it's not funny
[editline]18th April 2014[/editline]
By that I mean, we don't use a lot of those cues that American channels leave for international syndication
[QUOTE=Riutet;44578405]I remember watching American TV over someone's internet stream and I was surprised to see that there were like, six five-minute long ads every seven minutes for a forty-five minute long show.
In the UK we usually only get about three two-three minute long ads for a forty-five minute plus show.
It's time to rise up Americans.[/QUOTE]
When I went on a college trip to America, I swear 50% of the time you're watching TV, you were watching ads. It literally was 5 minutes of show, 5 minutes of ads, repeat forever. Although, that was a news channel.
Cable has been killing itself slowly but steadily. Shitty pricing, shitty plans and above all shitty customer service.
Good, I won't be sad to see it go.
Fuck cable companies. Why pay a subscription for you to force me to watch something when I can just use netflix and CHOOSE what I wanna watch. Not to mention, netflix has gotten alot better about adding/updating content (at least where I live they have.) Hopefully the cable companies will try to adapt and survive, cut prices or offer better services. Or they'll just keel over and die....a win win in either case.
[QUOTE=Solo Wing;44579465]Good, I won't be sad to see it go.
Fuck cable companies. Why pay a subscription for you to force me to watch something when I can just use netflix and CHOOSE what I wanna watch. Not to mention, netflix has gotten alot better about adding/updating content (at least where I live they have.) Hopefully the cable companies will try to adapt and survive, cut prices or offer better services. Or they'll just keel over and die....a win win in either case.[/QUOTE]
Don't know where you live but in the UK the film collection is still sparse, but yeah you can use that Hola plugin to get the US version
The problem with cable is that I don't really watch TV except on rare occasion - netflix fills that void perfectly fine. I watch "shows" when I have time to and when I'm in the mood, not when they air. The only exception are hit shows that update weekly (like Game of Thrones)- but why would I want to subscribe to a cable connection just for that? Its inefficient. I'd rather just stream it when the episodes come out.
Most other people I know are also like this. My boyfriend, my sister, her boyfriend, all of my friends, etc. Nobody I know regularly watches TV - its inconvenient, doesn't really work into anyone's lifestyle since TV assumes you work a traditional 9-5 every day which isn't really the case for a lot of people, I'd rather play games and surf the net during downtime than watch TV because its more engaging, etc.
TV is a large dedicated time and money sink. Netflix is cheaper by a MASSIVE magnitude, and I can watch stuff when I want and when I'm in the mood to watch stuff.
The only people I know who pay for cable don't even really use it, they just do it because they make enough money for it not to matter and because they are used to having cable all their lives. People these days would rather enjoy entertainment on demand, and have a more active lifestyle (not nessicarily exercise wise, just talking about social/interactive activities) than sit in front of a TV.
That said TV is nice for one thing - when people are over, you are tired but you can't figure out what to watch and everyone just wants to chillax. Its like "pandora" - I still listen to pandora a lot because I'd rather just "listen to music" than figure out exactly what I want to listen to. I wish Netflix and Hulu had a "pandora" option in them where you basically just flip through shows/stations figuring out what you want to watch instead of picking something specific for those times.
[QUOTE=Riutet;44578405]I remember watching American TV over someone's internet stream and I was surprised to see that there were like, six five-minute long ads every seven minutes for a forty-five minute long show.
In the UK we usually only get about three two-three minute long ads for a forty-five minute plus show.
It's time to rise up Americans.[/QUOTE]
The difference is we don't have to pay for a tv license or anything like that. If you stick with networks, all you need is a television and an antennae and you're good to go, no extra hidden fees. Of course you won't get the fancy cable channels unless you pay for them, but whatever.
too bad nobody but the BBC is willing to even sign deals with netflix, i mean their catalog is getting really stale
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