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mhhf1ve
5/9/2016 2:42:08 PM
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Re: more Hulu
> "Right now, Netflix doesn't have that. I wonder if they ever will, because it doesn't seem like a fit with their service."
Netflix will never get live broadcast TV... unless the license holders for that content change their minds significantly about how broadcast TV is distributed. Also, as you say, Netflix's strategy doesn't seem to be pointing towards any kind of "live" or current season video viewing. Netflix has never been in the position to change the "window licensing" mindset of the content rightsholders. Netflix can get the rights to independent movies that don't care about a "theatrical release" window, but... for most movies and shows, the process of licensing content for a "theaterical release" or "current season" then a "second run" and then a VOD window, a DVD window, and then a "classics" archive.. isn't going anywhere in the near future.
Netflix is trying to upend this tradition with its own original programming by releasing its shows all at once so that customers can binge watch. Amazon seems to be following suit with its original programming, too. Hulu is also doing it with its original shows, but... will the "windowing release" ever come to an end? Probably not as long as movie theaters still exist?
mhhf1ve
5/9/2016 2:45:13 PM
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Re: Suddenlink
> "The choices are becoming so prevalent--the key to it is simplicity more than anything else..."
Suddenlink's move is interesting, in this light, because it's not THAT hard to get Hulu separately via a Fire TV (stick) or a Chromecast or an app... so including Hulu (and possibly more apps? a Netflix app, maybe?) is a step towards making it slight more convenient for end users to navigate videos on a living room TV without using a dozen different remote controls....
Ariella
5/9/2016 3:30:44 PM
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Re: Suddenlink
<without using a dozen different remote controls....> @mhhf1ve well, there you go, here's a company's chance to built that universal remote for all kinds of broadcasting devices.
mhhf1ve
5/9/2016 7:14:32 PM
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Re: Suddenlink
> "here's a company's chance to built that universal remote ..."
Heh. it's not an easy task! There have been SEVERAL attempts to try to make a truly "universal" remote control, but the results have been.. less than satisfying.
http://archive.is/20160126184133/http://www.wsj.com/articles/ending-remote-control-clutter-the-hunt-for-the-perfect-universal-remote-1453833118
I haven't tried the Neeo or the "new" touchscreen-esque universal remotes that try to reduce the number of physical buttons, but I can't imagine that there's really a great way to control so many different devices without some agreement on a standard user interface language. Maybe there's a chance if more smart TV devices are essentially Android-based computers....
Ariella
5/9/2016 8:14:38 PM
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Re: Suddenlink
@mhhf1ve Sure there are technical challenges, but I'm sure there's quite a bit of profit to be made from coming up with that one ring to rule them all.
mpouraryan
5/9/2016 11:23:12 PM
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Re: Suddenlink
I actually have had decent experience with Universal remote controls--especially when I had my AT&T Uverse service in integrating all the key "entertainment" systems within it. Maybe I am the exception to the rule in this regard. It goes to the broader question of the art of the possible at the heart of the very transformation we're deliberating.
mpouraryan
5/9/2016 11:25:44 PM
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Re: Suddenlink
I am aware of Kodi @batye. It is a little powerful open source device that underscores what can be done--but just like anything else, it is the simple admonition I've underscored: Caveat Emptor--Buyer be aware. There are security vulnerabilities that must be mitigated on a constant and consistent basis.
mpouraryan
5/9/2016 11:27:06 PM
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Re: more Hulu
@batye: Your thoughts made me curious in having you comment on Canada and the current state of affairs--and whether you think a viable roadmap exists in Canada today in the quest for Transformation or not.
mpouraryan
5/9/2016 11:42:18 PM
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Re: Suddenlink
I have tested it @mhhf1ve and view it as a smart move as well. The question is wide adoption which will be key.
batye
5/10/2016 1:55:33 AM
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Re: Suddenlink
@mpouraryan I would not trust it as it not secure in any case...
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