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JohnBarnes
10/28/2016 12:36:24 AM
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Re: AMC's Local Moves
mhhf1ve,
I think that's half of why Central Europe is a good testbed for this kind of programming, i.e. a population of early-adopters who adopt early because it's the first time they've been able to get tech for the purpose at all -- that leapfrog effect we were talking about recently in another topic. The other half is probably that it's hard to find more diversity of language in a smaller space in the developed world. So what will work in Central Europe will likely work anywhere.
(A bit like the way American pollsters used to study reactions to things in Peoria, Illinois, which happened to have a demographic/economic mix, at that time, very similar to the US as a whole). Central Europe, like the world, is hungry for technical innovation, and also like the world, speaks a wide array of languages, many of which are not closely related.
JohnBarnes
10/28/2016 12:39:50 AM
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Re: Preempting Piracy
faryl,
Streaming availability can reduce and sometimes eliminate piracy, but may not be cost-effective; if the price you can charge goes to near zero too fast, you're hosed, whether because pirates pushed it there or you chose to go there. AMC needs slower pirates!
Adi
10/28/2016 6:55:26 AM
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Re: AMC's Local Moves
@afwriter - I think it's just that the local team sees an opportunity here. There's less competition - launching a news channel in the US today would be rather brave unless there is a clear differentiator (Al Jazeera, maybe). But they are on the look out for local or localized content in some of these countries, and studio talk shows are the cheapest TV genre to produce. I don't think there's a global plan here for AMC.
clrmoney
10/28/2016 10:45:43 AM
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AMC Content
AMC has a lot to offer and is one of my favorite channels so them coming up with something new like video part of it for pay tv is great.
freehe
10/29/2016 4:45:17 PM
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Re: AMC's Local Moves
@mhhf1ve, interesting point on digital media.
freehe
10/29/2016 4:45:56 PM
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Re: AMC TWD
@Michelle, LOL! I thought that was the main tv show on AMC.
freehe
10/29/2016 4:46:28 PM
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Re: Shudder
@afwriter. thanks for mentioning Shudder, I never heard of it until now.
freehe
10/29/2016 4:51:31 PM
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AMC Programming New Content Acquisition
Great article.
That is alarming that operators were asking AMC Networks Inc. to negotiate movie rights they did not understand, where are there lawyers, isn't that what they get paid for???
I was not aware that AMC is required to explain to the studios and to help them navigate the impact these new services are having on decades old revenue models based on release windows.
freehe
10/29/2016 4:51:58 PM
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AMC Programming Piracy
"If we offer a show in the morning, by 6 p.m. that day it will show up on torrent sites," she said. "We need to do more to reduce piracy." That is alarming. This stresses the need for security controls and measures.
freehe
10/29/2016 4:52:14 PM
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OTT and Content
I was not aware that there were 500 OTT video streaming services live today worldwide. Powerful statement. "Content is essential. Whoever controls the content will control and guide the direction of industry."
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