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afwriter
10/27/2016 1:31:34 PM
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Shudder
Finding out that AMC own Shudder is kind of a dissapointment. I have had the app for months and barely use it because there are better apps with similar content on my Roku. Maybe it will get better as time goes on.
faryl
10/27/2016 6:48:59 PM
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Re: Shudder
I'd never heard of shudder before.
Even though it's not as good as a roku, would you recommend it for mobile viewing?
afwriter
10/27/2016 7:33:53 PM
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Re: Shudder
It's actually just an app that provides content in the horror genre. The selection and UI just aren't as good as some others out there right now.
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."
mpouraryan
10/29/2016 7:40:16 PM
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Re: OTT and Content
What content providers have to deal with is how to rise above the "chatter" and the "noise" that is at hand. It is good though that the awarness is at hand.
Re: OTT and Content
@freehe:
Wow, that makes both of us. I am no where close in terms of that statistics. No wonder content has become a key ingreadient in today' s market.
elizabethv
10/30/2016 9:46:10 AM
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Re: AMC Programming Piracy
@freehe - I'm not really surprised the pirates are that quick. I'm not sure what pirates get out of putting content online to be accessible, but there must be something. Because pirarcy is huge. I'm actually getting a little tired of seeing random comments on various sites telling you how you can watch a movie that's currently in theaters.
dcawrey
10/31/2016 7:37:01 PM
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Re: AMC Programming Piracy
The rise of so many OTT services is really doing good work to prevent piracy from getting out of control. This is a good thing. It's too bad it has taken video services so long to get up to speed. But at least now they are doing so.
Adi
10/31/2016 10:14:36 AM
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Re: AMC Programming New Content Acquisition
@freehe - I think that was said only part seriously. She was just trying to underscore the bewildering array of new technologies, and it's impact upstream on movie rights negotiations. certainly lawyers are involved, but the challenge is figuring out how to apply existing law when a new technology/use case emerges that simply never existed before. For example, with transactional VoD, the studios aregued it was a new release window that required seperate rights, the pay TV providers argued that it was the same at the pay-per-view rights and should be included automatically in the rights they had, and the DVD rental stores argued it was in the home video release window, and they should have those rights. Now, there never was such a thing before, so there was no clarity on how to deal with it, legal or just in terms of business rules.
afwriter
10/27/2016 1:34:34 PM
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AMC's Local Moves
I think it is interesting that AMC is focusing on that region; I wonder why? I also find it odd that they would be producing news content, I feel as though that is stretching themselves a little thin.
mhhf1ve
10/27/2016 2:40:10 PM
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Re: AMC's Local Moves
perhaps this region is known for being receptive to new digital media? So it's a good test market for trying things before doing something too risky in an established market. It's the same reason why PBS stations seem to be on the cutting edge of media experiments -- everyone wants to try out a deployment on a media property that has a lot of eyeballs but maybe not a lot of $$$ at stake.
faryl
10/27/2016 7:02:45 PM
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Re: AMC's Local Moves
I miss being able to watch PBS content online. They have such great quality programming, but as a cord-cutter I have to catch the shows when they air live, since they've made most of their online content for donors only.
(I get that they need to be able to fund it all and would gladly pay if I could
afford to - just selfishly I wish they still had it for free!)
faryl
10/27/2016 7:32:02 PM
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Preempting Piracy
If the reality that content is being pirated and available online by 6:30pm, I don't see why they wouldn't just make shows legally available to stream the same time they air.
It strikes me that content providers are still in a mindset of placing a premium on on-air, live viewing and are losing potential revenue by not just making it legally available sooner.
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!
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.
freehe
10/29/2016 4:45:17 PM
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Re: AMC's Local Moves
@mhhf1ve, interesting point on digital media.
faryl
10/27/2016 7:06:19 PM
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Re: AMC's Local Moves
I agree. I wonder if they are acquiring existing stations, so it's more of an investment than hands-on operational?
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.
elizabethv
10/30/2016 9:50:46 AM
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Re: AMC's Local Moves
@Adi - I think you make an extremely valid point, a news station in a smaller market is a lot more likely to be able to compete with a smaller initial investment than a news station here in the States. I can't even think of another way to differentiate yourself in today's news market than what already exists, here in the States anyway.
Michelle
10/27/2016 3:41:19 PM
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AMC TWD
I thought The Walking Dead was all that played on AMC these days...
Seriously, these are really interesting advancements in entertainment and delivery
faryl
10/27/2016 6:54:24 PM
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Re: AMC TWD
I like that they made the TWD premiere available for streaming without a subscription. :)
But now that you mention it, now that Breaking Bad & Mad Men are over, aside from TWD & Better Call Saul, I don't think I watch anything on there. If I do, it's on Netflix or Hulu so I don't realize it's AMC's content.
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.
Michelle
10/29/2016 6:39:26 PM
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Re: AMC TWD
@freehe AMC = TWC (pretty much) New episode tomorrow!
elizabethv
10/30/2016 9:43:05 AM
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Re: AMC TWD
@Michelle - I think right now there is a lot of focus on The Walking Dead because of the season premiere last Sunday night. Not to mention the talk that came with them killing off two fairly big characters in a rather gruesome manner. AMC is playing the game right now and they're even being successful at it.
Michelle
10/30/2016 10:52:28 AM
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Re: AMC TWD
***spoiler alert!***
Yes the big plot twist was really big.
***spoiler alert!***
Attention-grabbing plot turns like this are really good for the network. I can only imagine how well the hit show can have on future content acquisition. It seems like it can only be good for AMC.
elizabethv
10/31/2016 6:29:59 AM
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Re: AMC TWD
@Michelle - The Walking Dead has definitely been a game changer for AMC, they really started being successful with Breaking Bad, but now they have the Walking Dead and they are undoubtedly at the top. Some people weren't very happy with the season premiere, but it won't be enough to cause them to take the slightest hit. They seem to be unstoppable right now.
Michelle
10/31/2016 3:06:40 PM
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Re: AMC TWD
@elizabeth I wonder how they buy new content. I can only assume analysis of originals helps them out. At the same time, I do think it would be tough to compete with original content like TWD.
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.
Piracy Scare
"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."
This is very scary. But that is teh truth as well that almost majority are dealing with. Piracy challenges are increasing exponentially.
Content
"Content is essential. Whoever controls the content will control and guide the direction of industry."
Such a true statement, Content is essential. Absolutely...
But in my opinion content control can not be owned by an individual company or individual industry. It has multiple elements in it. And that collaboration and coordination ceomes very critical and challenging when dealing with content discrepany disputes / allegations or any other regulatroy / compliance related issues. That's where the real team work plays out instead of finger pointing.
dlr5288
10/31/2016 6:56:07 PM
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Re: Content
Good points! I agree. Content is obviously very crucial to the whole swing of things, but I don't think it can be pinned down to one person, element or company.
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