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clrmoney
5/1/2017 1:56:44 PM
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Apple Music and HBO Europe
This is great for Apple Music that they are launching the 10 video series and HBO Europe doing drama series show in different countries etc. I know that know of them have a lot more to offer as time goes on.
batye
5/1/2017 2:03:19 PM
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@clrmoney yes as Apple fighting for it market share with Apple TV... I do hope at the end we gonna get better shows..
mhhf1ve
5/1/2017 7:10:58 PM
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Apple is just testing the waters and making sure it can become its own Disney. I always wondered if Steve Jobs ever regretted selling Pixar to Disney instead of trying to merge it into Apple.... Seems like Pixar might have been a better fit for Apple, but maybe not?
batye
5/1/2017 7:56:25 PM
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@mhhf1ve yes, I think you are right, as Apple trying to fight it for it piece of pie and try to see if it get a bigger chank of it :)
Adi
5/2/2017 3:45:45 AM
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mhhf1ve - It's a tough one. You only have to look at what's happening with Time Warner -- used to include a cable operator, spun it off, now might get acquired by a telecom and satellite TV distribution company...so should content and distribution be coupled, or not?
To me, if content distribution is the core of your business, it's probably worth looking at adding content; and similarly if content is the core of your business, then adding distribution probably makes sense. But obviously it gets down to the specifics then -- whether the numbers really make sense and the synergies are present.
Comcast has certianly delivered on its acquisition of NBCU. Brian Roberts is practically going around saying "Cord-cutting? What cord-cutting?"
batye
5/2/2017 4:35:12 AM
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@Adi interesting observation it like one part of the Co. trying to sabotadge the other... what they are thinking???
Adi
5/2/2017 4:38:38 AM
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batye - Yes, of course, internal politics are another issue. Cultures don't fit, management styles are different...that's certainly an issue. You have to look not only at the technical and business drivers, but also at corporate culture, when coupling companies. Otherwise you can end up, like you said, with one side trying to sabotage the other.
batye
5/2/2017 4:41:33 AM
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@Adi for me it getting a bit scarry as I see the almost the same patter with many Co. including giants like Nintendo... it like people wake one day and forgot how to think:(... I do not know what to say...
Ariella
5/2/2017 12:23:16 PM
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@batye I kno wwhat you mean. For all the visions of a future with technology, I'd guess that Ray Bradbury's in Fahrenheit 451 comes closest. In some ways our present reality is worse because we are not only lulled into an alternate reality by the screens in our homes by the ones we carry with us everywhere.
mhhf1ve
5/2/2017 2:25:41 PM
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> "Comcast has certianly delivered on its acquisition of NBCU."
Could you elaborate on what you mean by this?
The history of content companies coupled with distribution companies is a bit spurious for looking forward to what these industries should do in the future, I think. The future seems to be leaning toward consolidation of media and distribution, so that distribution networks can try to turn themselves into more exclusive, competitive siloes. With strong copyright (and streaming), I think this move makes sense.
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