Netflix changing price and plans

**Headspace** · 2011-07-13 21:18

Originally Posted by Demosthenes11

i will fight you if you dont like that show

no I love that show

I'm just saying there's a few good things on streaming but Sony and Disney are pulling out soon and Showtime already has and hbo does it's own thing.

**Ksandra** · 2011-07-13 21:39

Wasn't netflix creating a "netflix only" tv show or something? I vaguely remember reading something about it but never hear of it since. Maybe that's what they're going to do to try to make the prices worth it? iono.

**Salodin** · 2011-07-13 22:11

It'll be good in a few years after everyone pulls out to try their own stream thing, fail because no one wants to pay a separate subscription for every show they watch, and then they all collaborate to bring it back to netflix.

**Ghost_Wheel22** · 2011-07-13 22:44

I leech streaming off my parent's account. They'll pay whatever Netflix charges because they have some fetish for spagetti westerns, bad movies from the 50s, and other stupid shit with a 300+ DVD queue.

Netflix does have a pretty decent UK show coverage too. 5 seasons of the new Doctor Who, Wire in the Blood, Touch of Frost, and Elizabeth R. But they could do better for actual movies.

**Ragnell** · 2011-07-13 23:46

Originally Posted by Caiyuo

honestly I'm shocked that people say there isn't anything on streaming, the only shit I haven't been able to find is Zatoichi, Beat Takeshi stuff and Robot Jox. More documentaries than you could watch in a lifetime, too.

This, I think people are just complaining to complain, if they don't have so much of your shows then why are you still with netflix then? I'm sure you're getting them by other means so whats to complain about honestly?

**Ksandra** · 2011-07-14 00:04

I will say I do stream a lot and ya there's always something we can find. So ya, no complaints there. Just the price hike is so huge when you think it's a 50% increase. Which is my only beef with it.

Demosthenes11 · 2011-07-14 00:05

Originally Posted by Ksandra

I will say I do stream a lot and ya there's always something we can find. So ya, no complaints there. Just the price hike is so huge when you think it's a 50% increase. Which is my only beef with it.

do you know how much tv costs? dvds? tv show dvds?

christ, its expensive in comparison to fucking pirating I guess

**Moss** · 2011-07-14 00:19

they took "Bullshit!" off of watch instantly

**Ksandra** · 2011-07-14 00:23

Originally Posted by Demosthenes11

do you know how much tv costs? dvds? tv show dvds?

christ, its expensive in comparison to fucking pirating I guess

where did I say it was expensive? I sad that was a huge increase. believe it or not, there is a difference.

**Rhinox** · 2011-07-14 00:28

Originally Posted by Mazmaz

People are too harsh on Netflix's streaming content. Sure the movies suck, but the TV shows are great. God knows I NEVER would've bothered to start Mad Men if it wasn't on Netflix.

Mad Men is DVD only now.

thats one thing that annoys the fuck out of me if you gonna add content leave it on IS.

**Sylvrdragon** · 2011-07-14 00:36

Every couple of weeks, I go to my friend's house for shitty horror movie night. This wouldn't be possible without Netflix, and is totally worth him paying $8/month for streaming only.

**Moss** · 2011-07-14 00:54

Originally Posted by Sylvrdragon

Every couple of weeks, I go to my friend's house for shitty horror movie night. This wouldn't be possible without Netflix, and is totally worth him paying $8/month for streaming only.

just fyi, if you ever come across cabin fever 2, DO NOT FUCKING WATCH IT

**Kuya** · 2011-07-14 01:19

Why

**Ghost_Wheel22** · 2011-07-14 01:38

Originally Posted by Kuya

Why

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**Kuya** · 2011-07-14 01:46

Is that dog in the movie

**Mazmaz** · 2011-07-14 02:24

Originally Posted by Rhinox

Mad Men is DVD only now.

thats one thing that annoys the fuck out of me if you gonna add content leave it on IS.

Not in Canada.

**shaddix** · 2011-07-14 02:33

I haven't had such a bad time with blockbuster. So far all their fuckups have been in my favor, I have 5 PS3 games that they say I have returned. The turnaround time is definitely longer than netflix, but the games outweigh that for me.

**fren.** · 2011-07-14 11:21

Having to use instawatcher to find out what movies I may like and then going over to Netflix and firing up that particular title is just fucktarded. I shouldn't have to do this, I sure as hell shouldn't have to pay a separate monthly fee for it.

Update your shitty search feature (would it be that complicated to incorporate something like Jinni.com on the ps3/iphone?) add some quality streaming titles and I'll the sign back up. Until then, icefilms/quicksilverscreen ftw.

**Melena** · 2011-07-14 11:56

Interesting article on the netflix price increase on why they had to do it.

NEW YORK -- Why is Netflix (NFLX) raising its prices? In part, because the company miscalculated how many people still want to receive DVDs by mail each month, a more expensive service to provide compared to its streamed Internet videos.

The Los Gatos company has been trying to lure subscribers away from its DVDs by offering cheaper plans that include movies and TV episodes delivered over its Internet streaming service. In November, it began offering a streaming-only plan for $8, its cheapest option at the time. Yet Netflix customers aren't flocking to Internet video as quickly as some analysts said the company expected.
Many consumers are unwilling to give up the trademark red envelopes. DVDs feature newer titles and the latest theatrical releases that aren't available through the company's streaming service.

So the company is adjusting its pricing to reflect the cost of its DVD business and to help bring in more money to cover growing expenses for streaming content.
Under the new plan, customers who want to rent DVDs by mail and watch video on the Internet will need to pay at least $16 per month. Netflix had been bundling both options in a single package for as low as $10 per month. But that bundled plan "neither makes great financial sense nor satisfies people who just want DVDs,"
wrote Jessie Becker, Netflix's vice president of marketing, on a company blog Tuesday.

The price hike serves multiple purposes, analysts say. It will likely push more people into the streaming service, which will help Netflix to lower its postal expenses. The cost of shipping a DVD can be as much as 75 cents per disc, while analyst Mike Olson of Piper Jaffrey estimates that it costs just 5 cents to 10 cents to deliver a movie over the Internet.
At the same time, Netflix needs additional revenue to build up its streaming service. In the first three months of this year, Netflix spent $192 million on streaming rights after putting $406 million into the library last year. Licensing costs are expected to jump to $1.3 billion to $1.4 billion next year, said Arash Amel, research director for digital media at IHS Screen Digest.

"Netflix is under enormous pressures from the content owners to write bigger and bigger checks," Amel said. "It had to find the money from somewhere."
Netflix had 23.6 million subscribers in the U.S. and Canada at the end of March, double the amount from the same period two years ago. Its stock has risen 147 percent over the past year, compared to a 21 percent gain for the Standard & Poor's 500 index.

Movie studios and television networks want to capitalize on Netflix's success by getting the company to pay more for content.
In an example of the growing tension, Sony movies were pulled from the Netflix online streaming service last month because of what Netflix described as a "temporary contract issue" between Sony and its pay TV distributor, Starz. The issue remains unresolved.

Netflix's contract to receive content from Starz ends next year, and analysts say Netflix will likely pay a significant amount to renew it. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said it "wouldn't be shocking" if Netflix paid more than $200 million per year for Starz' service, far more than the estimated $30 million a year it is paying currently.
Netflix also wants to bring in more money because, as the company has grown, it is making less per subscriber. It got a monthly average of $11.97 per subscriber in the first quarter of this year. At the end of 2006, before Internet streaming was launched, the average amount paid per subscriber was $15.87 per month.
Still, the increased pricing has alienated Netflix's customers, who have taken to Facebook and Twitter to complain about the company's move. Amel, of IHS Screen Digest, said Netflix had tarnished its brand image by surprising customers with the pricing change. But he said consumers should expect Netflix to push them toward Internet streaming going forward.

"Netflix's future is not in the DVDs," he said. "Netflix's future is in the business of premium pay television delivered over the Internet."

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_18476552