Digital Stream: Television News

[charlesr]

It'll be interesting how many people don't re-new after the first year. The honeymoon period passed pretty quickly for us.

We signed up for a month, watched everything we wanted to and then cancelled. I can't imagine needing to sign again for a long time.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/will-smith-producing-bel-air-drama-series/

Will Smith is to produce a remake of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air which will be based on the drama fan short from a couple of years back. Mixed on this one, I can definitely see potential in the concept from this angle but on the other side it'll be missing nearly everything that made the original work and so beloved so it'll be hard not to lose the likeliest audience first to come into this.

[Neon Ignition]

https://deadline.com/2020/08/47-ronin-sequel-mulan-ron-yuan-director-1203010764/

Actor Ron Yuan who is in the Mulan live action remake has been set as director for the Netflix bound 47 Ronin 2. The sequel to the Keanu Reeves original will be set 300 years later in a cyberpunk setting.

[Asura]

I’d be interested to see the average number of streaming services people are subscribing to.

I’ve had Neflix since it was LoveFilm, joined Hulu 3-4 years ago, Amazon Prime for around the same, and most recently Disney+. Disney is the one we watch the least because it’s a weird hybrid service that doesn’t work on PS4 in Japan. Watching through the browser on PC is a buffering nightmare, and it only allows downloads on mobile devices. Even then, it seems said devices can not display downloaded stuff on the TV, only streamed stuff. Nonsense.

Difficult to judge in Amazon's case, too, because their service comes with Prime. Like, if it was a separate thing I'd have to pay for, I would unsub. It's very rare I use it.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/will-wi...isney-says-no/
Disney+ targeted achieving between 60m and 90m users within 5 years of its launch. Just under one year since it launched it has already passed the 60m in an accomplishment that must set a few brows sweating at Netflix.

I do wonder if the COVID situation contributes to that.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/blazing-saddles-gets-wind-like-disclaimer/

Blazing Saddles becomes the latest movie to be given a disclaimer on HBO Max

[cutmymilk]

Surely no one can complain about that one!

[Lebowski]

Difficult to judge in Amazon's case, too, because their service comes with Prime. Like, if it was a separate thing I'd have to pay for, I would unsub. It's very rare I use it.



I do wonder if the COVID situation contributes to that.

Amazon prime is a mess too, a real muddle of different subscription services/free content and paid content. they really need to sort out the UI as its absolute garbage compared to disney and netflix.

Just seperating content out would fix a lot of their problems, a tab with premium movies, a tab with free movies and the same with the tv stuff would massively improve the user experience. it would also show up how little is on there and how much poor quality content is on there too.

[randombs]

I’m convinced they’re doing it on purpose so that people rent things without realising.

[charlesr]

On mobile there is a simple "only show prime stuff" button. It's not there on the Xbox app

[randombs]

The PlayStation app used to do that but then the option was removed. I can’t see that option on my iOS app but Amazon stopped allowing rentals from there because of the 30% Apple fees so there’s no risk of accidentally renting. I only see rentals if I search for something specific, not when browsing.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/jensen-ackles-joins-the-boys-s3/

Supernatural's Jensen Ackles is to play Soldier Boy in The Boys: Season 03

[Neon Ignition]

https://t.co/7NFpdVJ4Ka?amp=1

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels has been cancelled after one season

[Dogg Thang]

I missed the news from a few days ago that Netflix has pulled the plug on I Am Not Okay With This, after just a single season. They're blaming covid. I'm a bit gutted. I loved that show and it seemed to have so much potential to build on that first season.

[Neon Ignition]

I pray they don't mess this up:

https://www.darkhorizons.com/first-photos-netflixs-haunting-of-bly-manor/

New photo's from The Haunting of Bly Manor and also a poster

[Dogg Thang]

Altered Carbon is not renewed by Netflix. While Netflix is often home to shows that just wouldn’t happen elsewhere and that should be applauded, it’s clear that it’s not a great idea to get too attached to anything they make. Enjoy it while it lasts.