Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
Yep. A Drive in near me, which is probably about 5 years old was thriving this summer. I went once and they had everyone spaced out. It was a very nice experience.
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A crisp Benjamin Franklin can get you your own private AMC movie theater.
AMC Theatres joins a handful of cinemas letting customers rent out auditoriums for private screenings -- a growing trend due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
AMC allows rentals of up to 20 people. According to its website, rates start at $99, excluding tax, and increase to $349 depending on the movie, the theater's location and any other add-ons like food and drink. AMC's FAQ page lists renting a microphone to greet guests as an extra $100 charge, while more time to enteran auditorium, beyond the standard 15 minutes, will cost another $250.
Dan Loeb believes that The Walt Disney Company could conquer the world of streaming. But it hasn’t yet, and it might need some help.
The activist investor argued in a letter to Disney CEO Bob Chapek on Wednesday that Disney must double the amount of money it spends producing and acquiring content for Disney Plus, ESPN Plus and Hulu if it wants to catch up with one of its biggest rivals, Netflix.
Bolstering the number of paying customers will only come if Disney Plus expands its array of premium content — the service saw subscriptions rise last summer with the release of Lin Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” and Beyonce’s “Black is King.”
“What Netflix has is this immense subscriber base that allows it to invest in an enormous amount of content and amortize that to get more subscribers,” Loeb said. “Disney isn’t there yet, but they need to get there as quickly as possible. If they don’t get critical mass in their subscriber base, they will be permanently disadvantaged versus Netflix.”
To that end, Loeb said he’d like to see Disney premiere several upcoming Marvel and Pixar blockbusters that it moved into 2021 on Disney Plus as a way to attract new subscribers and retain current customers.
“My understanding is that the old-line executives don’t want to go over the top with their big tentpole movies, which is why they announced they were pushing ‘Black Widow” and other movies to 2021,” Loeb said. “I don’t think they appreciate the tiger they have by the tail, which is to say the value they can drive by moving into a subscription model, which has been adopted by everyone from Microsoft to Amazon. It’s so value accretive.” [Reply]
Every studio, save Netflix of course, has completely undervalued streaming.
In late November 2019 Disney+ was hoping to launch with 5 million customers and their initial goal was to hit 60 million by 2023.
They launched to 10 million and had more than 50 million subs less than six months later. They’ve already topped 100 million and they haven’t fully launched in every country.
Once COVID is completely under control, Disney+ is going to absolutely slay with a ton of new Star Wars and Marvel TV and Film entries and I think they’ll surpass Netflix before 2026 in terms over overall subscribers.
Movies theaters will go the way of the Drive-In in the next decade or less. There will still be a few theaters in each city, mostly for Art House films and special events but the days of multiplexes, especially dozens of multiplexes in larger cities, is coming to an end. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
Every studio, save Netflix of course, has completely undervalued streaming.
In late November 2019 Disney+ was hoping to launch with 5 million customers and their initial goal was to hit 60 million by 2023.
They launched to 10 million and had more than 50 million subs less than six months later. They’ve already topped 100 million and they haven’t fully launched in every country.
Once COVID is completely under control, Disney+ is going to absolutely slay with a ton of new Star Wars and Marvel TV and Film entries and I think they’ll surpass Netflix before 2026 in terms over overall subscribers.
Movies theaters will go the way of the Drive-In in the next decade or less. There will still be a few theaters in each city, mostly for Art House films and special events but the days of multiplexes, especially dozens of multiplexes in larger cities, is coming to an end.
The future of Netflix is interesting. They built their user base on being the one-stop shop for nearly everything. As the market has changed and more and more content producers have developed their own streaming services, they've made the hard switch to self-produced content but will it be enough to hold off the big guys?
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
The future of Netflix is interesting. They built their user base on being the one-stop shop for nearly everything. As the market has changed and more and more content producers have developed their own streaming services, they've made the hard switch to self-produced content but will it be enough to hold off the big guys?
I wouldn't bank on it.
Great post.
Netflix has some really good content. But I’m not sure it’s good enough as others enter the market. [Reply]
Netflix has some really good content. But I’m not sure it’s good enough as others enter the market.
They've got a ton of exclusive content, some of it great, some of it not.
The big thing is having "name recognition" that will bring on new subscribers. They have a lot of their own IP but not a lot of stuff based on household names.
All of their competitors do to some extent and Disney has the most. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
I wouldn't bank on it.
There will come a day when Disney is the largest streamer in the world but Netflix isn’t going anywhere. They’re doing huge budget blockbusters with every movie star in the world and basically own the stand up comedy scene.
They’re making more and better films than Sony, Universal, Paramount and Warner Brothers combined and they’re the destination for awesome TV series.
Netflix hired a new VP of Animation, whom they hired away from Disney after 25 years recently, too. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
There will come a day when Disney is the largest streamer in the world but Netflix isn’t going anywhere. They’re doing huge budget blockbusters with every movie star in the world and basically own the stand up comedy scene.
They’re making more and better films than Sony, Universal, Paramount and Warner Brothers combined and they’re the destination for awesome TV series.
Netflix hired a new VP of Animation, whom they hired away from Disney after 25 years recently, too.
All fair points. It will be interesting to see how they weather the storm. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
The future of Netflix is interesting. They built their user base on being the one-stop shop for nearly everything. As the market has changed and more and more content producers have developed their own streaming services, they've made the hard switch to self-produced content but will it be enough to hold off the big guys?
I wouldn't bank on it.
I think they have done a great job of transitioning from streaming old starz network movies to original programming. They have a lot of legit buzz worthy series now.
Agreed, they do have a lot of trash, but their ‘throw anything at the wall and see what sticks’ strategy has worked mostly.
Unlike Dane, I ok with HBOMax. But agree the app is confusing. And they should have kept HBO separate. The HBO brand was strong by itself. now they watered it down by merging it within the all inclusive HBO Max. [Reply]
