Young viewers say they'll cancel Netflix if it loses The Office (1 Viewer)

[Martin Dew]

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[Cranston37+]

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And if that doesn't work they'll hold their breath until they turn purple. Threats don't impress me - let's see what happens when it happens.

 

[Worth]

How many times can you watch The Office?

 

[Scott Merryfield]

I bought the entire series on Vudu for $30 several months ago, so I really don't care what happens with it on the subscription services (and I don't subscribe to Netflix anyway)..

 

[Robert Crawford]

If I was a young person with limited disposable income, I would be floating around the different streaming services anyway.

 

[ScottJH]

I bought the entire series on Vudu for $30 several months ago, so I really don't care what happens with it on the subscription services (and I don't subscribe to Netflix anyway)..

I did the same as well I think it was back in January. I figured Seasons 1-4 are never going to get a Blu-ray release and it was a great price. Also got Parks & Recreation: Complete Series for the same price.

 

[John Dirk]

I tried watching The Office [US] when it was originally released and found it dull at best. I doubt I made it trough the first few episodes back then before giving up. I few weeks ago, I decided to give it another spin on Netflix. I'm now in the second season and still not understanding how it could have lasted for nine. But when a show does last this long I take notice and this is the exact type of content I come to Netflix for. Something I can settle in with for awhile and watch the characters develop over several seasons.

Again, I have yet to see this show as iconic in any way but I do look forward to being proven wrong. On Netflix, it's easy to deal with such content as you don't have to endure commercials, can watch whenever you want and can skip as appropriate.

 

[David Norman]

And if that doesn't work they'll hold their breath until they turn purple. Threats don't impress me - let's see what happens when it happens.

I suspect it will end up like the 200-300M households that have cut the cord in the last 12 years despite the fact that I think 2018 is actually the 1st year that number of household finally was below 2007 levels.

 

[David Deeb]

I bought the entire series on Vudu for $30 several months ago, so I really don't care what happens with it on the subscription services (and I don't subscribe to Netflix anyway)..

While you might be "safe" and unaffected, I suspect that most of the "young viewers" they reference probably aren't interested in purchasing the Office or any other TV show or movie, much less music. Not sure most of them will even subscribe to multiple streaming services at the same time either, though some certainly will. I wonder if losing one show or another will even have as much impact as that article suggests.

 

[Robert Crawford]

While you might be "safe" and unaffected, I suspect that most of the "young viewers" they reference probably aren't interested in purchasing the Office or any other TV show or movie, much less music. Not sure most of them will even subscribe to multiple streaming services at the same time either, though some certainly will. I wonder if losing one show or another will even have as much impact as that article suggests.

It shouldn't, if I was a young person with limited disposable income, I would be revolving my streaming services/options to get the biggest bang for my bucks.

 

[David Deeb]

It shouldn't, if I was a young person with limited disposable income, I would be revolving my streaming services/options to get the biggest bang for my bucks.

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I would too! Or just use the ones that dad pays for (referencing the 19 year old living under this roof).

 

[DaveF]

How many people are canceling HBO with Game of Thrones done? Why wouldn’t people cancel Netflix if the set of shows they care about were removed from the service?

I’m surprised The Office is that big a deal. But I never got it, so what do I know?

 

[Chris Will]

How many times can you watch The Office?

Well, if someone is a huge fan of the show, probably quite a bit. I love Star Trek and rewatch Trek episodes all the time. I probably go through the entire series of Voyager, DS9 and Enterprise once every other year. In fact, I just started S1 of DS9 last week because of the new documentary. I’ll probably binge it all over the next few months.

 

[DVBRD]

It's official: NBC has refused to renew Netflix' license for The Office and it will leave the service at the end of next year.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ho...ersal-is-paying-500m-pull-hit-netflix-1221020

 

[Cranston37+]

It's official: NBC has refused to renew Netflix' license for The Office and it will leave the service at the end of next year

Just to make sure we’re being accurate, NBC is the one PAYING for the rights - it’s Universal Television who owns it.

But, on the same token...

“Per sources, NBC, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and likely Apple all at least took meetings to acquire the Steve Carell starrer. Producers Universal Television held an auction - which insiders say kept the studio at a distance from all buyers as it sought to get a fair price for profit participants... Ultimately, NBC's offer of $100 million per year - for five years - edged Netflix.”

If it was an open auction with 5 participants, is saying they “refused to renew the Netflix’s license” really an accurate description of what happened?

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

NBC and Universal are two sides of the same Comcast coin. It's taking $100 million out of one pocket, and then putting it in the other pocket.

That being said, I'm skeptical that all of the people who say they're going to cancel Netflix are actually going to cancel Netflix.

I do think NBC's ad-supported streaming platform is going to be a less attractive option for binging "The Office" than Netflix's current ad-free availability.

 

[Bryan^H]

Well, if someone is a huge fan of the show, probably quite a bit. I love Star Trek and rewatch Trek episodes all the time. I probably go through the entire series of Voyager, DS9 and Enterprise once every other year. In fact, I just started S1 of DS9 last week because of the new documentary. I’ll probably binge it all over the next few months.

The Star Trek series on multiple streaming services (Netflix, Hulu, Prime, CBS AA, etc.) is huge. I'm not sure when the license expires, and CBS AA makes the series exclusive on their platform....but if that happens I think I will be officially done with all the streaming services. I will return to disc for watching Star Trek, but I admit the convenience for watching these shows streaming is great.

 

[Clinton McClure]

I can binge (admittedly with commercials) the entire run of The Office at least once a week on three different Dish channels.

All that bothers me about this deal is we are getting yet another streaming service that we didn’t ask for.

 

[DaveF]

NBC and Universal are two sides of the same Comcast coin. It's taking $100 million out of one pocket, and then putting it in the other pocket.

That being said, I'm skeptical that all of the people who say they're going to cancel Netflix are actually going to cancel Netflix.

I do think NBC's ad-supported streaming platform is going to be a less attractive option for binging "The Office" than Netflix's current ad-free availability.

It all depends on how Comcast is run. Those two divisions might be wholly independent profit centers, and it really was a competition, that Netflix or Apple might have won, if they'd outbid NBCU. Or maybe Comcast was thinking strategically and aligning its different divisions for the long term.

The reporting language suggest it's the former, not the latter, and it was a pure monetary bid that NBCU might have lost solely on price offered. But who knows?