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elizabethv
elizabethv
8/1/2016 12:01:20 AM
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Re: Consult the obits
@JohnBarnes - You and Adi are right, there are really only a limited number of services that can be successful with OTT, but I would think the number is at least 3. And we kind of already have them.... Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. Though I hear Sling TV is pretty good too. I doubt there will ever be another service to get the lions share the first three undoubtedly receive. 

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dlr5288
dlr5288
7/31/2016 5:41:49 PM
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Re: Only so much
I feel the sme way!

The recommended things for me usually don't have anything to do with content I've watched on there before. First world problems I know...but still!

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freehe
freehe
7/31/2016 2:58:50 PM
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Watchever OTT
OTT is definitely a service that consumers wants. If Watchever was not able to generate revenue for a needed service that says a lot about how the company was managed and the executive leadership of the company.

If they can't generate revenue for a service that is needed how will they ever generate revenue for any other type of service.

This is perplexing.

Watchever's demise has no effect on OTT and its future. OTT is a widely used service and will remain as long as companies continue to offer it to consumers.

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freehe
freehe
7/31/2016 2:56:37 PM
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Re: Only so much
dcawrey, I was thinking the same thing.

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faryl
faryl
7/26/2016 7:14:22 PM
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Re: Only so much
As a Netflix user, I think the issue with its library is that it's really hard to see what it has, unless you're using its desktop version. And the recommendations are never things I want to watch. I feel like it doesn't even try :-P

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Adi
Adi
7/26/2016 4:43:09 AM
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Re: Only so much
@faryl - good point. That's the traditional "first mover" advantage, that caters to user sloth. I think Netflix has grabbed that, with a global brand and rapid roll out. It will be difficult to dislodge it. At the same time there are complaints about its library - there's a lot of commentary about how users exhaust the library and then there isn't much to see. Probably less true in the US where they have more content, but in other parts of the world someone with more local or localized content might draw users once they've cycled through Netflix.

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Adi
Adi
7/26/2016 4:38:41 AM
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Re: Only so much
@dcawrey - I think it's just the level of competition - 38 different OTT services. But that's partly why I wrote the article, because this wasn't some fly-by-night outfit, it had funding, support, expertise and decent content. But with just 3% of the German OTT market and losses mounting rapidly, I think Vivendi just had enough. Plus, I think their plan to launch a pan-European, multilingual service might still be in the wings. 

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dcawrey
dcawrey
7/25/2016 3:31:01 PM
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Re: Only so much
Given the marketplace today for streaming services, I have to say I am surprised that something like Watchever wasn't able to survive. People want to have OTT options, but the European market is obvously quite different. 

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Ariella
Ariella
7/25/2016 2:34:32 PM
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Re: Consult the obits
@JohnBarnes I see, thanks for the thorough explanation.

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JohnBarnes
JohnBarnes
7/25/2016 2:33:42 PM
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Re: Consult the obits
Ariella, Well, there are 2 contradictory bits of wisdom about predicting the eventual results of a competitive shakeout: on the one hand, "the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that is the way to bet", but OTOH "whether you have the best or the worst players ever, the number of winners in a game of musical chairs will always be the same." Or in short, it's possible to guess with better than random success but not necessarily meaningfully better.

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