Wonder Woman Out Dec 16th

[MarkB]

Yeah, they really need to figure out a better strategy for getting these streaming offerings to people outside the US. These days, people aren't prepared to wait 3 weeks and get it completely spoiled (while not being able to discuss it with their US-based online friends until it's too late). With an entire year with all of their movies? They'll lose so much money worldwide to piracy unless they come up with something better.

I'm just glad Lower Decks has finally been picked up in the UK. I've no idea why that one took so much longer than the other new Trek shows, and while I've long since grown out of pirating content, I was sorely tempted in this case.

 

[Morrus]

I'm just glad Lower Decks has finally been picked up in the UK. I've no idea why that one took so much longer than the other new Trek shows, and while I've long since grown out of pirating content, I was sorely tempted in this case.

Oh has it? Where and when?

 

[MGibster]

Yeah, they really need to figure out a better strategy for getting these streaming offerings to people outside the US. These days, people aren't prepared to wait 3 weeks and get it completely spoiled (while not being able to discuss it with their US-based online friends until it's too late). With an entire year with all of their movies? They'll lose so much money worldwide to piracy unless they come up with something better.

I'm with you on this one. As an American, this doesn't affect me all that often, but I still haven't see Juan of the Dead and it's a movie that's right up my alley. It's a Spanish-Cuban produced movie and I don't know if it's ever been available here in the states. It's 2020! Let's not have our distribution network set up like it's still 1992.

 

[Umbran]

Yeah, they really need to figure out a better strategy for getting these streaming offerings to people outside the US.

The decision to make WW 1984 available on streaming platforms was made public about one month prior to its release, and is a direct response to covid-19. This isn't part of normal corporate strategy.

You figure it is easy to negotiate and execute goodness-knows how many international contracts, hopefully worth hundreds of millions of dollars, for distribution in one month? I don't. They only just got their issues worked out with a domestic provider (Roku) a few days ago.

 

[Morrus]

The decision to make WW 1984 available on streaming platforms was made public about one month prior to its release, and is a direct response to covid-19. This isn't part of normal corporate strategy.

You figure it is easy to negotiate and execute goodness-knows how many international contracts, hopefully worth hundreds of millions of dollars, for distribution in one month? I don't. They only just got their issues worked out with a domestic provider (Roku) a few days ago.

I do not figure it is easy, no. Where did you get that idea? I'm sure it's incredibly difficult. But I predict that if they don't manage it they'll lose a ton of money to piracy. I'm not advocating piracy, I'm predicting it.

 

[Umbran]

I do not figure it is easy, no. Where did you get that idea? I'm sure it's incredibly difficult.

Your wording led me to think you felt the basic time issue was in the strategy, not in the nature of large international contracts - that they could be executed faster with some change in approach.

 

[Morrus]

Your wording led me to think you felt the basic time issue was in the strategy, not in the nature of large international contracts - that they could be executed faster with some change in approach.

That is not an opinion that I hold. They have an incoming problem, and I've merely mentioned the problem.

 

[MarkB]

Oh has it? Where and when?

Amazon Prime, 22nd January.

 

[Morrus]

Amazon Prime, 22nd January.

Woohoo!

 

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