The concept of streaming motion pictures instead of purchasing or renting physical DVDs has now reached the point of creating a conundrum for the producers of the media, providers of the service and the rental access alike. The uniqueness of the Netflix scenario is a clear example of the conflict between the future of streaming media, and a pull to protect the older forms of distribution and exhibition.
The push back from the motion picture studios has created a form of self-mutilation. This can only be illustrated in looking at how the Netflix is handled by said studios regarding the future of streaming videos. “That transformation — from a mail-order business to a technology company — is revolutionizing the way millions of people watch television, but it’s also proving to be a big headache for TV providers and movie studios, which increasingly see Netflix as a competitive threat, even as they sell Netflix their content.” (Aragon & Carr, 2010) As has been pointed out, the company is constrained by the major motion picture studios. And in some cases competed against by the studios own platforms as they tried to create separate rental models to enhance their revenues. However this seems to have just the opposite of affect upon consumers. The average end-user is resistant to having to use multiple subscriber base mediums or platforms to see product. Therefore all parties lose because the consumers tend to flow back and hire it cites or by simple when not watching films on one base or the other. If morning on the horizon is the possibility that producers would just completely started by passing all of these platforms including Netflix and a new hybrid version of media streaming may you ball at that point what will the movie studios do to counteract a low world of level of income or revenue streams be available to do
When you remove the aforementioned situations associated with the actual exhibition of product, the most perplexing aspects all center on the curtailing of access for a platform like Netflix.
Aragon, D., & Carr, (2010, November 24). Netflix’s move onto the web stirs rivalries. New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/25/business/25netflix.html?src=mv
