<story><title>Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new movies</title><url>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/09/netflix-to-lose-starz-its-most-valuable-source-of-new-movies.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bittermang</author><text>&quot;However, executives at Starz apparently concluded that they would lose even more money by giving consumers a reason to subscribe to Netflix instead of the cable channel.&quot;&lt;p&gt;I don&apos;t think they get it. The landscape has changed and I&apos;m not going back.&lt;p&gt;I don&apos;t have cable. I don&apos;t have satelite. I don&apos;t have an antenna for broadcast TV. I have the Internet serving content to my TV via my Xbox, and I use it to watch Netflix.&lt;p&gt;If your content isn&apos;t available on Netflix. I&apos;m not consuming your content. Period.&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m done bending over backwards. I&apos;m done with schedules. I&apos;m done with managing the space on my DVR. I&apos;m done keeping up with new episodes and seasons. I&apos;m done with movie theaters full of loud other people who aren&apos;t me, and the litany of other issues that have been discussed to death from overpriced tickets, to concessions, to 3D projector woes and content. I&apos;m done with physical media getting scratched. Hell, I&apos;m even done with sketchy torrent sites, and different scene groups fighting over who gets to release what, and a billion codecs and formats. I&apos;m done with it. I&apos;m done.&lt;p&gt;So frankly, good bye and good riddance to Starz. Go climb this hill and die upon it. I never liked the fact that their schizophrenic content releases would appear during a timed window, only to disappear from my list later before I actually got a chance to watch it. I grew to avoid movies labeled with the Starz logo, and my heart would sink when a feature would open with one, because I knew the experience was fleeting and I wouldn&apos;t be able to enjoy the content later. So I&apos;m done with that too.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>MatthewB</author><text>I&apos;m in the same boat as you. I cut the cord about 5 months ago and haven&apos;t looked back. I have Netflix and Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Apple TV. I know I am missing out on a lot of great content and it pisses me off...until I get my bill, which is a fraction of what I was paying before. Also, the convenience of my current setup is unmatchable.&lt;p&gt;The thing is, like you said, the technology has changed. I want shows on my current setup. I am willing to pay more for more content. One thing I thought was very interesting is Apple removing TV show rentals. I never purchase movies or TV shows. I like to rent them, watch them once and I usually don&apos;t want to watch them again. If I do, I will rent it again.&lt;p&gt;Why can&apos;t content providers understand this? Netflix and Hulu need to start creating their own content, which I know they are both working towards.&lt;p&gt;One semi-related note: AMC is ending Breaking Bad next season because of Madmen sucking up the budget - Netflix and Hulu: go buy that show! I would gladly pay for a show-specific season pass just to watch Breaking Bad.</text></comment>
<story><title>Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new movies</title><url>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/09/netflix-to-lose-starz-its-most-valuable-source-of-new-movies.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bittermang</author><text>&quot;However, executives at Starz apparently concluded that they would lose even more money by giving consumers a reason to subscribe to Netflix instead of the cable channel.&quot;&lt;p&gt;I don&apos;t think they get it. The landscape has changed and I&apos;m not going back.&lt;p&gt;I don&apos;t have cable. I don&apos;t have satelite. I don&apos;t have an antenna for broadcast TV. I have the Internet serving content to my TV via my Xbox, and I use it to watch Netflix.&lt;p&gt;If your content isn&apos;t available on Netflix. I&apos;m not consuming your content. Period.&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m done bending over backwards. I&apos;m done with schedules. I&apos;m done with managing the space on my DVR. I&apos;m done keeping up with new episodes and seasons. I&apos;m done with movie theaters full of loud other people who aren&apos;t me, and the litany of other issues that have been discussed to death from overpriced tickets, to concessions, to 3D projector woes and content. I&apos;m done with physical media getting scratched. Hell, I&apos;m even done with sketchy torrent sites, and different scene groups fighting over who gets to release what, and a billion codecs and formats. I&apos;m done with it. I&apos;m done.&lt;p&gt;So frankly, good bye and good riddance to Starz. Go climb this hill and die upon it. I never liked the fact that their schizophrenic content releases would appear during a timed window, only to disappear from my list later before I actually got a chance to watch it. I grew to avoid movies labeled with the Starz logo, and my heart would sink when a feature would open with one, because I knew the experience was fleeting and I wouldn&apos;t be able to enjoy the content later. So I&apos;m done with that too.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>w1ntermute</author><text>&amp;#62; Hell, I&apos;m even done with sketchy torrent sites, and different scene groups fighting over who gets to release what, and a billion codecs and formats.&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m not sure what sites you&apos;re using, but if you use a scene-only torrent tracker, the only releases you&apos;ll see are XviD for SD and x264 for HD, which &lt;i&gt;never&lt;/i&gt; give me any problems. And one of the fundamental purposes of the scene is to eliminate duplicates - one valid release per movie/TV show episode.&lt;p&gt;If you want to spend your time reading scene notices and follow along with the endless pissing contests between the different release groups, that&apos;s fine. But if you just want to consume the content, like I do, it&apos;s pretty hard to find a better all-encompassing, no-bullshit source than the scene. With my 20 mbit connection, I can have an HD TV show ready to go in &amp;#60;10 mins and a movie in &amp;#60;30.</text></comment>