Will HULU and NETFLIX emphasis on original series drive some customers away?

[hexola]

I find myself just not that into these offerings - and even worse they've started to remove some of the older network series - like Netflix no longer has "Everybody Loves Raymond"

I used to look at these as places to catch up on episodes aired on regular TV(or watch old favorites like ELR)

Recently, it looks like TV Networks are going back to streaming their own stuff via app or website (abandoning the ISP/CableTV stranglehold that was in place the last few years.)

For example - Kevin James new show "Kevin Can Wait" is available in full episodes at CBS.com - but not on HULU - thus making HULU not quite as useful - compared to MasterChef - which would appear on HULU after its west coast broadcast. Very useful since FOX still forces you to be a TV customer to watch their streaming shows on their website.

Glad to see CBS moving away from allowing ISP/CableTV providers dictate who can see their shows. (BTW cbsnews.com has an excellent streaming 24 hour news channel)

I see myself cutting some of these services if all they want to be is another channel or network.

[Exilednight]

1. I've haven't checked out HULU, but I watch Netflix on a regular basis.

Their original programming is some of my favorites. I love Jessica Jones, Daredevil and House of Cards. Best of all, no commercials.

[justiceischeap]

2. I haven't watched any Hulu original series

But both Amazon and Netflix are creating some really good original content.

As far as your "Everybody Loves Raymond" example, they only have the license to stream some shows for a contracted period of time.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. Agreed. Stranger Things, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Sense8, Bloodline...

..Orange is the New Black. Have high hopes for Black Mirror (if it can be at least as good as the Channel 4 series) and Iron Fist and Lost in Space.

[hexola]

3. I guess I do watch some of the NETFLIX food shows.

They are quite good...

[frazzled]

4. I think it's attracting them

I mean, Stranger Things? I don't even like science fiction, but I was riveted by this unique Netflix series. Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt is pretty darned funny. And for us older folks, Grace and Frankie (Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Martin Sheen, Sam Waterston) is a hoot. We rarely watch any traditional network tv. And the younger generation does not do cable at all. Many don't even own tvs.

I'm not sure there's a huge audience out there for old episodes of Everyone Loves Raymond (not that there's anything wrong with liking it). We need to try to move on with the changing media landscape.

I can watch Masterpiece Classics on PBS (or steam it on their website) and I'm pretty addicted to old movies on Turner, but I'm curious to watch some of these new shows on independent streaming services.

[JenniferJuniper]

6. My 10 year old nephew had his first binge watching

experience with Stranger Things.

He was staying with us a few weekends ago and I put it on. "Oh, he'll go to bed around 9" said my sister, as she left. "Never later than 9:30".

At midnight and up to episode 6, head drooping, one eye closed...."Can we watch one more episode?"

Brilliant stuff.

[mythology]

7. I think it might some, but from what I understand Netflix is doing a rotation for streaming

So things will come on and off their offering list over time. The DVDs they still have. The bigger problem is in various channels developing their own streaming services. Instead of paying the cable company one lump sum, you end up paying for Amazon Prime, Netflix, HBO Go etc.

There's also the battle over data caps. Netflix, especially as more 4k content is made, takes up an enormous amount of data. Not only are ISPs double dipping by having people pay for access, they are charging Netflix, Comcast exempts their own streaming service, but not Netflix from data caps. What happens when everybody is getting all of their entertainment over the internet? Companies like Netflix, or video game companies break the agreement of internet traffic that most things will be relatively equal in terms of incoming and outgoing traffic. Netflix sends out way more traffic than they receive which is why ISPs are charging them for data too.

[TeamPooka]

8. It depends. If the series are good like what HBO does, then the series and mix of old shows and

movies will keep people very happy.
Netflix and Amazon, and Hulu etc are the future of TV type entertainment