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Another quarter, another $614 million lost to the pointlessness of Peacock. -- nm

Posted by David (aka David) Oct 27 '22, 10:49

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the same thing I always say: I actually watch peacock a fair bit. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 27, 11:21 9
- I watch at least once a week, typically more. Of course that's pretty much only Premier League but hey, I'm watching - JD Oct 27, 11:50
- Below Deck, natch. -- nm - Dano Oct 27, 11:38
- Same. They routinely have movies I will watch (Meet Cute), decent series (The Resort, We are Ladyparts) and we use them when needed for whatever show - kilbooooooo Oct 27, 11:37 2
  - If you haven't watched marry me, you should. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 27, 12:04 1
    - The Lopez/Wilson one? Yeah that was fun -- nm - kilbooooooo Oct 27, 12:33
- The last time I pulled it up was because mom wanted to watch some murder podcast on "Life." I figured out it was a Gabby Petito thing... - David Oct 27, 11:33
- I do not, not much Hulu either, Netflix, D+ & HBO Max for Original Content (HOTD, Andor). -- nm* - budice Oct 27, 11:29 1
  - Hulu is now my #1 watched streamer, followed by Neftlix and Prime. Peacock and Paramount are just for football on Sundays -- (edited) - decline Oct 27, 11:37
- I do as well. The Resort is a must watch -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 11:28
yet you say in the podcast that they are doing things right with Day and Date. -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 11:16 7
- 1) Thanks for listening 2) Thanks for paying attention 3) They do maybe three things right but dozens wrong -- nm - David Oct 27, 11:26 5
  - 3. totally fair. -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 11:28 4
    - WWE is one of them by the way. -- nm - David Oct 27, 11:29 3
      - On Peacocks end they're messing it up? is that what you mean? -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 11:29 2
        
        No, I mean WWE is almost irrefutably Peacock's best asset. - David Oct 27, 11:31 1
        
        gotcha. Yeah I agree. they'd have a killer prodcut if they'd redesign the gdamn service. It's impossible to get shows of the Continue Watching list. -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 11:54
- 'bout time they rebooted Knight and Day -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 11:17
Peacock sucks, but are any streaming services or streaming divisions of companies profitable yet (besides Netflix)? -- nm - Inigo Oct 27, 11:09 6
- During Netflix's most recent earnings call, the person speaking (can't remember who) explicitly stated they're the only profitable major. -- nm - David Oct 27, 11:28 2
  - Thanks! I would think Hulu probably is, too. But wouldn't be counted as a major, but as part of Disney as a whole. -- nm - Inigo Oct 27, 11:32 1
    - oh this is interesting. I hadn't thought of that. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 27, 11:32
- not that i'm aware (and the cost of competing with Netflix is only going to keep going up for all of them) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 27, 11:18 2
  - To be clear, I'm not saying streaming can't be profitable. Just that it takes years to get to profitability. Disney is still losing tons of money. -- nm - Inigo Oct 27, 11:21 1
    - Disney will update in 10 days, but Chapek's most recent remarks indicated the worst losses end now. It's supposed to break even in 2024. - David Oct 27, 11:35
Listen here you! I can only watch so much Dick Wolf at a time! -- nm - Qale Oct 27, 11:01 1
- if all L&O were on peacock, I know a dozen or more people who would happily pay for it. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 27, 11:23
as John Rogers calls it, Hollywood's Brexit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 27, 11:01
Churn and Burn -- nm - budice Oct 27, 10:58
That would buy over 200 of the below lairs!!! -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 10:57
Lose money on every sale but make up for it in volume! -- nm - Barynn Oct 27, 10:52
I’m now wondering if the WWE Network will end up it’s own thing again. -- nm - Tim Oct 27, 10:52 7
- They'd try to find somebody else first. Only the biggest (and smallest) players want to do their own app. -- nm - David Oct 27, 11:07 6
  - But it would be easy for them relauch since the Network is in the rest of the world. Of course they want a yearly check from someone though -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 11:17 5
    - Not as easy as you think. Remember that they lost BAMTech, which led to a staggering performance drop. - David Oct 27, 11:25 4
      - oooohhhhh that's RIGHT! I forgot about that. -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 11:29 3
        
        They're probably leaving about $50 million on the table each year to have somebody else do it. - David Oct 27, 11:34 2
        
        definitely. if they are on their own, they are literally on their own. Tied to another streamer they get all those new potential views and fans too -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 12:29
        
        They also save by not processing 1.5 Million credit cards every month. -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 12:22
they're accelerating - kilbooooooo Oct 27, 10:51

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