Netflix likely getting NFL Christmas games

[RunKC]

First it was Nickelodeon, then Paramount. Now Netflix

https://puck.news/will-netflix-host-...mas-day-games/

[DRM08]

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

Yea, plenty will do that. But say 10% don't cancel...

I waited until it showed up on NFL network, but I realize most can't do that without spoilers.

The quality was YouTube TV as always with being able to FF through commercials.

Yeah, they're hoping people will be too forgetful or lazy to cancel the subscription. I made sure to cancel it right when the game was over, but I still have access to Netflix for 30 days. We got the Ravens & Texans game on our local CBS because we're in the Houston market.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by notorious

This might be the dumbest business move ever.

Why?

Beyonce was the #1 trending topic on Twitter for basically the rest of the night. Not the Chiefs or Ravens or anything else. It definitely made a splash.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by DRM08

Yeah, they're hoping people will be too forgetful or lazy to cancel the subscription. I made sure to cancel it right when the game was over, but I still have access to Netflix for 30 days. We got the Ravens & Texans game on our local CBS because we're in the Houston market.

The real question is going to be when some of these TV rights come up. Are they going to try and steal games from CBS/FOX/NBC? If they can get regular games that guarantees 4-5 months of subscriptions from people. And the NFL would love it because it's a global audience for their game in one place.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

I'm too lazy to try and look it up.

But the question isn't really the number of Netflix streamers. It is how many new subscribers.

I mean sure, you want to keep current subscribers happy. But if they got those numbers almost entirely from existing base versus signing up a bunch of new people.

We'll never know, but at their scale it doesn't take much to justify it. Their cheapest tier is $7 for a month. Let's assume that half of those who signed up for this drop after a month, then half of those drop the next month, etc. That works out to an expected value of somewhere around $14 per sign up (and that's being conservative since many of their plans are more than that).

That means they'd need to get around 4 million people to sign up to justify $60m for it. They have around 284 million subscribers worldwide according to a quick search, so that's around 1.4% of a bump - not too tough to imagine.

Obviously this is all just back of the napkin stuff. You could argue that's too high, as I used the lowest subscription tier. In addition, preventing attrition has the same effect as gaining a subscriber.

On the other hand, I'm using the worldwide numbers, and it's unlikely that her appeal is as high in other countries.

But anyway, having worked closely with a data science department at a scalable business, I guarantee they've run all sorts of models to predict the ROI of such an investment. Could they be wrong? Sure. But Netflix is VERY good at making money.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[kstater]

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

I'm too lazy to try and look it up.

But the question isn't really the number of Netflix streamers. It is how many new subscribers.

I mean sure, you want to keep current subscribers happy. But if they got those numbers almost entirely from existing base versus signing up a bunch of new people.

Not with advertising sold. 25m viewers this year will likely bring in $1m+ ad rates next year. This year was an investment.



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[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by DRM08

Yeah, they're hoping people will be too forgetful or lazy to cancel the subscription. I made sure to cancel it right when the game was over, but I still have access to Netflix for 30 days. We got the Ravens & Texans game on our local CBS because we're in the Houston market.

Come on, bro. Do you feel like you’ve cracked the code by canceling your subscription immediately? Did they not budget for people like you when considering these events?

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by DRM08

Completely unnecessary. Makes me wonder if there's a money laundering aspect to some of these deals.

I didn't watch it, but I'm also not going to pretend that I understand global marketing better than Netflix (or baselessly suggest money laundering). THAT would be truly stupid.

[Hammock Parties]

So Netflix won't even let you replay the game, huh? ****ing lame.

[kstater]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

So Netflix won't even let you replay the game, huh? ****ing lame.

Contract with NFL was a 3 hour window after game.

I re watched on NFL Network last night.

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[DRM08]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

Come on, bro. Do you feel like you’ve cracked the code by canceling your subscription immediately? Did they not budget for people like you when considering these events?

I didn't say I cracked any code. I canceled it as soon as the game was over because I don't want to forget about the subscription and be charged on January 24-25. I don't need Netflix and don't want to get charged $7.50 next month. Got plenty of other content distracting me.

[xztop123]

The announcing on the chiefs game was horrendous lol. The two football guys were like bored dudes chatting in a bar

[UteChief]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

I wasn't impressed with the broadcast, but loved watching the Chiefs clinch the Arrowhead invitational again.

Didn't watch the second game or it's half time show.

This.

[UteChief]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

NFL(Netflix):
- Chiefs-Steelers: 24.1M
- Ravens-Texans (Beyonce): 24.3M
NBA:
- Knicks-Spurs: 4.9M
- Celtics-76ers: 5.1M
- Timberwolves-Mavs: 4.3M
- Lakers-Warriors: 7.7M
- Nuggets-Suns: 3.8M

Oh shit… is the NBA playing already?

[Nickhead]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

So Netflix won't even let you replay the game, huh? ****ing lame.

i qu'ed it up ten hours later and watched it on netflix, for what it's worth?

[displacedinMN]

Peacock and netflix games with records have one thing in common....

Possibly amazon games too.