Netflix and Streaming Video: The Business of Subscriber-Funded Video on Demand

Cover
Title page
Copyright
Contents
Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	Dissecting the SVOD sector
		Subscriber-funded streamers are easily confused as being like other video services
		Key terms
			Internet-distributed video
			Commission
			Linear v. non-linear/on demand
			Content
			Scripted fiction
			Distribution windows
			But-what-about? critiques
Subscriber-Funded Streaming Services are Different from Linear Services
	Experience: On Schedules and Viewing Practices
		Hegemony of linear norms
		The viability of loved by some
		Make me feel_____
	Building Libraries: Conglomerating Niches and Beyond?
	Subscriber Funding: On Success Metrics, Programme Strategies, and Demographics
		Content worth paying for
		Video without a demographic lens
	Licensing, Labour, Regulation, and Recommendation
		Producing for SVODs
		Regulating SVODs
		Recommendation on SVODs
	Scale and Specialization
		Services with specific libraries
		Single-territory SVODs
	The Discrepant Field of Global Services1
	Part I Conclusion
Netflix is Not Like Other Subscriber-Funded Streaming Video Services
	Netflix Content Concepts and Vocabulary
	Netflix Library Strategies
		Looking past the Top 10
	Netflix Content Strategies
		Content strategy in practice: considering One Day at a Time
	Netflix’s Approach to Being Global
		Is Netflix the ‘same’ everywhere?
		Why do people subscribe to a service that mostly offers foreign content?
		How is Netflix’s content multinational?
		Why does Netflix commission content from many places?
	Part II Conclusion
Conclusion
Notes
	Introduction
	Chapter 1 Experience
	Chapter 2 Building Libraries
	Chapter 3 Subscriber Funding
	Chapter 4 Licensing, Labour, Regulation, and Recommendation
	Chapter 5 Scale and Specialization
	Chapter 6 The Discrepant Field of Global Services
	Part I Conclusion
	Chapter 7 Netflix Content Concepts and Vocabulary
	Chapter 8 Netflix Library Strategies
	Chapter 9 Netflix Content Strategies
	Chapter 10 Netflix’s Approach to Being Global
References
Index
EULA