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NEWS: Australia's Madman Ent. Will Not Stream Knights of Sidonia




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Agent355



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 3:52 am Reply with quote
Damn Netflix! What is up with their obsession with "binge watching" anyway? Newsflash: we want the series *as it airs*. It's all fine and good that your giving it a dub, but either simul-dub the show, or save it as a perk for later.

And yes, I'm blaming Netflix for this--if they hadn't gotten the show, we might've had legal, nearly worldwide streaming.
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Polycell



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:34 am Reply with quote
They say that their metrics show binge watching really is a thing. Why that should translate into not simulcasting something is beyond me, but I'm pretty sure Netflixers are used to it by now.
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Petrea Mitchell



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:58 am Reply with quote
I wonder what their metrics say about fighting the new Sailor Moon adaptation for publicity.
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sniper_samurai



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 1:17 pm Reply with quote
Polycell wrote:
They say that their metrics show binge watching really is a thing. Why that should translate into not simulcasting something is beyond me, but I'm pretty sure Netflixers are used to it by now.


It's not like Netflix haven't simulcast stuff before either, having done so with the final season of Breaking Bad in the UK and Ireland.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 3:58 pm Reply with quote
sniper_samurai wrote:
It's not like Netflix haven't simulcast stuff before either, having done so with the final season of Breaking Bad in the UK and Ireland.

Wasn't that only because they were no other broadcasters for Breaking Bad in the UK?

Anyways, I have a feeling that Netflix will be promoting the crap out of this leading up to its release; otherwise, why pick it up?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 4:00 pm Reply with quote
WeirDiE_InC wrote:
sniper_samurai wrote:
It's not like Netflix haven't simulcast stuff before either, having done so with the final season of Breaking Bad in the UK and Ireland.

Wasn't that only because they were no other broadcasters for Breaking Bad in the UK?

Anyways, I have a feeling that Netflix will be promoting the crap out of this leading up to its release; otherwise, why pick it up?


Yes, but for the season before Netflix only put it up after the end of the Season. They also simulcast The Killing which they co-produced with AMC.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 6:49 pm Reply with quote
Petrea Mitchell wrote:
I wonder what their metrics say about fighting the new Sailor Moon adaptation for publicity.


Huh? What's this about?

So, it's not that they don't know *how* to simulcast, it's that they don't think anime is worth simulcasting.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:31 pm Reply with quote
Well they don't think it is worth simulcasting without a dub at least.
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