Need an Amazon Prime channel :(

[psac]

I was looking to see if there were any posts about this. Shelled out for Prime, trying to get through Orphan Black with Airplay, and boy does it suck. It keeps crashing out 3 or 4 times per episode. I don't know if it's the amazon player on my rMini or if it's the Apple TV, or our Wifi... no idea. But this doesn't happen when streaming Netflix on the Apple TV.

 

[d21mike]

I was looking to see if there were any posts about this. Shelled out for Prime, trying to get through Orphan Black with Airplay, and boy does it suck. It keeps crashing out 3 or 4 times per episode. I don't know if it's the amazon player on my rMini or if it's the Apple TV, or our Wifi... no idea. But this doesn't happen when streaming Netflix on the Apple TV.

I really would like to see Amazon Prime on Apple TV. But, I did watch 2 seasons of Orphan Black via Airplay from my iPhone 6 / iPad Mini to my Apple TV 3 (latest) without any issues. I feel Amazon is using Airplay properly. My ATV is hardwired.

 

[Snoopy4]

Im still convinced the future of the movie industry will be how the music industry is now. One price (say $19.99 per month) will let you stream all you can watch. Apple Movies to compliment Apple Music. You of course would still have movies in theatrical distribution long before they would enter a service like that.

When you look at figures at how much the average consumer spends per year purchasing movies it's something like $40. $240 a year has GOT to sound sweeter and I personally would love it as a consumer.

You'd pay $240 a year for b-flicks? I've been severely underwhelmed by what is actually available movie wise on Netflix and Amazon Prime. Netflix has upped the ante by grabbing Disney from Starz, but most of our watching on Netflix has been TV shows.

 

[oneMadRssn]

You'd pay $240 a year for b-flicks? I've been severely underwhelmed by what is actually available movie wise on Netflix and Amazon Prime. Netflix has upped the ante by grabbing Disney from Starz, but most of our watching on Netflix has been TV shows.

I don't think it will be b-flicks. And also, there is "good" movies on streaming services now - there just isn't a single service that has all of them.

The thing the industry must know is that the typical process of movie watchers goes like this:
A. If I want to watch a particular movie:
1. Is it on one of the streaming services that I have an account with?
2. Is the price fair enough to buy/rent right now from iTunes/Amazon/Vudu/whatever such that I don't fear buyer's remorse?
3. Go to PopcornTime / whatever other way to see it.

B. If I don't know what to watch:
1. Go to the streaming service of choice and browse around.
2. Go to the second streaming service of choice and browse around.

I don't know a single person that is willing to pay full retail price for a movie just because it isn't on a streaming service, unless they are a die-hard fan that must own it immediately or they are a quality-junky that must own it on BR. Those exceptions are rare and the later is becoming rarer. The idea that if it isn't on streaming it will be purchased is wrong.

If someone want to watch the latest rom-com on a rainy Thursday night with their SO, it's going to be watched using the path of least resistance. It's on the movie company to make sure that path is one where they earn money.

 

[arbogast777]

You'd pay $240 a year for b-flicks? I've been severely underwhelmed by what is actually available movie wise on Netflix and Amazon Prime. Netflix has upped the ante by grabbing Disney from Starz, but most of our watching on Netflix has been TV shows.

Wha...? Don't know where you got B flicks from - I'm talking a service where you can watch all movies - just like Apple Music where you can listen to all music.

 

[Snoopy4]

Wha...? Don't know where you got B flicks from - I'm talking a service where you can watch all movies - just like Apple Music where you can listen to all music.

They'll want way more than $20 a month for that. That's like getting every movie channel and then some.

 

[arbogast777]

They'll want way more than $20 a month for that. That's like getting every movie channel and then some.

No doubt. I just threw a number out there for argument's sake...

 

[oneMadRssn]

They'll want way more than $20 a month for that. That's like getting every movie channel and then some.

No doubt. I just threw a number out there for argument's sake...

I don't actually think $20/month is that unreasonable. It's pretty much the digital equivalent of what the original Netflix-by-mail DVD rental service was. Get any movie you want, for a monthly subscription. However, the Netflix DVD rental service was limited by the practicalities of mail. No matter how hard one tried, they probably couldn't get more than 10-15 movies per month with the 2-disc plan.

What if a movie subscription service had a similar limitation? $20/month, every movie you can reasonably expect in a complete catalog, but one can only watch 15 movies per month.

 

[arbogast777]

I don't actually think $20/month is that unreasonable. It's pretty much the digital equivalent of what the original Netflix-by-mail DVD rental service was. Get any movie you want, for a monthly subscription. However, the Netflix DVD rental service was limited by the practicalities of mail. No matter how hard one tried, they probably couldn't get more than 10-15 movies per month with the 2-disc plan.

What if a movie subscription service had a similar limitation? $20/month, every movie you can reasonably expect in a complete catalog, but one can only watch 15 movies per month.

Exactly. A hypothetical Apple Movies could pay movie studios per view, just like Apple Music pays record labels per listen. It wouldn't need to cost that much, as I would argue most people watch few full movies per month compared to other entertainment options like TV shows. A cap is certainly reasonable if that's the only way to make the numbers work. It could include every movie in the iTunes library older than, say, 5 years, so the studios can still make max money on those titles.