Hollywood Reporter writes that Disney CFO Jay Rasulo mentioned Netflix earlier today at the Morgan Stanley conference.
Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco, Rasulo said that consumers are “willing to pay for portability.”
He also said Netflix’s emergence as a powerful online distributor “kind of keeps you on your game,” and that licensing to it and its competitors gives content “a second life.”
Okay, Mr. Rasulo. So why not license some of those wonderful old World of Disney shows you have in your vault and apparently aren't going to ever release on DVD or bother with broadcasting on your own cable show? There's a whole bunch of gems in there just collecting dust. Or maybe turning into dust.
Also, I'm still mad about the crappy VHS quality pan and scan version you did of Natty Gann and some of your other catalog titles. Why not get some use out of these and perhaps find a whole new audience, that is if you actually mean what you're saying.
Posted by: ClydesMP | February 29, 2012 at 05:41 AM
Yeah, the best way to give old content new life is to, you know.. sell it.
Posted by: jrr | February 29, 2012 at 01:59 PM
Sell your content to Netflix then Disney! You rarely show your old movies on your own channel so sell 'em to Netflix!!!
Posted by: D | March 01, 2012 at 12:02 AM
The DVD releases of Disney cartoon series from the '80s exhibited a cluelessness about Disney's old content. For example, "The Gummi Bears" was never completed, and that including DVDs for other series lacked any sort of nostalgia-based extras, which many fans of those shows would appreciate. It seemed as if Disney figured people would simply buy those discs for their millennial babies.
Posted by: Gobotron | March 01, 2012 at 10:33 PM
that would be cool if disney put some old stuff in the canadian netflix site i would to love to see all of them again and would even pay more to see them
Posted by: danny hicks | March 09, 2012 at 01:14 AM