Netflix‘s business model is pretty simple. Much like a broadcasting network, they license content produced by other companies and air it on their platform for a limited time. The more popular the content or the longer the airing time, the higher the fee the streamer has to pay.
For a long time, this was how Netflix operated. However, that all changed when the company – in a move that would alter the landscape of the entertainment industry forever – began to produce its own programming. With films like Beasts of No Nation and shows such as House of Cards, Netflix began to build up an impressive roster of stories that could be watched nowhere else except through them.
Why, then, do Netflix Originals sometimes leave the platform? Well, first and foremost, Originals leave because they’re not really original, meaning the streamer bought the film or show from another company and...
For a long time, this was how Netflix operated. However, that all changed when the company – in a move that would alter the landscape of the entertainment industry forever – began to produce its own programming. With films like Beasts of No Nation and shows such as House of Cards, Netflix began to build up an impressive roster of stories that could be watched nowhere else except through them.
Why, then, do Netflix Originals sometimes leave the platform? Well, first and foremost, Originals leave because they’re not really original, meaning the streamer bought the film or show from another company and...
- 6/15/2020
- by Tim Brinkhof
- We Got This Covered
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