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Zimmer: Greedy Hollywood studios pocketed profits and enabled Netflix's disruption
“While we were investing in diversification, the studios weren't.
They were making movies, making television, making huge profits, putting it in all the executive pockets, and they were not investing.
And the fact that Netflix was built outside of our industry …”
Zimmer: Netflix or Paramount acquiring Warner Bros. would devastate Hollywood
“You know, this whole, like, who's gonna get net, you know, who's gonna get Warner Brothers? Netflix is gonna get it, or Paramount's gonna get it. You know, in a weird way, either one of them getting it is terrible for our business. It's terrible for the city o…”
Sanchez: Price hike notices should emphasize customer trust over subscription duration
“Remind your customer how they trusted you instead of reminding them how long they've been with you and how you don't care.”
Sanchez: Netflix un-grandfathers legacy users to systematically raise prices
“They use an un-grandfathering strategy, so you don't get to stay in your price point forever, at some point you just got to keep moving up, and they realize that if they have the best content in the world, people will continue to pay.”
Serhant Pitched 70 TV Concepts Before Landing Netflix's Owning Manhattan
“Owning Manhattan on Netflix was not the first show that I pitched outside of Million Dollar List in New York. I think it was like the 70th. So that's 69 no's. To get to that one win”
Sanchez: Netflix grew to 300M subscribers despite raising prices from $8 to $23
“Netflix raised their prices from eight dollars a month in 2007 to 23 dollars a month today. And then they lost a few customers. So they lost some in the beginning. They lost a million customers when they increased their prices the first time, but today they ha…”