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Coogan: Exclusive streaming deal risks stalling Formula 1 viewership growth
“The risk for F-one is that the series, which has massive, massive growth is going to conscript its, conscript itself to the streaming backwaters, says Ben Thompson just so it can make a few more bucks in the meantime. So, that, that's the risk, is that F-one g…”
Coogan: Better Product Experiences Defeated Piracy, Not Government Bans
“Like, the solution to piracy was not really to ban piracy. Like, you can still torrent things, but it's just so easy to use Apple TV and Spotify and Netflix that most people just wind up just paying five dollars, two dollars for a song, or 10 dollars a month f…”
Coogan: Hollywood, Like Venture Capital, Requires Embracing Massive Flops
“The nature of the, of Hollywood is like venture capital. Like it is a hits driven business. If you don't accept that you're going to have massive flops and egg on your face and embarrassing moments, you will not make it.”
Hays: Netflix passed on F1 because fans already subscribe
“And I think Netflix had done the analysis and realized that all of the potential viewers of F one were basically already subscribed to Netflix. And so it didn't, it was a more difficult kind of equation to make work than someone like an Apple TV potentially th…”