Netflix and the film industry

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1. What do you know about Netflix? Fact finding mission...... (general facts & facts specifically relevant to the film industry) 1

2. Netflix: Distribution Distribution Deals that it has with film companies How do these work? Benefit to audiences? Benefit to institutions? Netflix & The Film Companies? 2

3. Netflix: Examples to research Original Films: Beasts of No Nation The Ridiculous 6 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny War Machine Research the relationship between Netfli x and the films: i dentify key facts (dates, statistics) Links : http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/07/netflix-moves-into-original-feature-films-starting-this-october / http:// www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/11-new-netflix-original-movies-coming soon.html /? a=viewall http://www.wired.com/2015/11/netflix-real-movie-studio / http://time.com/4194103/netflix-original-movies-streaming-2016 / http://time.com/3447312/netflix-to-release-first-original-movie / http:// www.theguardian.com/media/2015/aug/30/venice-film-festival-netflix-beasts-of-no-nation http:// www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/27/amazon-netflix-tv-movies-business-sundance 3

4. Consolidation Task: What impact has Netflix had on the film industry? 4 Institutions Audiences

5. Extension Task: Application of theory 5 Chris Anderson – The Long Tail Andrew Keen – The Cult of the Amateur

6. The future of the film industry... Any predictions..... e.g. Streaming – Netflix illustrates how this is a successful business model..... 6