{"id":4545,"date":"2017-08-15T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=4545"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:18","slug":"competition-internet-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/15\/competition-internet-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet-distributed video: The competition heats up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week&#8217;s announcement from Disney that it will end its distribution deal with Netflix and launch its own direct-to-consumer movie portal\u00a0indicates the arrival of a new phase of Internet-distributed video, according to <strong>Amanda Lotz<\/strong>,\u00a0a media studies professor with LSA. In an<a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2017\/08\/11\/disney-streaming-service-netflix\/\"> article for fortune.com<\/a>, Lotz writes that services like Netflix and Amazon Video created a different television experience: one that required a monthly fee, but came commercial-free and allowed viewers to watch whenever they wanted and on most any device.\u00a0Now that a market for these services exists, studios are taking their content back and delivering it direct to consumers. And services such as Netflix that at first relied on studio content have become notable producers of original series and movies. &#8220;These are Wild West days of experimentation as the various sectors that make up the television industry try different strategies,&#8221; writes Lotz. &#8220;Channels and portals that provide something viewers truly want will win out, and programming viewers find truly valuable\u2014as opposed to just \u201cwhat\u2019s on\u201d\u2014will become the new Holy Grail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4554\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4554\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4554\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices.png\" alt=\"Netflix logo on TV surrounded by multiple devices\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices-125x89.png 125w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices-280x200.png 280w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices-60x42.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Netflix)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week&#8217;s announcement from Disney that it will end its distribution deal with Netflix and launch its own direct-to-consumer movie portal\u00a0indicates the arrival of a new phase of Internet-distributed video, according to Amanda Lotz,\u00a0a media studies professor with LSA. In an article for fortune.com, Lotz writes that services like Netflix and Amazon Video created a different television experience:\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/15\/competition-internet-video\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[197,102,101],"class_list":["post-4545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-media","tag-streaming","tag-tv"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices.png",600,428,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices-125x89.png",125,89,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices-280x200.png",280,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices.png",600,428,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices.png",600,428,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices.png",600,428,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices.png",600,428,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices-600x300.png",600,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices.png",600,428,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Multiple-Devices.png",350,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Last week&#8217;s announcement from Disney that it will end its distribution deal with Netflix and launch its own direct-to-consumer movie portal\u00a0indicates the arrival of a new phase of Internet-distributed video, according to Amanda Lotz,\u00a0a media studies professor with LSA. 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