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  1. Re:It was pointless by SScorpio · · Score: 1 · on MPAA Silently Shut Down Its Legal Movies Search Engine (techdirt.com)

    Something like http://www.canistream.it/

  2. Re:It honestly does not compete by brewthatistrue · · Score: 2 · on Comcast Will Let Netflix Onto Its X1 Platform

    > Netflix has very little that would be playing currently on most cable channels people pay to watch

    At one time, Netflix digital content was full of grade A movies instead of the mix of A, B, and C movies it has now.

    Then the MPAA wised up and learned from the RIAA's deal with Apple's iTunes and decided they didn't want to cede content distribution to a single mammoth provider ultimately ending up with DRM-free music sales.

    Netflix tried to split DVD and digital into two companies (Netflix and Qwikster) to allow them to bargain better with the studios, but the split failed and Netflix ultimately caved to MPAA demands to delay new releases on DVD in exchange for discounted DVD prices and the opportunity to be allowed to negotiate for streaming rights. (Notable competitor Redbox has not agreed to this release window and just pays retail price for new release DVDs.)

    The studios renegotiated their contracts to make digital content prohibitively expensive for Netflix.

    http://abovethecrowd.com/2011/...
    https://www.techdirt.com/artic...

    This is why there are so many web sites with competing catalogs and no one place to easily watch anything you want. Hulu, Vudu (Wal-Mart), Amazon, Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation, Daisuki, iTunes, Crackle, Google Play, etc.

    Some sites have tried to catalog into an easily searchable interface:
    https://www.justwatch.com/
    http://www.flixfindr.com/
    http://www.canistream.it/

    But still, there are some shows that are just not available anywhere (e.g. Rawhide tv western with Clint Eastwood).

    tldr: Netflix would compete with cable television if it could.

  3. Re:Fall back how far? by tepples · · Score: 0 · on DreamWorks Animation CEO: Movie Downloads Will Move To Pay-By-Screen-Size

    You can choose to watch Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea now for 89 bucks for 26 episodes.

    Where? (USA) That Italian site doesn't appear to list anything but "On Cable by Xfinity", and my cable box's On Demand interface had 0 results for "SPARTAKUS".

  4. Can I Stream It? by almitydave · · Score: 5, Informative · on The Amazon Fire TV Is Kind of a Mess

    Can I Sream.It is a must-have smartphone app (or website). Anyone who makes one of these streaming boxes should just license a version that searches the catalogs of whatever services you've installed on the box. That alone would make all of these boxes tremendously more useful - it's really the missing key to this puzzle. That and more content, although a lot of progress has been made on this front - compare with Netflix's initial pitiful streaming selections.

    I know Roku supports centralized search for some of their "channels" (apps).

  5. Canistream.it by NevDull · · Score: 2 · on Ask Slashdot: Movie/Video Search Aggregation?

    http://www.canistream.it/ is a streaming (and physical media) metasearch for movies.

  6. CanIStream.It by DeionXxX · · Score: 1 · on Millions of Subscribers Leaving Cable TV for Streaming Services

    I actually built a site/app called "CanIStream.It" ( http://www.canistream.it/ ) just because I wanted to get rid of cable, but I didn't want to search across all of the services. Plus I knew movies would eventually get to the service I had (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon) so I built a reminder system into it. Now when I hear about a movie somewhere, I just pull out my (free!) app and tell it to remind me when that movie is out on Netflix/Hulu/Amazon/etc. I don't get to watch everything right away, but at least I know I'll watch it eventually. /plug