>>-euro and asian box offices only
>>-must clear XYZ revenue to declare profitability/success
>
>That's how _all_ movie making is seen. It's a business. You go
>into business to make money.
>

absolutely not. thats a six majors+subsidiaries, giant capitalist conglomerate profit vs losses bottom line approach to film. luckily the rest of the world has stories to tell as well


>>
>>
>>digital content available to a hundred million blk folk
>>globally is a very different model
>
>I'll take the wait and see approach. Why would anyone pay
>extra for an exclusive black service when, in most
>territories, they can get gobs of black entertainment from
>Netflix itself?

mostly true here. all ive seen as differentiation so far is the subtitling option to make content more accessible across markets

and i guess more "home grown" curating

then again, i dont know if netflix is available in most of say africa or south america

>It would make better sense for foreign black filmmakers to
>band together and sell their syndication and streaming rights
>as a unit to the larger providers, which will allow them
>better access without asking people to pay for more services.

difference is, the #s on this service would be n target users who are explicitly interested in this content

vs netflix n*1000 users, who may or may not be interested, so netflix has all the bargaining power