Netflix is ​​killing cable television – cnnespanol.com

(CNNMoney) – Netflix plans to spend more than 6,000 million dollars in its program for next year. It has become one of the largest production houses and for other chains, is hard to keep up

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“It’s starting to kill us poor cable TV “said Bonnie Hammer, director of NBCUniversal and responsible for 10 channels under the brand name for a panel of television executives organized by the entertainment magazine the Hollywood Reporter.

in the event, Nancy Dubuc, president a & amp;. E, acknowledged that offer cost competitive production can be “a headache”, but usually it is defined if the final story is true to the brand

This year, Netflix reached headlines for allegedly spending more than $ 120 million to produce the Get down series, which will premiere on August 12.

But the budget is not everything …

also is the issue of quality.

“Spending a lot of money does not mean making quality television” nor guarantees high ratings, said the director of HBO, Richard Pleper.

high profile talent on screen and behind the camera does not buy success, as shown in the program Vinyl HBO. The series, executive produced by Martin Scorsese, was to film a second season but the network finally decided not to continue with the project.

“We saw where we were and the question on the table was’ Can it be great? ‘you have to answer that very cold and honestly, “said Pleper. “And if you come to the conclusion that it will be only good (…) you have to say ‘Let’s something else.’ Are difficult determinations, but that’s what we get paid “.

But Netflix has found” products where greatness is not seen, “said Ted Sarandos, chief content streaming service.

Such was the case of Stranger things, the most recent success of the company.

“There are new filmmakers (the Duffer brothers) and had a full cast of unknown” Sarandos said. “Winona Ryder and Matthew Modine he complement, but these children came out of nowhere,” he said.