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Haunting Spirit
Join Date: May 2012
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The Rings of Power’ Season 1 Struggled to Retain Viewership
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Emperor of the South Pole
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Interesting to know the parameter used. It reads like it is calculating week-to-week viewership. If so, I would be considered one who "didn't stick with it".
However, I found the weekly episode format didn't do the show any favors, and after watching weekly the first four episodes, I waited until the remaining four dropped before finishing it. I then re-watched the complete series in a binge, and enjoyed it very much. |
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Agreed with Snowdog, but also - very clearly they are using nothing more than subscriber numbers to gauge the worth of a show. And certainly it is one metric, but it almost seems like a logical fallacy where if someone watches it, that makes it good. Yes, ghe entertainment industry still runs on money etc etc, but where is even the pretense that this is all being done for the sake of making actually good art rather than just sellable art? And the part at the end of the quote -
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Emperor of the South Pole
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![]() Somewhat tangent to the subject, but what does Amazon (Netflix, Disney, etc.) count as a 'view'? Curious how deep it is tracked. If someone starts a stream, is that a 'view'? Or does it have to be connected for the entire show? I myself have started many shows and got ¼, ½, even ¾ of the way through an episode and decided the series is a waste of time. One thing I like about Netflix is I can give shows either one or two thumbs up, or a thumbs down, with the additional 'rating' of not choosing any of them. |
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Loremaster of Annúminas
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AIUI, Amazon keeps two sets of books. One, which the PR department uses for press releases, counts a "view" any time anyone watches even five seconds of an upload. The other, used internally and strictly hidden from outsiders, counts minutes watched and whether the show was watched beginning to end.
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Emperor of the South Pole
Join Date: Dec 2002
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With the approach of season 2, I again watched season 1. I definitely like the 'binge' format better than the weekly wait format.
I'm glad they are releasing 3 episodes as a premiere. I may wait the five weeks after that to watch the rest of the episodes. Release Schedule for Season 2: • Episode 1 - Thursday, August 29. • Episode 2 - Thursday, August 29. • Episode 3 - Thursday, August 29. • Episode 4 - Thursday, September 5. • Episode 5 - Thursday, September 12. • Episode 6 - Thursday, September 19. • Episode 7 - Thursday, September 26. • Episode 8 - Thursday, October 3. |
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