I like the multiple live channel idea. Having blocks of movies or shows on a specific day or time. ION and some of the other channels on cable have block of shows in sequence. NCIS, Chicago Fire/PD/Hospital, Hawaii Five O, Leverage, Bones, etc. Based on your tastes, and your 'favorites' you could binge watch part of a day if you wanted to and not get tired of that show. BBC has Star Trek: TNG on a 3 or 4 episode most days, Home Improvement is in a twice a day, four episodes each block on another channel. For TV shows with more than 100 episodes, this would keep their fans watching.
TCM will have themes for their movies too. A particular actor or director, will be the point of an entire day of different movies, many that aren't in wide circulation. With the Disney Library (from in house and what's been purchased) there are lots of films and shows that could be used in this manner. they have years and years of children's shows too that could also be a channel ( I think it still lives on Cable). These would also be places to show behind the scenes or made for stories like we used to have on Wonderful World of Color. We caught a series about the animal kingdom veterinary team that was interesting, but only saw a few episodes of it. (it might have been on animal planet), but all of those 'real life adventures' we watched would fill up a couple of days of watching. I would think that these would be substantially less expensive than these blockbuster movies and allow the company to 'discover' new talent. Who wouldn't want to watch "A day in the life of a Cast Member"? with 11 parks and thousands of Cast Members, many that have personalities, it might be interesting to follow them around and share what they do on a daily basis and some of the 'back stage' things that contribute to the Magic inside the park. Even at a 30 minute time, it would be a quick to produce, edit and have a low $$ count for talent and yet still keep the magic of the experience.
Thank you so much for reading, Larry! I like your idea of using the live channels for behind-the-scenes content as well. They were doing a "A Day in the Life of a Cast Member" concept on Disney+ with "One Day at Disney" but sadly those episodes were way too short. I appreciate your comments!
The Walt Disney Co. has so much content they could offer, but haven't so far. I hear the problem is digitizing the content so they can show it. What slays me, is that they showed some of that content on television in the 60's and 70's, so let's see some of that content on Disney+. It can't cost more than producing new content. Don't get me wrong, I like some of the new content, I'm just saying lets got more of a mix. I have followed this company since I was old enough to turn on the TV watch the MM Club, and go to the Saturday matinee, for the day. Maybe there's a limit to the amount of content they can have available as viewable content, but I kind of don't think so. Just look at Netflix. There's so much content over there, it would take someone years to get through it.
The amount of available shows on Disney+ now is a good start. I hope they are working on more for our viewing pleasure.
I like the multiple live channel idea. Having blocks of movies or shows on a specific day or time. ION and some of the other channels on cable have block of shows in sequence. NCIS, Chicago Fire/PD/Hospital, Hawaii Five O, Leverage, Bones, etc. Based on your tastes, and your 'favorites' you could binge watch part of a day if you wanted to and not get tired of that show. BBC has Star Trek: TNG on a 3 or 4 episode most days, Home Improvement is in a twice a day, four episodes each block on another channel. For TV shows with more than 100 episodes, this would keep their fans watching.
TCM will have themes for their movies too. A particular actor or director, will be the point of an entire day of different movies, many that aren't in wide circulation. With the Disney Library (from in house and what's been purchased) there are lots of films and shows that could be used in this manner. they have years and years of children's shows too that could also be a channel ( I think it still lives on Cable). These would also be places to show behind the scenes or made for stories like we used to have on Wonderful World of Color. We caught a series about the animal kingdom veterinary team that was interesting, but only saw a few episodes of it. (it might have been on animal planet), but all of those 'real life adventures' we watched would fill up a couple of days of watching. I would think that these would be substantially less expensive than these blockbuster movies and allow the company to 'discover' new talent. Who wouldn't want to watch "A day in the life of a Cast Member"? with 11 parks and thousands of Cast Members, many that have personalities, it might be interesting to follow them around and share what they do on a daily basis and some of the 'back stage' things that contribute to the Magic inside the park. Even at a 30 minute time, it would be a quick to produce, edit and have a low $$ count for talent and yet still keep the magic of the experience.
Thank you so much for reading, Larry! I like your idea of using the live channels for behind-the-scenes content as well. They were doing a "A Day in the Life of a Cast Member" concept on Disney+ with "One Day at Disney" but sadly those episodes were way too short. I appreciate your comments!
Nailed it with your ESPN comment. Great edition as always!
The Walt Disney Co. has so much content they could offer, but haven't so far. I hear the problem is digitizing the content so they can show it. What slays me, is that they showed some of that content on television in the 60's and 70's, so let's see some of that content on Disney+. It can't cost more than producing new content. Don't get me wrong, I like some of the new content, I'm just saying lets got more of a mix. I have followed this company since I was old enough to turn on the TV watch the MM Club, and go to the Saturday matinee, for the day. Maybe there's a limit to the amount of content they can have available as viewable content, but I kind of don't think so. Just look at Netflix. There's so much content over there, it would take someone years to get through it.
The amount of available shows on Disney+ now is a good start. I hope they are working on more for our viewing pleasure.