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Money to burn; why Wall Street loves NFLX

2020/7/28
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Land of the Giants

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Cynthia Littleton:Netflix 斥巨资制作《The Get Down》反映了其放手让创作者自由创作的策略,但并非所有尝试都成功。该剧制作成本高达1.2亿美元,但收视率不佳,最终被取消。这体现了 Netflix 高风险高回报的投资策略,并非所有投资都能成功。 Peter Kafka:Netflix 的高额支出并未受到华尔街的惩罚,反而被视为其与众不同之处。华尔街对 Netflix 的巨额支出和高负债似乎并不在意,但如果资金链断裂,情况可能发生变化。Netflix 年年亏损却年年获利,这似乎违背了基本的经济和金融规律。 Tara LaChapelle:华尔街对 Netflix 的评价存在两种截然不同的观点:一种认为 Netflix 无往不利,需要继续高额支出;另一种则认为 Netflix 的债务令人担忧,最终会走向失败。 Michael Pachter:Netflix 的支出远大于其收入,这种模式不可持续。Netflix 虽然在技术上盈利,但其内容制作成本远高于收入,并且负债累累,自由现金流为负。Netflix 的会计处理方式与其竞争对手不同,他们很少承认失败,即使取消了很多剧集,也极少进行减值处理。Netflix 面临日益激烈的竞争和经济下行风险。 Spencer Wong:Netflix 的高额前期投资是其业务模式的必然结果,所有影视公司都需要进行前期投资。Netflix 不关注短期收视率,而是关注长期用户观看量。 Rich Greenfield:只要 Netflix 相信用户数量会持续增长,其高负债策略就是合理的。 Matt Ball:如果 Netflix 需要控制支出,可以通过停止营销、提高价格等措施来实现。 Cindy Holland:Netflix 正在减少对小众剧集的投资,转而制作更受大众欢迎的剧集。 Emily Vanderwerf:Netflix 尽管资金雄厚,但仍然需要遵守资本主义的规则,需要制作能够盈利的剧集。Netflix 失去了独家播放一些热门影视剧集的权利,这将对其未来发展造成挑战。

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Netflix's ambitious spending on original content, exemplified by the costly and underperforming 'The Get Down,' raises questions about the sustainability of its strategy. Despite high expenditures and mixed results, Netflix continues to invest heavily, setting it apart from traditional media companies.

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Netflix owes around $15 billion, yet it continues to spend money billions each year to fund its original programming. Is this a brilliant move to set it apart from the competition or a house of cards ready to collapse?

Hosts: Peter Kafka) & Rani Molla)

This podcast is a production of Recode by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network. This episode was produced by Zach Mack, Bridget Armstrong. Our editor is Charlie Herman. Gautam Srikishan engineered and scored this episode. Nishat Kurwa is the Executive Producer.

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