TV & Streaming: Netflix Ups Prices Again
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What is the new Netflix price increase and how does it compare to the Irish TV licence?
The last word
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Time for the last word in TV and streaming. Joe Shea joined tonight by Kate Henshaw. Now, when Netflix first arrived in Ireland, it was 2012, and the cost of the service annually was €83.88, which was almost half of an RTE TV license. The RTE TV license has been 160 Euro since 2008. However The cost of Netflix keeps going up annually. It's now going to be 227.88. So it's going to be significantly more expensive than your RTE TV license, which has remained unchanged since 2008. Which leads me to ask the question, Joe O'Shea. Is Netflix worth it? Are you getting enough value for your standard cost of a subscription of two hundred and twenty seven euro per annum?
I don't think so. I don't think it I think it's getting increasingly harder to say that th these streaming services are worth money unless you have the money to spend, unless you have the disposable income. And you know, in this economy with the cost of living crisis and all that kind of stuff, people are having to look very seriously what their outgoings are. And I think a lot of Irish people are going to look at two hundred and twenty seven euros a year for Netflix and then look what Netflix gives them and kind of make the decision. I don't think I can afford this anymore. We actually have it as part of a bundle from our provider, but if that wasn't there, there's no way we'd have it. We've already ditched a couple of streaming services and I think that it's you can't make the argument any more that it's value for money.
Is Netflix still worth the €227‑yearly fee for Irish viewers?
Kate Hanshaw, what do you think?
I kind of agree with Joe. I mean, I think the quality on Netflix has dipped a little bit. I will say there are still some corners of the T V market. I think Netflix has very much cornered. Documentaries and reality shows. I you think of things like the phenomenon that America's Sweethearts, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders documentary became over the last couple of years. Netflix documentaries are huge, still pulling in massive, massive amounts of views and hours watched. But the drama has dipped in quality. I mean, I was looking earlier at some of the most watched shows of this year as of August, and I hadn't seen a lot of them, first of all, which is rare. So they obviously kind of haven't captured the cultural zeitgeist.
And besides Bridgerton, I don't think any of them have really made a massive impact. You have His and Hers, which uh was this kind of who done it crime kind of drama, which was quite good. I did actually watch that one. I Will Find You, uh, one of the Harlan Coben adaptations, is apparently Netflix's most watched show this year so far. But I mean the other ones, The Night Agent, Man on Fire, Teach You a Lesson. Some of these I haven't even. And actually Stranger Things has crept into the list as well, which isn't even from this year and had a pretty marked drop off in quality towards the end of its run as well. So they're not really setting the world alight anymore. Yeah, Joe,
quite a few people are starting to text in, some of them saying they get it as well as part of a bundle, uh that they wouldn't pay for it separately.
Which Netflix genres are still strong and which have declined in quality?
Listen, one says Netflix can have some good series but not what it once was. The movie's choice is rubbish.
Yeah, the movies d and a and also they don't have any classic movies. You know, everything is modern, you know, everything is a kind of in the in recent times. Uh the I I point out to people all the time there are services like four O D, for instance, like Channel Four, which has a huge, huge back catalogue and some great classic British dramas and some and plenty of movies, because Channel Four of course has historically had a huge movie thing. There are alternatives to Netflix and there are alternatives. Alternatives to Disney. And I think more and more people are going to go looking for those. Because the amount of times I we I go onto Netflix and I go, right, seeing it, seen it, no interest, seeing it, seeing it.
And you do that thing where you spend the time that you should be enjoying watching something, just endlessly scrolling looking for something to watch.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the new Netflix price increase and how does it compare to the Irish TV licence?
0:00–1:39
2
Is Netflix still worth the €227‑yearly fee for Irish viewers?
1:39–3:00
3
Which Netflix genres are still strong and which have declined in quality?
3:00–4:26
4
What alternatives to Netflix are Irish audiences turning to and why?
4:26–5:43
5
How do release models (binge vs weekly drops) affect viewer engagement on Netflix?
5:43–6:58
6
What are this week’s top picks – from Slow Horses to the Epstein Files?
6:58–8:16
7
Why do some listeners consider Apple TV a poor value despite shows like Slow Horses?
8:16–9:35
8
How is the Irish version of ‘Traitors’ performing and what does it say about the format?
9:35–12:07
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