Not only is Netflix increasingly dealing with rivals emerging from almost every corner these days, with a handful of new streaming video operations launching over the next year or so backed by deep-pocketed corporate parents, but establishment players also keep dogging the streaming giant with negative comments about the way it does business. And about the way Netflix is regarded by the general public and entertainment industry alike.
Word emerged in recent days, for example, that director Steven Spielberg is trying to convince his fellow members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to get on board with a recommended rules change that would box Netflix out of the Oscars. By way of explaining his position, Spielberg told ITV that streamers like Netflix should be eligible for Emmys, not Oscars. “Once you commit to a television format, you’re a TV movie. If it’s a good show, you deserve an Emmy. But not an Oscar.”
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