Chick-fil-A cooking up new “family-friendly” video streaming service
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They've been doing Hallmark channely holiday/kid movies for a while now. I think they play them on their website, so this isn't entirely out of the blue.
Edit: looks like they're more in the vein of cartoon shorts? I only vaguely remembered the occasional ad for them.
Edit: looks like they're more in the vein of cartoon shorts? I only vaguely remembered the occasional ad for them.
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My guess is they will target customers who think Disney has become too “woke.” There are actually lots of companies that sell homeschooling resources to more insular groups of conservatives and have been successful with it.
But the last thing I remember like that was Veggietales, which I think was pretty low quality. Moralizing stories rarely make good art.
I also question Chik-fil-a’s competence to do this. Rule #1 for starting a new product line is to choose something that can make use of your existing strengths, and it’s hard for me to see any connection between what CFA is good at and launching and running a streaming service.
But the last thing I remember like that was Veggietales, which I think was pretty low quality. Moralizing stories rarely make good art.
I also question Chik-fil-a’s competence to do this. Rule #1 for starting a new product line is to choose something that can make use of your existing strengths, and it’s hard for me to see any connection between what CFA is good at and launching and running a streaming service.
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Came here to ask this as well but I didn't have a cool gif for it so you win. Have my upvote.
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I think that Great American Media was already created to fill the role of a non-woke (none of those pesky gays) Hallmark Channel. Maybe Chick-fil-A thinks they can out-homophobe even Candace Cameron Bure?
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Makes perfect sense to me. The fundie Christian parallel-economy probably wants a Disney+ that’s more aggressively and explicitly Christian, and CFA has enough name recognition and vague mainstream respectability to even potentially rope in outsiders, where a name like “FaithFlix” or something wouldn’t.
However, I think they’re about to discover just how hard streaming video is.
However, I think they’re about to discover just how hard streaming video is.
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Ahhhh... that actually seems kind of plausible -- it would certainly fit in with the image they've been creating for themselves.
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Kinda weird. But then again, I didn't think an online book seller (Amazon) would be become one of the world's largest cloud service providers (AWS).
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Yes this is weird and I have my doubts about how it will do, but OTOH no one questions the existence (and huge success) of the Hallmark channels.
At the time I would have doubted the ability of a greeting card company to successfully launch a stand-alone channel on linear TV. But here we are.
At the time I would have doubted the ability of a greeting card company to successfully launch a stand-alone channel on linear TV. But here we are.
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I see where this is going: they'll barely make money and sell the IP to Hallmark or Roku after a year. Because if there's one thing I think of with overpriced chicken fingers and waffle fries, it's sappy family friendly entertainment.
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Plot twist: first show is about a family business trying to make lollipops that taste like fried chicken, called Cocksuckers
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Can't wait for 2043 when Chick-wal-a-mart uses the profits from it's media empire to buy the aging Aero-Disney films (formerly Boeing) and usher in an age of unfettered creativity.
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Bullshit. If you're not a part of the solution, you're a part of the problem.
And what does non-woke content look like? Be specific as to what exactly would make something not woke.
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I read this as FaithFix instead of Flix. I pictured homes in disrepair being prayed over.
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It's completely outside my interest, but I kind of hope they do those twee Hallmark romances just so I can call them "Chick-flix."
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I was going to say... because they helped start the "culture wars" and are called Bigot Bird for a reason.
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The Cathy family (sole owners of Chick-fil-A) are trying to build a Christian Streaming platform. They right has been attempting to do this for years. Mostly they've just been ripped off by grifters so far. But the Cathy's have enough money to do it for real.
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Yup, jumping on the 'creatively devoid slop targeted at "anti-woke" far-right conservatives that have nothing else to watch because they reject anything not endorsed by some internet incel' bandwagon.
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waiting for the totally not bigoted anti lgbtq shows....
But really, actual media companies are failing at streaming. This totally feels like an april fools joke, that a mediocre fast food chain can do better?
But really, actual media companies are failing at streaming. This totally feels like an april fools joke, that a mediocre fast food chain can do better?
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"Moralizing stories rarely make good art."
What about M.A.S.H.? All in the Family, ... or pretty much every sitcom from the 70's and 80's. (of course it depends on your definition of art though)
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