FirePuppy

I am (or rather, was) a big fan of the Kirby games, up until Kirby's Return to Dream Land. The last Kirby game I ever bought that I have now is Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition, which I bought when it was released in September 2012. But as time went on, I decided to leave the Kirby fandom and join the MLP community during around Season 4 of the show.

I have started a petition to convince Hasbro to leave Discovery Family once and for all. Here's the link (I need at least 5 signatures to make it go live):

https://www.change.org/p/hasbro-s-contract-with-warner-bros-discovery-to-not-be-renewed-in-2025

I know petitions don't usually work, but I'm positive this one should do more good than other similar petitions at change.org.

2 hours ago, WickedGames said:

What do you mean? Will it still be airing on weekdays?

Yes, the show will now only be on weekdays after May 31, when by then, Discovery and Hasbro will only have 8-10 months left with each other.

21 hours ago, Megas said:

Legally they probably can’t for one reason or another. It was really stupid of them to sign a contract like that for one of their most popular shows ever but thems the breaks

On a side note, Discovery Family is getting rid of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic from weekends starting this June, but still keeping the full-hour specials for a while.

This is really nothing to me. I can easily make my own money and spend it on anything I want.

8 hours ago, Steve Piranha said:

What does Discovery Family offers for being an increasingly inaccessible channel anyway ?

Obviously, all the G4 content we have seen over the years until about a few years ago. But now, about less than 30% of all Hasbro shows that once aired on the channel are still airing there.

On 2024-05-02 at 1:23 AM, ZiggWheelsManning said:

Discovery Family is sure going the way of the dinosaurs  

I agree. Hasbro desperately needs to find a more profitable service so that newer generations of kids can see G4 content as well.

I don't usually eat a lot because I'm Asian American. But I do eat up to three eggs a day, just to get some extra protein.

2 minutes ago, Iforgotmybrain said:

Rarijack and Flutterdash are by far my favorites.

I guess not everyone agrees with what I selected.

Um, I chose:

I have some good "bad news": Fubo is finally getting rid of Discovery Family and all other WBD channels from their lineup. The reason why this is "good bad news" is because Discovery Family should not even be cared about anymore, and it's also most likely to convince Hasbro to get out of that poor, miserable channel once and for all so that all of its properties can move to someplace where the costs are much cheaper than any cable TV service.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/30/24145810/fubo-warner-bros-discovery-networks-streaming-drops

4 minutes ago, WickedGames said:

Implying that G5 won’t be done after 2025

The Make Your Mark series is already done for now. The only thing that was announced for this year was "Always on: Episodes will live on Netflix throughout 2024", which apparently means nothing is going to happen.

14 hours ago, WickedGames said:

If true this makes sense 

If that is indeed so, then Hasbro must get out of Discovery Family within the next 11 months so that any remaining G4 content can have a better chance of returning to Netflix by then. And that means put the entirety of their 40% interest in Discovery Family back to WBD.

2 hours ago, Shadowheart Night said:

Literally g5 is the worst like the 3d Twilight is just ugly and g5 doesn't even feel like MLP

You know, it isn't right to say such a hateful thing if you're a member on this forum, now, is it? Even though I'm not a G5 fan myself, I would still never say that out loud here.

On 2024-04-26 at 10:08 AM, TwilightSparkleSunny said:

wow!! I'm surprised they lost that much money! they definitely have to do something about that!

And it's only gonna get worse. If Hasbro's revenue total for Q2 2024 is less than $1.016 billion, that will result in their annual revenue dropping to their lowest since April 2016.

Hasbro's revenue has also dropped to $4.76 billion, their lowest since early 2020:

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/HAS/hasbro/revenue

1 hour ago, Pinkie Pie said:

Hey, everypony!  

I hope everyone's having a fun April filled with smiles and laughter! 

Not me. I kind of need some help. Do you have a good joke for me?

I confidently know that Hasbro no longer providing Discovery Family with new content as of 2021, according to page 108 of the company's annual report for that year. However, the #1 user of the My Little Pony Wiki, ImperfectXIII, is still despising this. I was told that my edits on the MLP Wiki just suggested a speculative correlation between the report and the clip show episodes not appearing on U.S. television., and that the source I provided was not a valid source of proof to that point.

https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/User_talk:FirePuppy#Concerning_Hasbro_and_"Friendship_is_Forever"

Which again makes me wonder, are the "Friendship is Forever" clip shows ever going to be released anywhere in the US?

As of today, Hasbro is starting to take down MLP videos from YouTube, as seen here:

Which proves why Props Valroa is wrong, wrong, wrong! about YouTube being the best place for My Little Pony content, as of now.

On 2024-02-11 at 3:39 PM, Props Valroa said:

MLP G4 videos and episodes have millions of views, so it is far from a "Bad" place for the show to be displayed.

Youtube I believe is the best place for MLP content. 

Unfortunately, as of today, that is NO LONGER true, because look at this:

https://www.equestriadaily.com/2024/04/hasbros-legal-team-is-back-on-youtube.html

It even says "Copyright 2023 Hasbro Studios LLC" on the credits. Hasbro's current revenues might be a reason why everything is taking longer to release than usual after finishing production.

After doing some research and spectulation, I found a possible reason as to why we lost most G4 content from Netflix.

According to some of the 10-K forms from recent years, Hasbro stated:

"The entertainment industry experiences frequent change driven by technological development, including developments with respect to the formats through which films, television programming, other episodic content and recorded music are delivered to consumers. With rapid technological changes and dramatically expanded digital content offerings, the scale and scope of these changes have accelerated in recent years. For example, consumers are increasingly accessing television, film and other episodic content on streaming and digital content networks, such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+ and Apple TV+.

We may also lose opportunities to capitalize on changing market dynamics, technological innovations or consumer tastes if we do not adapt our content offerings or distribution capabilities in a timely manner. The overall effect that technological development and new digital distribution platforms have on the revenue and profits we derive from our entertainment content, and the additional costs associated with changing markets, media platforms and technologies, is unpredictable. If we fail to accurately assess and effectively respond to changes in technology and consumer behavior in the entertainment industry, our business may be harmed."

On top of this, during the fourth quarter of 2021, Hasbro recorded an impairment loss of $74.1 million associated with their investment in the Discovery Family Channel, as the network did turn out to be not successful as they thought. This is what I believe led to the company demanding Netflix to remove all G4 content from streaming, and renewing their contract with the network through March 31, 2025 by the original end of the option agreement.

What are your thoughts about this theory?

5 hours ago, Starlight Serenade said:

I hope they don't renew their contract again, I would like for people to have more access to watch MLP.

Same here. G4 does not belong on Discovery Family anymore IMO. But the only thing that can decide all that is the next 10-K form from Hasbro that will be posted in late February 2025. It's also stated that Hasbro is not willing to strengthen/develop the option to acquire their 40% of Discovery Family for 2024.

6 hours ago, Starlight Serenade said:

It could still post within the next week or so. Also, when did this info come out? I remember seeing this a while back, but was this after the writer's strike last year? If not, that could have made some leftover production delays as there are some animated shows still in hiatus/specials delayed from last year.

There's only today and tomorrow left before April starts. Odds are, the first longer-form special still won't be released within these days, under current statistics.

Apparently, Hasbro's proposed plans for this month did not go well as planned, seeing as though all we got this month were two short episodes and nothing else. Which means the "March Longer Form Special" has been delayed to anywhere between April and June 2024, and it's also obvious that G5's linear and AVOD release has been canceled, since today's kids clearly don't watch linear TV. And finally, we're no longer getting new episodes weekly throughout 2024 now, hence the 3-weeks-or-more hiatus we're in.

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