>From the article: "Netflix faces pressure from Hollywood studios and cable programmers to pay more for streaming content. Negotiations with Liberty Media's Starz were recently called off because the two sides could not reach an agreement on pricing terms.
The company also faces competition from Amazon.com, Hulu and others." And that's the crux...NetFlix had a product, or rather, they owned the distribution rights to a product, that was thought of as nearly valueless (streaming content) by the studios. They took those distribution rights and and just absolutely wrung every nickle they could out of it while creating a new marketplace, and all the while the studios had to sit idly by watching another unseen revenue stream make another company a fortune. Now the rights for the streaming has come due and the studios are going to beat NetFlix unmercifully. If NetFlix gets to keep even 50% of the streaming rights they have had in the past i would be shocked. Every studio can set up a site that allows you to stream their material for say, $1 a piece and that's may be all she wrote for NetFlix. Online movie rentals from the studios...they don't need a middleman like NetFlix or Amazon. On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 8:47 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks goodness. I really wish this nonsense would settle down. I'm not > bothered by the price increase really. So I'd rather just pay a little more > and get things back to normal. > > The Irredeemable Shag > http://firestormfan.com > http://onceuponageek.com > http://twitter.com/firestormfan > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Netflix backtracks, admits "our bad" > From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, October 10, 2011 8:44 am > To: Unique Geek Google Group <[email protected]> > > > > They are reversing the ridiculous Qwikster decision and re-merging their > product lines: > > > http://news.yahoo.com/dvds-stay-netflix-website-qwikster-name-dropped-120514851.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
