Financial guru and former WWE Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield suggested on his Twitter today that the whole Netflix/Qwikster split may have been a hoax in the vein of the conspiracy theorist take on "Classic Coke."
Thoughts? @JCLayfield: RT @LayfieldReport: Netflix abandons unpopular plans to spin off DVD by mail and rename it Qwikster. Sounds like Coke Classic. On Oct 10, 9:13 am, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > 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... > > > -- > > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
