Netflix is vulnerable, very vulnerable. The dash for the panic button last week confirmed it. Thanks to ill-advised and ill-explained action, Netflix has lost the confidence of its customers who are vowing to leave the service, and its shareholders who sold enough to cut Netflix's stock value in half. Dish Network didn't have to hit a triple, throw a hail-mary, hold a flush or whatever other sports/gambling metaphor I can misuse in this post. They just had to show up, dressed as Netflix circa last week and promise that customer service is paramount. They didn't even have to be cheaper than Netflix. They could just say "Netflix forgot about the customer, we won't." Empty words, but words that soothe. (They didn't even need to bring up how they intercepted the Starz deal.)
Instead, they decided to anchor a satellite dish to their video rental/streaming service. Sure, if you already picked Dish Network as your poison, it may be worth considering the switch, though you have to research the selection available. (Outside Starz, it gets pathetic.) But if you were hoping to cut the cord, or just hoping for legitimate competition for Netflix (customer-based competition, not studio-based rights fighting), look somewhere else. Sure, Dish is promising things for you *later*, but that just means Dish will see you as the interloper to the country club. You'll be pushed to either pay for a real club membership, or be pushed out. http://lifehacker.com/5843331/blockbusters-movie-pass-comes-to-dish-customers-first-for-10 -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" 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/tvornottv?hl=en
