There's a bit more parity in the UK. The incumbent is Lovefilm which does have a DVD by post service but is most interested in pushing its streaming offering. Lovefilm is owned by Amazon, and because of that UK Amazon Prime members don't get anything beyond the free next day postage. Why disrupt the model of the market leader?
Netflix is the new kid on the block and is streaming only in the UK. And then there is Blinkbox, owned by Tesco (UK equivalent of Walmart in scale), who also just have a streaming option. Throw in Sky, Apple, YouTube et al, if feels like we're heading towards a stream-anywhere world (physical media is disappearing) where price and inventory will be the only real differentiators. Adam On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Jason Carpio <[email protected]> wrote: > Honestly for me, it's also about the other thing the service provides. > > Netflix and Redbox offer tangible discs (DVDs and Blurays), Amazon Prime > shipping is the real reason I have the service and Hulu offers current > season programming. > > How strong will the Spotify offerings be at the beginning? Redbox's are > kind of weak. > > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It'll be interesting to see how this goes. Lots of competitors keeps >> everyone on their toes, but the only real winners are the studios. >> >> And the trend at the moment seems to be exclusive deals. So if it's on >> Netflix, it's not on Amazon (or Lovefilm in the UK). That means keeping >> multiple subscriptions with multiple companies if you want to be able to >> watch anything. That said, I can't see how it's going to change. >> >> If you can't differentiate on price or technology, then you differentiate >> on your offering. And that means exclusive deals. >> >> >> >> Adam >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:25 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> That is the rumor. The streaming audio service that almost >>>> singlehandedly managed to undo decades of music licensing through >>>> ASCAP and BMI is planning to stream video. Intellectual property and >>>> copyright lawyers are salivating at the very prospect of this one. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-plans-to-take-on-netflix-and-hbo-with-streaming-video-service-2013-3 >>>> >>> >>> I'm happy to see this. The more disruption in the video business, the >>> better. >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> 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 >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> 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 >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Jason Carpio > [email protected] > Twitter: wolvie75 > G+: https://profiles.google.com/u/1/115807424212473677796 > > Not sent from an iPhone > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
