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| Why a competitor? A little narrow minded to see hbo as a competitor. Standalone hbo go would encourage more cord cutting, which would probably help netflix. If Netflix was smart, they'd court hbo and resell hbo as a 15 dollar add on to Netflix. Netflix has a great infrastructure to offer hbo with apps on every smart tv, blu ray player, phone, tablet, game console,etc.
Netflix desperately needs to offer some more content, even if they have to offer it as a premium priced option. If not, where are the growth opportunities? They are probably getting close to saturating the market with their current model. | |
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Royal Oak, MI | said by nfotiu:A little narrow minded to see hbo as a competitor. Standalone hbo go would encourage more cord cutting, which would probably help netflix. If Netflix was smart, they'd court hbo and resell hbo as a 15 dollar add on to Netflix. Netflix has a great infrastructure to offer hbo with apps on every smart tv, blu ray player, phone, tablet, game console,etc.
Netflix desperately needs to offer some more content, even if they have to offer it as a premium priced option. If not, where are the growth opportunities? They are probably getting close to saturating the market with their current model.
Netflix and Starz broke their relationship due to Starz wanting to be on a premium tier. Netflix (and I agree) felt that a special tier for Starz wasn't worth breaking their model. But HBO is a different story and it would really boost Netflix. The cord-cutters who haven't signed on to Netflix would really sign on. Maybe even get the MAXGO content with this.
HBO stand-alone would be the game changer in regard to cord-cutting. To be honest though I don't see it happening. And if HBO did offer a streaming only service, they won't be letting Netflix in on it. | |
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I agree. Though they are getting ready to launch a Kevin Spacey show shortly. I liked Lillyhammer and hope there is another season of it.
There is also another "original" show soon to air on netflix, arrested development. Not sure when it will be released.
I would be willing to pay a higher price for netflix, if it meant access to more current content.
Though the one thing people seem to be over looking:
Internet Service Providers. Those guys are trying to, or have, placed Bandwidth usage caps in place. The game industry isn't happy about that, nor is Netflix. Now you have redbox getting into streaming, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO. There is going to be a war between the customer, the Service Providers, and Content providers.
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Mullica Hill, NJ | The ISPs will likely win and our Cap&Overage situation are most likely only going to get worse. Mainly because the ISPs fear becoming what they should be, a big dumb pipe.
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said by nfotiu:A little narrow minded to see hbo as a competitor. Standalone hbo go would encourage more cord cutting, which would probably help netflix. If Netflix was smart, they'd court hbo and resell hbo as a 15 dollar add on to Netflix. Netflix has a great infrastructure to offer hbo with apps on every smart tv, blu ray player, phone, tablet, game console,etc.
Netflix desperately needs to offer some more content, even if they have to offer it as a premium priced option. If not, where are the growth opportunities? They are probably getting close to saturating the market with their current model.
HBO has already stated why they wouldn't sell to Netflix. They (HBO) believe they're a premium source of entertainment, and they think that Netflix charges too little for their streaming service. They said outright that they wouldn't even consider such a move (having Netflix stream their content) unless Netflix first raised their prices to be more in line with a 'premium' service. | |
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