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Wasted OpportunitiesIf I was a shareholder of HBO I'd be upset that they have wasted all these years in avoiding and fighting on-line streaming when HBO could have done it themselves or partnered with NetFlix. Just think of the millions that would have been made!
Of course you couple replace HBO with any of the big entertainment houses that haven't embraced on-line streaming. |
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ju1ce join:2012-09-09 Richmond Hill, ON |
ju1ce
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2013-Apr-23 10:03 am
Actually as a shareholder I would be upset if they decided to go to a lower revenue earning alternative because it would devalue the current offering which brings in more revenue. Short-Mid term this is still a money maker.
The problem I would gather is.. How do we transition to online while ensuring our revenue has been impacted little. That's the problem with all these companies and I agree with it. As a shareholder I wouldn't want to see my shares drop a huge amount of value while the company is going through transition. Most people (including probably you) are concerned that your investments are continuing to make money.. Otherwise why would you invest? |
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tshirt Premium Member join:2004-07-11 Snohomish, WA |
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said by NoOneCares:If I was a shareholder of HBO I'd be upset that they have wasted all these years in avoiding and fighting on-line streaming when HBO could have done it themselves or partnered with NetFlix. Just think of the millions that would have been made!
What YOU fail to recognize is the value of all those international customers, where profits are likely higher per sub, and much greater numbers exist. |
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morboComplete Your Transaction join:2002-01-22 00000 |
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Re: Wasted OpportunitiesHBO can still make it, but they better hurry. Their indecision is costing them dearly.
As a shareholder, you want them to survive, even if they take risk transitioning to a new hybrid model and that results in short term price drop. If HBO continues down their current path, they are doomed. |
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I saw sellers selling 12 month netflix access or accounts for 20$ on eBay if you find such it is worth it otherwise I would never even consider netflix. |
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KearnstdSpace Elf Premium Member join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ
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actually selling their service for $15/mo devalues nothing.
Short-Mid thinking is why American business is falling to Asia and has been for years. |
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Lets stop talking about HBO "surviving" with close to 30 million subs. Even AOL still has millions of dialup customers. LOL |
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I'm sure when you would get AOL discs in the mail 3x a week, nobody ever thought they would become so irrelevant so fast. There's a difference between survival and irrelevance. Buckle up, HBO needs to adapt or they will die. The traditional channel is a dead man walking. They are in death row. It won't happen tomorrow, but it's coming. Time Warner already amputated AOL (if you recall AOL was the buyer with that pumped up stock), no reason why HBO can't end up waste down the sewer Just keep watching that Netflix market cap boys. They can end up in streaming syndication just like Gilligan's Island was on TV... |
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2013-Apr-24 4:44 am
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Charge a somewhat lower rate then you do to have the HBO family of channels on the cable or satellite providers, you will make up the per subscriber loss in income with volume by going to a world wide audience, never pull the region locked crap, host and serve the content directly to the customers via internet stream. It's just that simple, cut out the middle man. If anyone in the company complains, slash executive pay. Also more original content, faster. Having a constant supply of high quality content is how you attract and keep subscribers, it's not repeating the same movies we've seen many times before because just about everyone interested in streaming has or had a DVR/PVR/Tivo/TV tuner card for their computer to record what they want to watch and watch it when they want to watch it instead of having to be at the TV at the time of airing.
There are those of us that loved HBO's shows, just not enough to pay the prices that the cable companies wanted for the service since it wasn't enough content for the money. |
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