AVonGauss Premium Member join:2007-11-01 Boynton Beach, FL |
My First Reaction...My first reaction was to laugh my head off and think is Netflix out their mind with all the rhetoric over the last year or so, however... I wouldn't say its impossible, though I would imagine it wouldn't be quite as simple as "slapping a Netflix interface" on their equipment. It would have to make sense, financially and otherwise, for both companies for a deal to be made.
Netflix has several advantages, one being a customer base that is generally fond and loyal to Netflix and another being able to create a product that their customers will actually value - the later being something that has escaped every major pay television provider in the US (imho). Product being original content, presentation of content and use of interface to access content.
I do however doubt that any of the companies listed consider Netflix to be "public enemy number one". I think if anything the traditional providers are probably more surprised at how well Netflix has done. The proverbial 800 pound gorilla in the room has always been the studios / distribution networks and is likely to be so as long as they exist. |
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RobberBarons
Anon
2014-Dec-10 7:14 pm
And with Netflix(CEO Reed Hastings) comparing the cable companies to lying robber barons in the press for the last year, they would have a tough sell at this point.
I think Netflix would have to dump CEO Reed Hastings before any deal could be consummated. |