Netflix relies on poaching assets of other companies. At some point it will end....
How is Netflix any different from a box store with respect to rentals? If Netflix has agreements, and is living up to the agreements, and if it is operating within the law, then what is the issue?
I think Netflix has an excellent business model. Provide the consumer with what he or she wants and sit back and enjoy profits.
How, exactly, are they poaching assets?
Yes...it got great deals on initial contracts and has scooped the market, but once those end, the market price point will be higher than now.
I disagree with your first comment (they're not poaching assets just because they're making bank), and agree with the second (cable companies missed the first streaming boat and are trying to get it back into the harbor so that they can launch theirs). I've never cared for Time Warner, but good gosh I love Netflix.
“Netflix relies on poaching assets of other companies. At some point it will end.... “
Time Warner’s price is too high, and their service sucks eggs through a straw. My son uses the internet for all his content. Hulu, Netflix, etc. He just got a digital antenna for live news.
Time Warner is on thin ice.
They recently significantly raised their prices. That’s an indication to me that they see an end to market share growth, and need to increase profits by other means. So maybe their salad days are over.
"Fading star," heck. Netflix is the wave of the future. TV and movie companies, like record companies, are going to have to come to grips with the fact that their product is grossly overpriced and their delivery systems are woefully outdated.