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Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new movies
Los Angeles Times ^
| 9/1/2011
| Ben Fritz
Posted on 09/01/2011 7:56:51 PM PDT by Wayne07
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Big media/cable oligopoly strikes back.
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posted on
09/01/2011 7:56:58 PM PDT
by
Wayne07
To: MrShoop
the best deal for the money is to by a basic cable package + hbo + steaming netflix
You get just about everything you could want with that combo for very little money.
To: MrShoop
Starz sucks. They are headquartered here in Denver and are known as a really bad place to work.
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:00:50 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
To: MrShoop
I wonder if Netflix is going to back down their rates again since they will not have the content that they did prior. Probably not.
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:01:25 PM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: MrShoop
When Netflix nearly doubled my rates, I was outta there.
Cancelled my subscription yesterday as did millions of others.
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:03:17 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Herman Cain 2012)
To: MrShoop
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:04:56 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
To: TexasFreeper2009
Better deal is cancel cable, buy a $399 computer with hdmi output, and watch everything free via the internet.
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:04:59 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the constitution"-Obama official)
To: TexasFreeper2009
Steaming Netflix?.........they do XXX?....
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:05:58 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
To: icwhatudo
which service do you recommend?
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:06:27 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: MrShoop
We cancelled our DVD part of the deal and just went with streaming. The selection is not really that good anymore, and with Starz going away there will be no reason to continue with Netflix; we’ll have to cancel.
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:06:35 PM PDT
by
bubbacluck
(Proud Hobbit with no intention of going back to Middle Earth.)
To: icwhatudo
Yup.
I download every show via bit torrent so why would I fork over my dough for liberal crap channels like HBO and give em’ a ratings point? When Spartacus aired on Starz, I never watched them live but waited 24 hours til eztv uploaded them on the web.
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:09:41 PM PDT
by
max americana
(FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
To: TexasFreeper2009; liege; Lazlo in PA
I don’t think it is a coincidence Starz makes this announcement the day the Netflix price hikes take effect. It is a low blow - cable companies hate the competition from the internet.
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:10:28 PM PDT
by
Wayne07
To: MrShoop
Netflix stock (NFLX) dropped 10 % after this announcement, in after hours trading. Major hit.
To: MrShoop
Ska-rew cable!
I wonder why you can’t just subscribe to the various channels streamed online?
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:14:59 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
I won’t go back to cable or sat. They fund the opposite agenda that I believe should be funded. I will not take something I will never watch because it is offensive to my beliefs. Though luck Starz you lost this customer.
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:20:33 PM PDT
by
jimpick
To: Lazlo in PA
Yea probably not. If Netflix had seen this Starz loss coming they probably wouldn’t have changed rates. Well at least not changed things the way they did. I waited till the 31st then dropped the streaming portion. I rarely used it anyway.
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:22:37 PM PDT
by
Graneros
("It is no exaggeration to say that the undecided could go one way or another.")
To: bigbob
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:30:34 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the constitution"-Obama official)
To: max americana
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:34:42 PM PDT
by
icwhatudo
("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the constitution"-Obama official)
To: max americana
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:44:59 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
( If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there)
To: MrShoop
For all their annoying pop ups that somehow get through most pop up blockers, I won’t shed a tear if Netflix losses money or goes out of buisness
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posted on
09/01/2011 8:49:10 PM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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