Netflix and Amazon are doing what Murdoch did in the 90's when he massively outbid CBS (by over $100 million/year) to get the NFL on FOX: he wasn't just buying

Netflix and Amazon are doing what Murdoch did in the 90's when he massively outbid CBS (by over $100 million/year) to get the NFL on FOX: he wasn't just buying football games, he was buying a ticket to the big time network business and simultaneously shutting doors for other fledgling channels from Warners and Paramount that were following FOX's path.