It's not the distributors fault really. Netflix is not only in direct competition with it's suppliers, but it's actually killing them. Before netflix created it

It's not the distributors fault really. Netflix is not only in direct competition with it's suppliers, but it's actually killing them. Before netflix created its own content, it's shows were all created by cable channels, whose viewers it was taking at a fast rate. Netflix made "rerun" content valuable. The suppliers were right to charge more. If Netflix actually destroys cable, it would have had no suppliers at all. Creating their own content or buying it straight from production companies was always going to be the next step.