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The elephant in the streaming office is the lack of blockbuster titles, many of which are only available through their DVD by mail business. If they're betting
by Lukeas14 15y ago
The elephant in the streaming office is the lack of blockbuster titles, many of which are only available through their DVD by mail business. If they're betting everything on streaming i'm guessing (hoping) that they've also figured out a solution to this problem. Otherwise, they've lost the big benefit of credibility that DVD by mail brought to their service.
- earbitscom 15y agoThis split might be what they needed in order to secure more streaming deals. Time will tell.
- pkulak 15y agoEh. I'll just use Redbox for that. Faster anyway.
- twodayslate 15y agoRedbox is great. I love it. Redbox + Netflix Streaming + Hulu Plus should get you most of the movies and TV shows that you need.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoThe answer to getting new releases is obvious and I'm surprised they haven't done it already: pay-per-view. 3.99 for new releases, back catalog is free. What Amazon does, except they would have the advantage of the massive customer base. They could probably work out some deals with the studios where if a movie makes X amount on PPV it gets to move to the back catalog for a minimum of 6 months. Having that customer base would give them the leverage to make those types of deals.