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The same thought came to my mind, a moat around Netflix's current business. However, I don't think that's quite how it will play out. Comcast won't charge new
by aleem 13y ago
The same thought came to my mind, a moat around Netflix's current business. However, I don't think that's quite how it will play out.
Comcast won't charge new streaming providers from the get go. That will stunt its own business opportunities. Instead it will prefer to let them grow to the point where they can claim network congestion issues. At that point it has a "justifiable claim" as well as more negotiating leverage.
- blazespin 13y agoYeah, but nobody is going to go into the streaming biz because of this. Netflix is scaring off would be competitors.
- aleem 13y agoIf you want to get into the streaming content I think a tax on distribution will be much lower down the list of concerns. Content licensing and infrastructure setup is the bigger challenge. The players in this sector all quite major (Apple, Amazon, Google).