> When the market for premium streaming matures it's going to effectively be what we always wished cable was. Which is what, exactly? A la carte programs? Netf

> When the market for premium streaming matures it's going to effectively be what we always wished cable was. Which is what, exactly? A la carte programs? Netflix isn't that. A la carte channels? Netflix isn't quite that either. Netflix is positioning itself as something between a streaming TV network (producing original content) and a streaming Time Warner (bundle all the content, acting as gatekeeper to the end consumer). I like Netflix, but I doubt it's long-term intent is to be the streaming utopia we've dreamt of. In that context, Netflix currently enjoys the advantage of being one of the few popular streaming networks/content providers right now (along with Amazon Prime, and perhaps Hulu Plus in the U.S.). Moving forward, they could swallow up or crush new competition, consolidating their power and pushing them more into the Time Warner category. That would be very good for them, financially. Or competition could build up around them, relegating them to the streaming network category.