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Netflix considering premium offering with HBO content?
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article published on 2 February, 2009
One of the biggest hurdles Netflix has faced in developing the Watch Instantly streaming video service has been a lack of available content. While the company has been able to offer thousands of titles, a lot of the more valuable content is unavailable due to licensing agreements with cable companies. They already have a partnership with Starz to give them access to additional titles, and ... [ read the full article ]
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2. February 2009 @ 02:33 |
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I think $10 is too much but I would still pay it. I just love VoD.
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2. February 2009 @ 03:35 |
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Open all the HBO shows and movies to VoD though netflix and I can drop HBO!...that is if I had HBO...hehehehehehehe
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2. February 2009 @ 10:58 |
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they cancelled deadwood fuck hbo
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2. February 2009 @ 13:40 |
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Actually, this is really not that much different from what you get in cable and satellite packages. Pretty much the same IMO. Why would you want to pay $10 a month for $120 a year, when you could get the same TV series on DVD/Blu-Ray a little more than half that amount and get to keep these to watch 4ever. I just don't see the rationality (besides convenience) on even paying for this.
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2. February 2009 @ 14:20 |
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Originally posted by blueboy09:
Actually, this is really not that much different from what you get in cable and satellite packages. Pretty much the same IMO. Why would you want to pay $10 a month for $120 a year, when you could get the same TV series on DVD/Blu-Ray a little more than half that amount and get to keep these to watch 4ever. I just don't see the rationality (besides convenience) on even paying for this.
Becuse you can;t get 3 at a time from netflix for 10$.
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2. February 2009 @ 14:58 |
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HBO isn't worth that much imo. I reduced my 3 disc down to one disc and unlimited streaming and thats only like $8. HBO alone doesn't offer me more than double the value.
Also, how quickly are they gonna add stuff? Pay $10 bucks to stream Entourage like half a year after in broadcast and is finally released on DVD seems like an ultimate rip-off.
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2. February 2009 @ 15:07 |
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Originally posted by atomicxl:
HBO isn't worth that much imo. I reduced my 3 disc down to one disc and unlimited streaming and thats only like $8. HBO alone doesn't offer me more than double the value.
Also, how quickly are they gonna add stuff? Pay $10 bucks to stream Entourage like half a year after in broadcast and is finally released on DVD seems like an ultimate rip-off.
THeres more porn on HBO....
LOL
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2. February 2009 @ 15:18 |
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Originally posted by atomicxl:
HBO isn't worth that much imo. I reduced my 3 disc down to one disc and unlimited streaming and thats only like $8. HBO alone doesn't offer me more than double the value.
Also, how quickly are they gonna add stuff? Pay $10 bucks to stream Entourage like half a year after in broadcast and is finally released on DVD seems like an ultimate rip-off.
Exactly. I was always pitched offers for HBO by my cable company and I could fend them off with "I watch Sopranos on DVD." Saves my money, except for when the new season arrived, which always sucked trying to dodge spoilers during water cooler chat.
I must say though, when I had HBO On Demand, the new episodes were available the very NEXT day after they aired, so maybe this will be a good thing?
Other than that, HBO is only good for watching the boxing events they can't squeeze PPV revenue out of!
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2. February 2009 @ 21:05 |
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$10 is crazy. I can subscribe to HBO for only $5 thru cable and this includes 5 standard definition HBO's, 1 HD HBO, HBO On Demand, 5 standard definition Cinemax, 1 HD Cinemax and Cinemax On Demand. Why would I pay twice that to stream a limited amount of HBO content thru Netflix when I can catch most shows with HBO On Demand? Chances are if I have internet at highspeed I have cable or Dish. If most people have the option I do, I don't see this taking off.
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3. February 2009 @ 08:30 |
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Chances are that if this flies and people start dropping cable tv, cable companies will still find a way to make their money... mostly by jacking up cost for broadband.
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