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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday November 05 2015, @12:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the network-tv-death-spasm dept.

For the past few years, the big TV networks made easy money selling their reruns to Netflix.

Now they're having second thoughts.

So are they ready to pull back on sales to Netflix and other digital services in the hopes of keeping their core business intact?

Investors will be looking for an answer to that question this week and next, as most of the big entertainment companies report their Q3 earnings and take questions from analysts. But several key TV executives have already signaled that they're going to stop selling their best stuff to digital services — particularly Netflix.

Binge-viewing has been established as the new method to consume content--that is the genie they need to stuff back in the bottle.


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  • (Score: 2) by jmorris on Thursday November 05 2015, @03:27AM

    by jmorris (4844) on Thursday November 05 2015, @03:27AM (#258663)

    They don't care if you binge watch. They don't care if you subscribe to cable.

    They care about making the $100/month (plus) per household that they have built their whole 'content' industry around. Netflix + Hulu Plus + Amazon Prime does not come close. That plus HBO GO doesn't come close. Their first solution will be obvious and fail. What happens after that is anyone's guess.

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  • (Score: 1) by Spamalope on Thursday November 05 2015, @09:40AM

    by Spamalope (5233) on Thursday November 05 2015, @09:40AM (#258760) Homepage

    Making a cable TV subscription a condition of Internet service is increasingly popular. They may add the cable companies streaming services as an optional or additional requirement.

    • (Score: 2) by jcross on Thursday November 05 2015, @02:12PM

      by jcross (4009) on Thursday November 05 2015, @02:12PM (#258848)

      I believe that at least in my area, that kind of forced bundling is illegal. They don't have to tell you that there's an internet-only option, but they have to provide it if you ask.