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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Seeing all the news stories over the last few weeks about new streaming services ie Netflix , Lovefilm , Blinkbox etc do people feel this could be a threat to pay TV providers ?
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Do you mean a threat in terms of losing customers, or a threat to the content deals pay TV providers currently have?
In terms of losing customers, pay TV providers will be watching developments closely. If Lovefilm and Netflix start an aggressive price war, SKY would seriously need to consider the price structure of their own movie offerings.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...al?INTCMP=SRCH
"The deal does not affect BSkyB's rights to show movies on its services, with Warner Bros saying that it has carved out a new "second pay-TV window" for the first time that will see LoveFilm get titles exclusively for its subscription streaming service."
As Netflix and Lovefilm go to war you can bet the other movie studios will also find a "second pay-TV window" to exploit which doesn't effect their current deal with SKY.