Thread: Are Lovefilm & Netflix a threat to Virgin?
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Old 10-01-2012, 16:03   #38
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Re: Are Lovefilm & Netflix a threat to Virgin?
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Originally Posted by Alan Fry View Post
Why would Yahoo! buy Neflex, they do have much in common, Amazon on the other hand owns lovefilm, but the opeats only in the UK and the nodic regions, buying Netflex would create a worldwide media streaming company!
....which would attact attention from competition authrories worldwide. That would probably be worth it just to see Sky complaining about a UK streaming monopoly.

Amazon spent £200 million to buy Lovefilm. Why spend another few million on Netflix and then spend even more money rebranding and merging the 2 companies (and their related device apps, content delivery networks, streaming rights etc)?

If the merged company was called Netflix then Amazon have just wasted money on a truckload of Lovefilm TV adverts.

I'm not saying it won't happen (what do I know? ), I just personally think that Amazon have got bigger fish to fry (like their Kindle readers, don't be surprised to see a Lovefilm app for the Kindle Fire).
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