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Originally Posted by harry_hitch
Even if Netflix decide they have to charge £10 a month (like lovefilm) so they can get more film rights as well as decent independent or foreign films ahead of Sky (in the future) and acquire decent TV content ahead of Sky, it will still be a better and cheaper option for me, and probably many, many others.
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You can't compare Lovefilm's £10p/m charge with Netflix's £6 as they are for different things.
The only true comparison is between both of their streaming services, which are the same price at £6p/m.
The £10 for Lovefilm includes Blueray/DVD rentals combined with the free streaming.
DVD rental is a different kettle of fish as regards to rights than streaming rights.
Having a combined service of DVD and streaming allows Lovefilm to offer both new and older titles is a good way of doing things as an option to Sky movies; I used to do it myself.
Although Netflix offer a DVD service in the US, they don't offer that in the UK.
The new service from Play.com owners,
https://uk.wuaki.tv/ offers both a subscription streaming service with the added option to buy or rent current titles for an additional one-off charge. This is a nice option, though the prices seem high to me for the one-off rentals and the subscription TV titles aren't that many. Still, good to have options. I think at one time Lovefilm had optional titles that you could pay extra for to stream, but not sure if they do now?