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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I agree! There's more decent material on Netflix than all the Sky channels put together (sport excluded of course)!
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I agree. I think Netflix are in a stronger position than Sky channels in terms of airing new content, with the possible exception of Sky Atalantic (not in my eyes though). IMHO Netflix do not need to fill time slots on various channels, whereas Sky do. As such I think the Sky channels have to rubber stamp some pretty poor series just to fill the time slots and also try and chase ratings. Whilst Netflix will also want new content, I think they can be considerably more choosy with the new content they will help to fund as they have no time slots to fill. They have no real need to worry about subscriptions (viewing figures) because they have already built up a strong fanbase already and have garnered considerable profits. The result is Netflix (with its movie selection and considerable on demand content) will continue to grow stronger and stronger, whilst Sky will struggle with acquiring decent new content and rely more and more on movies and sports - both of which will come under considerable pressure from the next round of bidding wars.