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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
They already have the advantage with Netflix. How many shows would you watch on Sky Atlantic compared with the huge variety of material on Netflix? There's no comparison.
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But here is the difference: it's easy to get Netflix on any number of devices, many of them already in many people's home: PS3, Xbox, Wii, Smart TV, Bluray players, Tablets, computers etc.
HBO shows are nowhere near as easy to get. Up until recently the only way was to move to Sky Satellite. Netflix will not carry HBO content for the next five years at least in the UK and most likely not in any other Netflix region.
Atlantic would be the better option for VM to have over Netflix if they had had a free choice to pick just one purely because it is dead easy to get Netflix by other means. The fact that Atlantic shows brand new shows rather than shows at least one season behind (excluding Netflix originals) is also a point in favour of Atlantic.
Therefore, Sky having Atlantic and not Netflix is better than VM having Netflix and not Atlantic, in my view.