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Originally Posted by Chad
http://www.theguardian.com/business/...ma-film-online
"Sky's deals with the major Hollywood studios – Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures and Universal Studios – come up for renewal in 2017 and 2018."
"Analysts at IHS put the total value of Sky's movie deals at between £300m and £350m a year."
Imagine how much Netflix would need to bid in 4 years time to try and wrestle those rights away. It's going to be real expensive. SKY are paying out almost £30m a month on movie rights to the studios.
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Yup, it would be expensive if they went for all the studios. What is to stop them going just for just one, two or three studios though? (I am not aware of any reason why not, but am happy to be corrected.) Any of Warner Bros, Universal and Disney for example would be excellent additions. I can not imagine they will get anywhere near 20th Century Fox. Even
if they have to put the price up by two or three pounds a month for all three potential studio deals, that would still offer tremendous value in my eyes.
If Netflix only nabbed the Disney rights, I imagine Netflix would become a very viable option for parents of small children who can't afford Sky movies or those who only have Sky Movies for the benefit of the children.
From the figures I have seen on here, Netflix appear to have the money currently to afford a loss on Netflix UK (if they could bid for movie rights currently) whilst building their movie portfolio and customer base over here, just imagine what financial clout they may be able wield in 3-4 years.