Thread: VOD Netflix/Streaming Services
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Old 27-12-2019, 19:13   #7066
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
You have consistently portrayed Sky as under threat but not Netflix or Amazon - the incumbents in the £8.99 a month pay tv market.
Sky is certainly under pressure. It is feeling the pinch with imported content as well as the cost of sports rights. That doesn't mean Sky is under threat (that's your interpretation) but it is certainly under pressure.

The takeover by Comcast is a blessing for Sky because that has enabled a considerable amount of extra content to be secured. However, if much of that has been shown already in the UK, it will still have to invest in a lot more original content to keep the punters opening their wallets.

Netflix will also suffer a loss of content, but by golly, they are certainly churning out the originals. And that is why Netflix is in a better place than Sky, content wise.

Amazon also has quite a lot of original content, albeit not as much as Netflix. However its attraction lies in the fact that they also carry a lot of new stuff on a pay per view basis. Additionally, of course, they have their retail business, which sets them apart from Sky and Netflix.
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