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Originally Posted by jj20x
I guess that depends on whether Sky wants to compete, head on, with Netflix in an arena where Netflix is currently established.
ITV appear to be predicting that it will be linear tv and a source of additional income for them. Let's see how that goes.
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There's no doubt that Netflix is emerging as a major media player with tons of their own content, but a Disney/Fox combo would own a third of everything that Hollywood has produced so far, with the rights to tons of stuff as yet unmade. That trounces Netflix into the ground.
Netflix gained popularity because you could watch loads of films from different Hollywood studios all on the same service, but that will change, starting with the removal of new Disney content from Netflix next year.
It maybe jumping the gun, but buying Sky maybe one of the reasons Disney is interested in merging/buying a lot of Murdoch's assets. Potentially they could use the Sky brand globally (it's easy to say and catchy) rather than the children/family orientated Disney brand.