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Let the streaming battle begin

September 25th, 2011 by Joseph Ruthaford

So it looks like Netflix is going to have what could possibly be a Blockbuster/Dish streaming service coming down the line here. Dish bought out Blockbuster for a mere $320 million and now it is all starting to become clear. The real question becomes how will Dish be able to leverage this with the problems Netflix has been having. Mainly the focus goes on the Starz deal that is still in the works. Startz wants there to be a tier for their movies and series, although once again as I stated in a post of mine what if you already have Starz? I mean let me put something into perspective for you, Torchwood Miracle Day was on Starz and just ended a week or so ago. Yet no episodes were on Netflix yet if you had Starz on cable/dish you could on demand them. I don’t think Starz would be losing subscribers to Netflix if they kept the same deal in place and let people watch the series for a limited time streaming. I do feel that putting Netflix in a position like this is just dirty pool by leveraging the fact Netflix is losing its customer base because it broke up its streaming and DVD service. So Netflix could be hungry to get more people streaming, but what will Netflix see if it has to charge $20 per month for Streaming? What added value would you have to give the customer, most people are already complaining about its poor selection at $7.99 and with companies like Showtime and HBO not on board who knows what they could really add. However Dish could have the advantage and might be able to make deals with these companies since they already sell the products through their dish services. This competition could be refreshing and could make Netflix make a positive move for its customers or it could just fail.

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