07-25-2012, 11:18 PM
Hmm, who would want to buy Netflix...
My current bet would be Google, actually. They already own YouTube, so it's not that far off what they're already doing. If Google's plan is "acquire stuff that gives us more data about people on the internet" then buying the #1 streaming service may be right up their alley. They could maybe even take it "free to play" by using Google advertising to drive ad revenue in place of or as an alternative to subscriptions.
It would be neat if several movie studios banded together in a Hulu-like venture to take over Netflix. That would probably make more sense than trying to create a competing venture from scratch. I have a hard time seeing that, though, because I think there's too much evidence that major movie studios just don't "get it" when it comes to online offerings. They still think online offerings are the devil, stealing from their precious physical DVD sales.
My current bet would be Google, actually. They already own YouTube, so it's not that far off what they're already doing. If Google's plan is "acquire stuff that gives us more data about people on the internet" then buying the #1 streaming service may be right up their alley. They could maybe even take it "free to play" by using Google advertising to drive ad revenue in place of or as an alternative to subscriptions.
It would be neat if several movie studios banded together in a Hulu-like venture to take over Netflix. That would probably make more sense than trying to create a competing venture from scratch. I have a hard time seeing that, though, because I think there's too much evidence that major movie studios just don't "get it" when it comes to online offerings. They still think online offerings are the devil, stealing from their precious physical DVD sales.