Will Media Deal Making Dethrone Netflix?
Big media struggles with streaming but increased competition will make it harder for Netflix to stay ahead.
This article was originally posted on wsj.com
Big media struggles with streaming but increased competition will make it harder for Netflix to stay ahead.
This article was originally posted on wsj.com
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Will Disney buy Fox’s investment in Roku and can they use their position in it to throttle competition on Roku? If so, it will be the death of Roku.
The genie is out of the bottle. It is far too easy to create Roku like boxes. Most viewers won’t tolerate a walled garden on over the top TV.
Disney and cable ops have been too powerful for too long. What worked in cable will not work on streaming boxes even without net neutrality.
Roku doesn’t expect to make a profit on boxes. Profit comes from advertising.
That’s not the point. The point is that video distribution is no longer the good ole boys club it once was. Those days are gone forever.