09-20-2011, 10:11 PM
.RJ Wrote:Amazon is charging the same price for books electronically as they are in paperback, so I imagine that if they took over the streaming business we'd all be whining about how cheap Netflix was.... and quickly forget about the $6 price hike.
Most prices are set by the publishers.
...and the reason the Netflix/Starz deal fell through is because Starz wanted to be on a tiered membership. In other words, control the price of their content. Who do you think is gonna win that battle? As long as there is another way for the media companies to distribute content to the masses, they are able to charge distributors out the ass for streaming. Why would Starz (et al) make a deal when then can still push via cable, satellite, premium movie channels and disc? It's simple supply and demand. They have to pay to play and that cost differentiation WILL be passed on to the customer eventually.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth