Re:Hollywood as We Know It Is Over
by Karunamon on Monday January 30, 2017 @06:24PM
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Blockbuster did not have to operate a huge IT infrastructure to bring you a movie.
No; they just had to operate a huge logistics network to contract, (re)purchase, ship, store, catalog, track, and dispose of physical media. That's on top of the labor costs for 60,000+ employees over 8,000+ physical locations.
Shifting bits around, even at Netflix scale, requires far fewer people and far less investment.
No; they just had to operate a huge logistics network to contract, (re)purchase, ship, store, catalog, track, and dispose of physical media. That's on top of the labor costs for 60,000+ employees over 8,000+ physical locations.
Shifting bits around, even at Netflix scale, requires far fewer people and far less investment.