Re:Netflix is getting huge, but can it get great?
by sysbell on Thursday February 15, 2018 @04:02PM
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> A merger of Netflix and HBO is such a face-smackingly obvious win/win I can't imagine why it hasn't happened already.
Because HBO isn't independently held; its owned by Time Warner.
Re:Netflix is getting huge, but can it get great?
by bonesss on Friday February 16, 2018 @02:47AM
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Conglomerates don't do M&A anymore?
And just keep pulling on that sweater thread: combining the subscriber platform of Netflix, the content & cable capabilities of HBO and their boxing connections, along with sweetheart win/win deals for streaming as much of Time Warners catalog as makes sense... That's exactly the kind of slightly-adult-oriented position I'd want to go head-to-head with Disney/ABC/Pixar/Lucasarts/ESPN in the forthcoming streaming war. Plus bigger budgets, which is a factor since Netflix is a verifiable money printing machine.
A merger of Netflix and HBO is such a face-smackingly obvious win/win I can't imagine why it hasn't happened already.
Netflix's service, reach, user data mining, and tech powering a hybrid content catalog of Netflix originals and HBOs library, which becomes a freebie/cheapie with an HBO cable subscription.
As it stands both companies are trying to become one another, with mixed results, and Disney is gonna try hard to eat both their lunches once Disneys Streaming Platform to Rule Them All is live...