Netflix To Sell Streaming Biz To Amazon, Analyst Theorizes - Forbes

Posted by jedwhite on Thursday September 22, 2011 @09:13PM
from the forbes.com dept.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/09/22/netflix-to-sell-streaming-biz-to-amazon-analyst-theorizes/

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Re:Netflix To Sell Streaming Biz To Amazon, Analyst Theorize... by wmf on Thursday September 22, 2011 @09:45PM (#3028521)

Netflix’s financial flexibility is quite limited, while Amazon’s is virtually unlimited.

Jeff Bezos didn't get rich by losing money. The licensing cost alone for all the content people want is higher than the current price of Netflix streaming.

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Re:Netflix To Sell Streaming Biz To Amazon, Analyst Theorize... by jedwhite on Thursday September 22, 2011 @09:15PM (#3028447)

No small relevant matter that Netfix runs on Amazon's EC2

http://techblog.netflix.com/2010/12/5-lessons-weve-learned-u...

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Re:Netflix To Sell Streaming Biz To Amazon, Analyst Theorize... by jfricker on Thursday September 22, 2011 @09:24PM (#3028468)

Well the tax issue really does add to the likelihood. So what happens, Hastings retires?

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Re:Netflix To Sell Streaming Biz To Amazon, Analyst Theorize... by wmf on Thursday September 22, 2011 @09:45PM (#3028524)

Reed Hastings could run Quikster!

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