Tag: Lovefilm
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How supermarkets are becoming entertainment platforms
Over the past year or so supermarket giants such as Sainsbury’s and Tesco have started venturing into entertainment content. A good example is supermarket giant Tesco which acquired We7 (digital music) and Blinkbox (video on demand) last year. Its UK competitor Sainsbury bought online entertainment platform Global Media Vault and Anobii (eBooks) around the same time. I wondered about…
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Learning more about streaming, this time it’s about Netflix (again)
Over the past few months I’ve been learning more about streaming, trying to understand beter how it works and who operates in this market (think Spotify, Rdio and LoveFilm). A logical next step was trying to get a better grasp on the business side of things; what makes streaming so interesting from a business revenue point…
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Learning about streaming, with Klip as a first case study
I’m currently trying to learn more about streaming in its various forms. Streaming is all about the delivery method of media such as audio, film or TV. There are basically two forms of streaming: live streaming and archived streaming. With live streaming, you take the content and broadcast it live over the internet. It involves having…
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How robust will Netflix’ business model turn out to be? – Part 3
Just as I thought that the Netflix saga had come to an end with my blog post a few weeks ago (in which I wrote about Nextflix’ CEO Reed Hastings’ announcement to split the business into two separate units), the story has taken another twist. Last week, Netflix reversed its decision to split its business into…
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How robust will Netflix’ business model turn out to be? – Part 2
Back in February, I asked the question about the (long-term) sustainability of Netflix’ business model and I guess that some major events in Netflix’ life over the past week have provided some useful insights into answering that question: Splitting the company in two – On the Netflix blog, Netfox CEO Reed Hastings last week announced the…
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