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kierank on Dec 9, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Study: Redbox Will Destroy the Entertainment Indus...

"Acquiring Rights" for DVD rentals is vastly easier than getting the streaming rights to HD content.

philwelch on Dec 9, 2009 [–]

As you can tell by comparing the Netflix DVD library to the Netflix streaming library. And that's with all the money and influence of Netflix, plus a strategic partnership with Starz (which itself has clout).

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