Dish network buys Blockbuster.
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^ They are kind of stale, now that you mention it.
Depends on what you mean by "whenever I want". If you're talking Netflix Instant, that's mostly B movies. If you're talking well known older films like say, Pulp Fiction, or Fight Club, or the Godfather movies, you still gotta drop your last movie in the mail and wait a few days.
I think there's still a market for people who decide on a Saturday night that they want to see a movie, but don't want to be limited by Redbox's small selection, and don't feel like waiting until next Wednesday for Netflix to ship it to them. It's certainly not going to be as BIG of a market as it was in the 90s/00s, but I think the demand will always be there.
Netflix isn't mostly B movies anymore. Several studios have opened up most of their libraries.
I don't want to watch any of those movies. Netflix has a very large selection of movies to choose from online now. Sure there is probably a few people who want to go rent something, but really I feel most would already have a movie to watch through Netflix, or but the mail. If 3% of people want to use a store to rent a movie that isn't going to be enough business to keep BB from going under.
I don't know where in the world you live, but I mail a movie back Thursday afternoon and I get a new movie on Saturday, that's less than a day back and a day for the new one.
Indeed, there's quite a bit of good stuff on their instant streaming library.
Don't count on that lasting too long. Or at least, not at their current prices:
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/blog-post/netflixs-brick-wall-25501?page=0,0
I don't want to get too far off topic, but that's conspiracy theory crap. Netflix is waiting 30 days to send out discs in exchange for older titles. If the agreement ends, Netflix will just start sending out discs immediately when the become available, gaining the upper hand again.
Plus Netflix just made a deal with CBS and all of Star Trek willbe up by years end. Stars has a deal for a 90 day delay on its shows. It's not like everyone will say no to Netflix.
Meanwhile, Showtime pulls Dexter, Tudors, Californication from Netflix streaming, and Disney decides to charge Netflix/Redbox more for new release DVDs. Not everyone will say yes to Netflix, either.
While the streaming rights may have been a factor, I'm pretty sure Netflix/Redbox agreed to the 28 day delay in exchange for studios not suing them. If that agreement ends, the major studios will just go back to figuring out ways to end the supply of new DVDs to Netflix/Redbox.
In that case, there's Costco.
Why would Netflix get sued for being a DVD rental service? 
Why would Netflix get sued for being a DVD rental service?
Because in the magical world that BB isn't outdated shit anythnig is possible.
The 30 day rule was added because studios figured people would rent the movies for a $1 instead of buying the movies.
And of course not everyone will say yes to Netflix. Showtime was a waste on Netflix anyways with two seasons of Dexter and one of Calafornication. However Netflix actually has a business plan, and it's been elvolvign and changing for the last several years. They understand DVDs are dyign and streaming is the way to go because it's cheaper to stream than buy 100 DVDs at $30 a pop. So even if they have to pay companies more for streaming they can still save money from not buying DVDs and shipping them around.
Of course they just added Mad Men.... That was pretty exciting news. And FOX has licensed a lot to them recently.
Why would Netflix get sued for being a DVD rental service?
IIRC it was redbox that was getting more heat. They were going the "Costco" route when the movie studios wouldn't cut them a favorable release date distribution deal, instead trying to force the same 30 day restriction upon them that they did on Netflix. They were basically buying street copies and plugging them into their machines Tuesday mornings.
Now, the studios are looking for another way to cut Netflix off at the knees with their new "premium VOD/PPV" concept. Where cable/sat companies will have access to the VOD/PPV rights months before BB/Netflix/redbox gets DVD rights, or before Netflix gets streaming. This looks to be the primary factor in netflix's grab of Kevin Spacey's new show. To serve as a proof of concept of Netflix as a first run option for content providers.
The studios fear the new distribution methods, and are trying as hard as they can to try and prevent them from working.
Why would Netflix get sued for being a DVD rental service?
Because in the magical world that BB isn't outdated shit anythnig is possible.
The 30 day rule was added because studios figured people would rent the movies for a $1 instead of buying the movies.
And of course not everyone will say yes to Netflix. Showtime was a waste on Netflix anyways with two seasons of Dexter and one of Calafornication. However Netflix actually has a business plan, and it's been elvolvign and changing for the last several years. They understand DVDs are dyign and streaming is the way to go because it's cheaper to stream than buy 100 DVDs at $30 a pop. So even if they have to pay companies more for streaming they can still save money from not buying DVDs and shipping them around.
Shoshone has a strong reason to pull it's shows from streaming on Netflix, it's venture in Epix. Epix is really trying to be a "best of both worlds" player right now. It's a cable network but when you are a subscriber you get free access to it's website and the streaming of all it's content. It's really an interesting endeavor.
The studios also realize that DVD is dead, but they are pushing bluray as the replacement medium, because keeping physical media keeps their current release pattern and revenue streams. That and they fear the net and digital distribution with most of their might.
And your point is what? That studios are stupid and they should make deals with Netflix? Because if that's it I agree.
I mean really, studios trying to ignore new medias worked amazingly well for the music people... right.... right....?
They won't go anywhere because the cable TV providers are the same as the internet providers. So if everyone uses the internet for their TV then the company will just increase the rates through the roof.