“They’re becoming more Netflix-like,” Reed Hastings, Netflix’s chief executive, said of HBO Go, which he called “quite impressive.” And “we’re becoming more HBO-like,” he said, citing Netflix’s successful bid to make and distribute “House of Cards,” a new drama series.

“I think the two of us will compete for a very long time; hopefully we’ll make ourselves both better through that competition,”  Hastings said at the UBS media conference. It’s possible, that “many people will subscribe to both services because we’ll have distinctive content,” he said.

Clearly Netflix is positioning itself as premium carrier of exclusive content – a pay TV player, rather than a competitor with other OTT aggregators.

Other posts by :

1. 650 Starlink D2C craft in orbit
2. Bank upgrades SES to ‘Buy’
3. Eutelsat shareholders reach agreement at AGM
4. Ghana makes MultiChoice fee decision
5. SES announces €0.25c dividend
6. Russia “blinding and destroying” German satellites
7. Bank: AST, Starlink, Kuiper targeting $200bn market
8. Rivada: Is no news good news?
9. SES celebrates Intelsat acquisition

Categories: Articles, OTT, Pay TV, Premium, VOD