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Archive for May 2006

Online Rental Players Face Barriers in Going Digital

In a recent conference call with analysts, US DVD rental giant Netflix, CEO, Reed Hastings, noted several barriers to online rental players in going digital. As these barriers are just as relevant in the UK, we've included commentary on this piece in Ovum in our blog.

Netflix's own On Demand service was repeatedly delayed, from the end of 2005 to at least 2007 due to licensing problems with the studios. The Hollywood studios have been dragging their feet on licensing their back catalogues, so no online company has yet been able to (legally) offer the variety of content which consumers demand.

Content is king, and until the studios get their act together and solve this licensing problem, online legal downloads won't take off--in the US or Australia, or anywhere else.

10 May, 2006 | Category: DVD Rental News | AddThis Social Bookmark Button

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