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Netflix To Start Creating Original Content

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-the-streaming-wars-begin dept.

olsmeister writes "Netflix may be known for offering some of our favorite TV and movie streams, but the company is about to step up its game and begin offering original content. Netflix has allegedly outbid a number of major cable networks for a new drama series produced by and starring Kevin Spacey called House of Cards, and may be about to close a deal at more than $100 million, according to a report on Deadline.com."

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  1. Re:Finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sorry, but you're way off and too hopeful. Netflix will join the cable club and screw us. You much be young. Both cable and satellite TV was cheapish to start with, but more than free OTA TV. We paid more for it to avoid averts. How much is a standard TV cable bill now? $100/month for basic HD, some shitty DVR and a wad in fees and taxes?

    Just you watch. Netflix will start increasing prices to cover buying crap TV shows instead of streaming the walmart bargain DVD bin. After a while they'll be losing customers over it, so they'll start creating tiers of service. See where this is going?

    You're probably correct about the ads, when they start, that'll be one service canceled.

  2. Re:Original Content Submission by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That's called Youtube.

  3. FIREFLY by Seumas · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Buy the rights to firefly and pump that shit out!