Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) Message Board
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Negative Article in WSJ
As Netflix's Stock Price Grows, So Do Its Doubters
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100929-708571.html-
"not in some alternate reality where AMZN, GOOG, etc. simply do not exist, nor does exponentially rising content cost"
Scamp has summed it up for everyone in just those two sentences! -
ceo has cut his stake to only 2.5% now. that says it all
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nflx has had doubters for 10 years now. the doubters get crushed and thrown in a pile along with scratched dvds and chinese takeout
- 1 Reply to npeabo
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$1B companies get the benefit of the doubt....$8.5B companies do not
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These articles always miss the point. Netflix isn't going to replace cable tv...not becuase people prefer cable to the internet, but because the cable companies simply aren't going to let them! As soon as netfilx looks at all like a serious threat to cable you are going to see all out war...free movies, streaming products of their own, monopolizing streaming rights, you name it. Comcast, etc have HUGE warchests, and Netflix exists at their mercy. Netfix can be a niche player forever, but they better stay on their side of the steet. That's why Netflix itself was so quick to point out in tis article they are not planning to replace cable!
- 3 Replies to al2001x
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cable couldn't beat my cat at chess
cable is an ossified (i.e., already dead) industry that can only sit and wait for the lights to get turned off.
anyone with a brain whose been a cable customer for the past 30 years knows this. just to give you one example (and there are many) of just how inept and insignificant cable is, consider that my cable box interface actually became much less usable -- that is LESS usable -- over the years, and its not just me who feels this way. EVERYONE hated the new box software, but it was probably cheaper (maybe they were tired of paying licensing for the software that they were using). and THAT RIGHT THERE tells you where cable is. they have given up the ghost. the fat lady is singing. -
huh? Cable companies are not content providers - they are content deliverers. Netflix is a content deliverer. They are direct competitors. Cable has alway been a content bundler - an consumers loathe paying for content they don't want or use - netflix will allow, like Itunes, for users to pay only for the cotnentt hey desire. Cable fades away...
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excellent pt.
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not much new there but all the points are valid.
- 1 Reply to Breakem1
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Shorts are really helping this stock rise!! I guess we'll see $185 soon.
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Great - that will make shorts jump on the stock, and with Apple TV and Google TV news over the next three weeks, it will add more fuel to the rise.
- 1 Reply to johnjordan_scg
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I think it will help the shorts. It will open more eyes as to the lunacy of this stock. DOnt get me woring, I think its a great company and service but the rise its exhibited in the last 6 months (especially) the last 30 days is just dumb. Im super short this stock and Im getting killed but I hope my bet pays off soon.
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