Netflix launch reduces BitTorrent use

Netflix launch reduces BitTorrent use

In Brief: How Reed Hastings Almost Undid Netflix

Greg Sandoval, writing at CNET:

For most of the former Netflix employees who moved to Qwikster, their old jobs had been filled. They no longer had a place at the company.

I once asked “What is going on at Netflix?” I wasn’t alone, either. Reed Hastings definitely failed all of his customers in the price-hike/Qwikster debacle, but this good article by Greg Sandoval at CNET points out that Hastings screwed a bunch of perfectly good employees, too.

Hulu will eventually require a cable subscription

Our source noted that Hulu has no interest in being a first mover here and that a requirement for authentication is likely still a few years out. Hulu, however, does want to be a good partner and may have to give in to its partners’ pressure soon or later.

via techcrunch.com

This is a damn shame. It’ll be a blow to the common-sense evolution of television as a business model, and a boon to piracy.


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