http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/ Engadget Comments for Mark Cuban foretells Netflix demise, sees a future filled with on-demand video http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
He is an egotistical jackass, he is right, an Netflix is already aware. Roku boxes, PS3, 360, Wii, embedded streaming apps in TV's? This has been going on for how long now? Netflix just needs more streaming content is all. It'll all get there. Between Netflix and Media Center, I'm covered.]]>May 7th 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
HIs theory is sound, but he's still wrong. If Netflix was able to provide content at the same time as cable providers, I will hand over money to Netflix so insanely fast. I don't care if it costs more or not, it's understandable that there would be a price increase. Being able to watch the content on any device I choose that can connect to Netflix vs. using some POS cable company device is all the difference in the world. Not to mention you could, probably, still ask the content from any computer with an internet connection. One bill per month to watch your content anywhere in the world vs only at your home on your couch because the cable is tied to your home.

Plus, after years of being ass-reamed by cable providers, I don't care if they go under or not. Netflix may have to increase costs, but if getting the same, or close to the same, content at the same time resulfts from those increases, it's fine by me.]]>May 7th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/I don't mind if Netflix will bring pay per view contents in addition to subscription contents. Cancel cable long time ago. I buy season pass from Amazon for shows that are not available on Netflix. It is still much cheaper than paying $60 a month for hundreds of channels I don't watch.]]>May 7th 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
You know what, i completely overlooked the millions of devices Netflix is currently on. You have a good point. Phones will have Netflix eventually. My Windows 7 laptop/desktop has Netflix built in. My LG network player has Netflix built in. I dont mind paying the increase (slight increase) if they do. I can take all my content with me as opposed to only being viewed through a cable box. Netflix wont to bad even after the price hike (hopefully not in the near future) :)

+1]]>May 7th 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/1. Netflix is ubiquitous - Doesn’t mater if you move or what cable or ISP you have, it’s always there.
2. Netflix is in all the right places - Physical media, gaming consoles, DVRs like TiVo, Direct to HDTVs, Mobile devices, etc.
3. Netflix is a hit with a diverse crowd - Whether its grandma in Mobile AL checking the mailbox for physical media, or some hip college teen in San Fran CA streaming.
4. And last but probability most important - Netflix acts as a HUGE BUFFER to the torrent trade!
Hear that Hollywood studios? Yea, you go ahead and try to greedily squeeze Netflix for unreasonable sum$ and watch the reverse of what you perceive as potential new profits go the total opposite way! Today Netflix is saving your “milkshakes”! Sayin...]]>May 7th 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/"...the expansion of VOD choice, which he sees as foolproof compared to the overwhelming complexity that web streaming entails..."

LOL Using netflix is way easier than using the cable company's archaic VOD/Guide/Menu system UI that lags everytime you press a button.]]>May 7th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
I agree on a few points. But my main problem with Netflix is that I want to be able to carry out single streaming purchases without being forced to take on a subscription.]]>May 7th 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
At the same time, he argues that VOD offerings will increase to compete with Netflix, but it's clear over the last few years that VOD has not done that at all...TV shows only have a handful of recent episodes, and free movie selections do not generally include popular and recent movies.]]>May 7th 2010 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/Exactly so. In fact, if anything, Netflix will make Cable companies moot - at some point streaming live broadcasts will enter its business model, turning it into a hybrid of u-verse and on-demand distributor. Time shifting has reached its logical conclusion, which is to say, we should be able to watch anything we want, when we want, as soon as it "airs". Airing will be a simple "release date" at some point, leaving us to watch programing at our leisure. How commercials will adapt is anyone's guess. Netflix is the future.]]>May 7th 2010 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
I contemplate cable VOD stacked up to Netflix and I've just gotta laugh. When the wife saw our streaming disk for the Wii, her immediate response was "cable's dead". Cable just can't compete on price, selection, or convenience.

Cable can perhaps compete based on new material. However, I think that will only get them so much.

Once you've tried Netflix streaming, it is far too tempting to dump cable. It's worth at least double what they're charging for it when you stack it up against vaguely similar cable options.]]>May 7th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
Please add "Well duh" as a tag for this story tia]]>May 7th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/I haven't had to call my cable company for VOD errors, but that's because I don't use their VOD services. The point stands. Netflix does work really well, and dollar-for-dollar I find it to be a much more satisfying service than my digital cable.]]>May 7th 2010 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
I use netflix, and I rip all those blu-rays to my 2tb nas (more storage necessary soon, it's getting full), and make my own 1080p VOD]]>May 7th 2010 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
Cable companies are doomed. They'll just be another pipe. People will get all of their video off the net.]]>May 7th 2010 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
Oh gosh, I hope this doesn't happen. EVER! We all know this may happen eventually. Its always a "to good to be true" this day in age. Well, Ill enjoy my Netflix subscription until the big distributors crack down with those concessions Mark talks about.

BTW: Torrent FTW!!!]]>May 7th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
I'll keep on with my $9 a month Netflix subscription which allows me to watch about 8 movies a month. It'll be years until On Demand can compete with Netflix's prices.]]>May 7th 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
Or quality.]]>May 7th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/ $50 month cable service. Which is why I'm sticking with my < $15 month Netflix.

On top of that a lot of the Comcast VOD movies are an additional $5!!! Honestly it's not even a competition at this point, Netflix wins hands down. Of course this could all change which is what Mark is suggesting. But I think a LOT would have to change before Netflix goes away.]]>May 7th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
Signed, every Mavericks fan.]]>May 7th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
]]>May 7th 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/What I want is a provider that you can order every station and channel à la carte.

So, say I'm living in Los Angeles, but I also want to be able to watch my home town channels in Augusta. I'd like to be able to pay for that ability.

I'd also like to see the channels on cable/satellite stacked like they are OTA. E.g. KABC in LA is channel 7; OTA HD feed is 7.1, the ABC Weather channel is 7.3 and so on.

It's probably a licensing and FCC nightmare, but that's what I'd like to see.]]>May 7th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
Don't we all. At this point though I think its become clear that the cable companies know that their revenue would plummet and the channel companies (like, say, bravo, or MTV, lol) know they would wither and die if people were allowed to pick and choose channels. I suspect most people would pick the local channels and major stations (CBS,NBC, etc) and the sports channels and then a good mix of Discovery owned stations (with some folks grabbing Scifi, etc). Most other channels would wither and die. (no loss really).]]>May 7th 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/You hit the nail on the head. People seem to forget that Cuban was one of the forefathers of streaming media. Hell, the guy even paid for Grokster's legal fees against MGM. As bat-shiz crazy as the guy is, he knows what he is talking about.
On another note, I love me some Netfilx, but seriously, how long can this go on? There is no way Hollywood, Comfinity, TWC and all the other bad boys are going to let this go on much longer. For those who say Web this and Web that: Yes it is awesome, but we are so in the minority. It is also a gigantic PITA unless you are tech savy,and even then it is still a pain due to the Flash factor.
I know I will get downranked into oblivion, but the best thing Netflix ever did was use Silverlight.... ]]>May 7th 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/
While this may be true, most people only know him as "that asshat that owns the Dallas Mavericks".

My earlier post was basically a quip about how Cuban should be more concerned about my precious Mavs than a business he currently has no capital tied up in. However, I see him as being wrong on this matter, mainly because as long as it's cheaper for me to rent from Netflix and own an Xbox 360/PS3/Wii/Roku box, cable companies can snork off with their current pricing structure.

Movie studios and the like should be glad Netflix exists, because most of the people I know with Netflix subscriptions (myself included) are people who otherwise would be scouring Pirate Bay and other torrent services. At least they are getting a cut, instead of watching their wares get raided all over the Net.]]>May 7th 2010 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/But NetFlix is the pioneer making web content so much easier for us to all watch. NetFlix Wii is insanely easy to use, just pop in the disc and watch! They're doing what they need to do, get NetFlix streaming in millions of households, once they have that it's only a matter of serving up more web content, that is currently trapped in flash, to their users.

The only way the cable company could win is by cheating/being anti-competitive, by squeezing internet downloads via BS like application-specific throttling or download caps while excluding their own services from those very restrictions.]]>May 7th 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/mark-cuban-foretells-netflix-demise-sees-a-future-filled-with-o/May 7th 2010 11:07AM