Netflix to Stream Original Series with House of Cards

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Kevin Spacey must love Netflix. It what is brand new ground entirely for the streaming Goliath, Netflix just outbid several significant cable networks, including HBO and AMC to acquire a new drama series called House of Cards. Lest you think this is a small thing - the show is being produced and directed by none other than David Fincher and stars Kevin Spacey (who is also an executive producer). The deal is still "wet", but deadline.com reports that Netflix won the deal by committing to two full seasons of the show up front - something almost unheard of in a cautious industry that works through Pilots and last-minute renewals. If we estimate just $4 million per episode, we're talking a financial outlay of around $160 million or more. With that kind of investment, we're wondering if Netflix is going to want to inject commercials - or bank on the influx of new memberships through popularization of the show.


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I imagine that the $10/mo streaming only price isn't far off what HBO charges the cable companies and that seems to pay for their costs. But the elephant in the room are the ISPs. With only a fraction of the country on 2+Mb broadband and with cable companies and AT&T slapping caps (or throttling streaming protocols) on the rest I'm not sure that Netflix's new business model will be allowed to survive.

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I imagine that the $10/mo streaming only price isn't far off what HBO charges the cable companies and that seems to pay for their costs. But the elephant in the room are the ISPs. With only a fraction of the country on 2+Mb broadband and with cable companies and AT&T slapping caps (or throttling streaming protocols) on the rest I'm not sure that Netflix's new business model will be allowed to survive.

X-ACT-LEE. I still have no idea why it would be such a horrible business model for media giants to hook up with ISPs in order to allow high(er) speed DL's with the purchase of a certain media package (or vice versa). Either way, provide the enduser/consumer with the media, and a decently efficient way to get it. Terribly difficult math? Till then, YARRHHHH (true pirates know what i mean...)