And here's another shoe dropping:
http://recode.net/2014/04/23/amazon-...der-hbo-shows/
I'm thinking Netflix shouldn't have bragged that they wanted to be the HBO of streaming.
Quote:
...starting in May, you’ll be able to get some of the premium cable channel’s older stuff online — via an Amazon Prime subscription.
That means Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to see shows that have already run on HBO, like “The Sopranos” and “The Wire.” And they can also watch older seasons of some shows that are still on the air, like “Girls,” three years after they air.
It’s the first time HBO has offered access to its catalog via a streaming video service that’s not its own HBO Go. And it gives Amazon an important bragging right/differentiation point as it tries to gain ground on rival Netflix.
People familiar with the deal say HBO did not shop the catalog to Netflix or other potential Amazon rivals. UPDATE: Morgan Stanley estimates the shows could “potentially be valued at $200-$250M” over the course of deal, plus more depending on how many new shows HBO feeds into the pipeline.
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