Interesting analysis of the news that Netflix has confirmed its deal to distribute the new TV series "House of Cards." While most folks were asking "Could Netflix be the next HBO?," Video Nuse's Will
Richmond asked instead, "Could HBO be the next BLOCKBUSTER?"-- meaning, could HBO become increasingly irrelevant in the wake of competition from Netflix, as Blockbuster has?
Richmond thinks
the answer to that question is "yes." "Tops on the list of similarities [between HBO and Blockbuster] are distribution and how changing technology can affect entrenched ways of doing business,"
Richmond writes.
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