Verne G. Kopytoff writes of the pretty intense and growing competition for streaming rights to fresh film and television product. He writes:
… The weakness of the streaming service is movie selection. Netflix’s catalog of 20,000 streaming movies does not include many recent Hollywood hits because Netflix has been unable to negotiate rights from all the studios. Netflix has about five times as many titles in its DVD catalog. ¶ Many of the company’s studio deals require it to delay making titles available — either on DVD or online — until they have been on store shelves for 28 days. …
Link: New York Times. --Dennis
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