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Disney vs Netflix: Winners & Losers

After Disney's announcement that it will stop distributing its content on Netflix with a view to launch its own streaming service in 2019, both company's stock price dropped the following day. While this isn't necessarily a bad move for Disney or Netflix, this will probably impact other sides of the TV industry.

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Music Streaming & The Illusive Quest For Profitability

This week Rdio filed for bankruptcy, making it clear what everyone already knows but has difficulty in admitting: music streaming is a broken business model. Companies like Spotify, Deezer or Pandora will have a very hard time to remain sustainable over the long term so... what can they do?

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Netflix, The Hollywood Studio

Netflix announced that it won't be renewing the licensing deal with Epix. Instead, it will focus on a much more interesting and successful strategy: increasing budget on producing original and high quality content.

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