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Netflix should have bought out NBC, CBS/Paramount, Discovery, or (most significantly) HBO/WB. Or even just their perpetual streaming rights back in the 00's. Letting Discovery acquire WB was one of the biggest mistakes they've ever made. Just imagine if Netflix had the HBO and WB slate. Game of Thrones, all of DC, Cartoon Network... HBO has the superior content lineup, and they let that slide through their fingers. T…
> Or their perpetual streaming rights. You say this as if these rights were ever available for purchase. The studios are not dumb. They had the luxury of seeing what happened to the music industry. It was obvious that with the success of Netflix that streaming was the way forward. They also realized they were no where near capable of doing it on their own. When Netflix was first starting the streaming side, studios w…
For example, Star Trek streaming was originally leased to Netflix, then when they eventually created Paramount+ they pulled out and put it on their own platform.