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Television execs are terrified of the interwebz

Deadbolt

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Especially Netflix. They're doing everything in their power to keep television and movie programming off the net on only on your TV.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118034373?refCatId=1009

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20043850-261.html?tag=mncol;6n

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20047000-260.html

http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/23/cbs-will-remove-some-showtime-shows-from-netflix/


This is going to get worse as more and more people start cutting off their cable in favor of streaming from the net.
 
As long as TV companies own and produce the content, they will always be able to control distributors like Netflix.
 
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