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Hastings: Netflix accepted lower margins than cable to out-invest in content
“And what we decided is let's have a low margins relative to cable which ran at like 35, 40% margin. So that we can invest a higher percentage of revenue into the content to have better content for our revenue level than we would otherwise.”
John Bragg: Eastlink held most debt due to consistent cable cash flows
“The real debt load was in cable where the cash flow was quite consistent.”
Shishir Mehrotra's YouTube thesis: online video will replace cable television
“The thesis for YouTube is online video will do to cable what cable did to broadcast.”
Bob Johnson: Technology and Content Diversity Inevitably Defeat Incumbent Regulation
“Technology is a hard thing to keep tied down, and as satellites launched, and you could beam signals across the entire country, and aggregate huge audiences via cable, over time, the argument for more content, free choice, more diversity of content, particular…”