Now that Netflix officially has more paying customers than HBO, it’s time for television land to take them seriously. And they are.
Case in point:
Panel Talks Original Content, In-Season Experience
by The Deadline Team
You’d think a big new TV revenue source that has goosed income, built audiences and boosted marketing might be the favored guest at a show creator’s next holiday gathering, but that’s not necessarily the case, a panel of industry notables said today at a conference in Los Angeles. In fact, sometimes they spend as much time referring to Netflix as “the N word” as they do celebrating the good things it might do for their shows.