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Comment Re:When you drop a book... (Score 2) 396

That's interesting. How old are the kids? I'm guessing that most kids just live with the headphone jack problems rather than report it.

Also, if they know the break was their fault they may just get their parents to buy them a new one.

Do they have to return the ipads at the end of the year? It'll be interesting if the ratio of broken/lost devices continues at the end of the year.

Comment Re:$30 mil per movie title! (Score 1) 199

It depends. There are a lot of factors that could influence price.

Time. How long does this last? Does $30 mil get them a years worth of access? 5 years? 10 years?
Exclusivity. Is Netflix going to be the only ones who have access to these movies via streaming? Do others get rights, too, but Netflix gets to show first? How long before someone else can show the movies?
Same price for each movie or average? Are some new release movies costing them $50mil while others only $3 mil?

People keep bringing up the loss of Starz but I suspect that once that contract expired Starz started asking for a much larger (undisclosed) amount. The amount they paid Starz for movies was undoubtedly going to go up now that they have many more subscribers.

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