It's On Netflix For Free

Birth.Movies.Death ran this fantastic article - It's On Netflix for Free - that examines the history of traditional film and TV distribution through the various windows and how some key decisions by Netflix and Starz upended all that. Aside from being an pleasant historical documentation, it's also very insightful as to how it's affecting the headspace of viewers. Thinking that a movie or film is going to be available in a later window is nothing new ("I'll wait for the VHS" comes to mind) but with only one main distribution channel being that outlet, it really changes how much money could potentially be changing hands to get independent films made.

It's certainly not all doom and gloom but given how much focus is given on the Future of Video (see: Verizon buys AOL), it's certainly worth a full immersive readthrough.