Netflix’s CEO is worried about what AT&T’s merger means for the internet

[Guest Chris Mills]

http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/4fba5c4d4d20bfdd05c829a8241d8db2.jpgNetflix and AT&T/Time Warner are set to go to war. Fresh from its $80 billion takeover of Time Warner, AT&T has announced an internet-only streaming service, DirecTV, that is aimed squarely at Netflix subscribers. That would always be seen as a threat by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. But after AT&T's takeover of Time Warner, the company now owns big-name content producers like HBO and CNN, and the internet pipes that deliver those to the consumer. That's a dangerous combination.

 

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