Thursday, March 24, 2022

Blockbuster's loss and Netflix's gain

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-blockbuster-video-streaming-2020-1

The rise-and-fall-of-Blockbuster became the quintessential example of how a company failed to realize the future importance of digital streaming.

https://thinkuncommon.com/why-retailers-need-to-innovate-the-cautionary-tale-of-blockbuster-and-netflix/

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/22/how-netflix-almost-lost-the-movie-rental-wars-to-blockbuster.html

https://www.drift.com/blog/netflix-vs-blockbuster

https://bettermarketing.pub/how-netflix-destroyed-blockbuster-in-just-6-years-4c5c3006fe3e

https://www.indigo9digital.com/blog/blockbusterfailure Blockbuster could have held onto its past, while preparing for the world of digital streaming. BB really could have had the best of both worlds.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/09/05/a-look-back-at-why-blockbuster-really-failed-and-why-it-didnt-have-to/?sh=76ba98141d64

https://1851franchise.com/the-real-reason-blockbuster-failed-hint-its-not-netflix-2715316#stories

https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/11/14/how-blockbuster-almost-beat-netfilx.aspx

https://variety.com/2013/biz/news/epic-fail-how-blockbuster-could-have-owned-netflix-1200823443/

Even today, some people still like to have vinyl records, tapes, DVDs and BD, while still enjoying the convenience of streaming movies and TV series...

People have been fascinated with pictures, movies and digital streaming for quite a while now. 

A digital and analogue world can coexist or overlap. Perhaps that's already happening on a cosmic scale.

https://interestingengineering.com/we-are-probably-living-in-a-simulation-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-simulation-theory

There is a point whenever holographic VR streaming becomes commonplace, more people might start to question the nature of reality. (TNOR)