[nikcub]

the hope for Netflix is that they become the new network. If every good new show signs with Netflix or a similar provider, what can the old networks threaten with?

This is what the future will be - then somebody just needs to figure out how to get Netflix, Amazon et al to work together so that consumers don't pay multiple subscription fees.

This is why the Netflix stock price went so high - because so many analysts wrote reports about how Netflix is new media, and it may well be.

tl;dr networks = dead