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From the company’s perspective, it gives you a way of understanding how long the customer is going to be on a platform, how much money you can make from a single customer, how much you need to invest to acquire a new customer and what the long-term value of the business is.",[],{"type":319,"content":432},[433],{"type":265,"value":434,"marks":435},"When you have new competition constantly trying to take your customers, the emphasis on retention and what drives it becomes even more important.",[],{"type":367,"id":437,"level":369,"content":438},"beyond-the-library-of-content-how-important-are-the-technologies-and-algorithms-powering-the-platform",[439],{"type":265,"value":440,"marks":441},"Beyond the library of content, how important are the technologies and algorithms powering the platform?",[374],{"type":319,"content":443},[444],{"type":265,"value":445,"marks":446},"That gives you the real critical advantage — understanding what the customer wants, and anticipating and offering the next content they want to watch. ",[],{"type":319,"content":448},[449],{"type":265,"value":450,"marks":451},"Think of it as three waves. The first wave was analog. Imagine watching a travel show on TV and using it to help plan your vacation. That was wave one, in which you’re lucky if your preferences align with what the travel show happens to be highlighting",[],{"type":319,"content":453},[454],{"type":265,"value":455,"marks":456},"Then, the digital wave — wave two — hits, and now everything is on Google, and there are review sites and you can do endless research online. The power is now in the consumer’s hands, but when a consumer searches “hotels in D.C.,” they get millions of hits. ",[],{"type":319,"content":458},[459],{"type":265,"value":460,"marks":461},"How do you look through all the results and know where to go? People have difficulty making choices.",[],{"type":319,"content":463},[464],{"type":265,"value":465,"marks":466},"Now you have wave three — companies like HotelTonight that give you 10 or 15 options matched to your preferences. ",[],{"type":319,"content":468},[469],{"type":265,"value":470,"marks":471},"Similarly, in home entertainment, exposure to too many choices can be overwhelming; it’s custom choices that solve a problem for the customer. So if you go to Netflix you don’t see everything. It’s customized to your choices. It’s the curation wave. And it’s not easy. You need data. You need algorithms. You need to be able to personalize every aspect of the customer experience.",[],{"type":319,"content":473},[474],{"type":265,"value":475,"marks":476},"That is where the value of data and matchmaking comes from. And then there is the network that is formed from the data — the value that you get is in part from the other 150 million customers Netflix has. ",[],{"type":319,"content":478},[479],{"type":265,"value":480,"marks":481},"If you go to a new platform, they have to learn you first. And not only you, but others have to move en masse to get the same value you will get from Netflix, which is very difficult — unless you are a big brand like Disney.",[],{"type":367,"id":483,"level":369,"content":484},"have-the-barriers-to-entry-become-significant",[485],{"type":265,"value":486,"marks":487},"Have the barriers to entry become significant? ",[374],{"type":319,"content":489},[490],{"type":265,"value":491,"marks":492},"Yes, for an upstart, though Disney may be able to move consumers because they have content franchises and they have relationships with consumers that they have built for decades. But for a new company, the first step is to get consumers to use its platform. Then it has to start using the data and do the matchmaking, and that will take another few years. Even with the power of Disney, it will take some time and effort. That’s the power of the network effect and the exponential returns from data that Netflix has been able to amass over time; its recommendation system and use of user preference data are incredibly valuable.",[],{"type":367,"id":494,"level":369,"content":495},"how-do-you-see-this-industry-evolving-will-there-be-two-winners-like-a-lyft-and-an-uber-or-will-it-fracture-into-a-hundred-channels-like-cable-television",[496],{"type":265,"value":497,"marks":498},"How do you see this industry evolving? Will there be two winners, like a Lyft and an Uber, or will it fracture into a hundred channels like cable television?",[374],{"type":319,"content":500},[501],{"type":265,"value":502,"marks":503},"You can be in multiple platforms at the same time if you are a consumer. You could have Netflix, Hulu, Disney and Amazon, all at the same time. The constraint is going to be the budget you are willing to pay. ",[],{"type":319,"content":505},[506],{"type":265,"value":507,"marks":508},"My prediction is consumers will have a few of them. You’ll have a basket of streaming services. It won’t become a single one. Consumers like to have that choice. ",[],{"type":319,"content":510},[511],{"type":265,"value":512,"marks":513},"Netflix’s dominance might diminish, but it will be formidable. ",[],{"type":319,"content":515},[516],{"type":265,"value":517,"marks":518},"One brand does not need to dominate. 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