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It's got to be bitter to lose a contract to your old business partner.
That's what happened to Netflix yesterday when Starz won a deal over the streaming-and-delivery service with Sony Pictures to distribute the studio's new product. It's a deal that was one analyst pegged at $2 billion, which in itself suggests how much Netflix's business model has changed. Just two years ago, the service's entire rights budget was estimated at $700 million.
That's likely one reason that Netflix is investing in stuff like today's big deal: a new show with DreamWorks Animation called Turbo: F.A.S.T.
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