Comments on: Netflix just became cable’s biggest TV network

By: Lawrence Kao

Lawrence Kao — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:12:35 +0000

Wait a second, there are a few people here who are questioning back of the envelope math or misleading reported numbers but we’re 100% okay with only 5,000 Nielsen boxes collecting data for the entire United States?

By: lkao

lkao — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:10:34 +0000

By: John Bailo

John Bailo — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:05:12 +0000

I have been watching a lot more TV episodes on Netflix. I really did not want to subscribe to Hulu so this gives me additional content.

One thing I notice is that many sites for shows also stream their own episodes (Portlandia) …although for limited times. Netflix seems to have a two year lag to get the latest episodes.

By: Anthony Mendez

Anthony Mendez — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:15:22 +0000

No, 90% of those hours were my kids on the Roku. (NOTE TO MATH GEEKS: I’m aware that June only had 720 hours, but we make it work. OKTHXBYE)

By: Digitalguru

Digitalguru — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:41:33 +0000

Numbers may be accurate, but headline is absolutely misleading. We see that a lot around here.

By: southdenvercardio

southdenvercardio — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 08:58:16 +0000

Really amazing! How true Netflix is the biggest TV network in the US now a day…? I will made some research on this. Am a bit interested.

By: Janko Roettgers

Janko Roettgers — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:04:01 +0000

Dave, Netflix is a publicly traded company. If Hastings were to lie about the usage of its service, he would very likely violate federal securities laws. I’m confident that Hastings had that number thoroughly vetted before he published it on his Facebook wall. As for Greenfield’s conclusions, I called it back-of-the envelope math for a reason.

By: Dave Turner

Dave Turner — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:53:18 +0000

really.. your not going to at least question those numbers?

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:35:11 +0000

I likely make up the crux of that 1 billion, as I am marathon speeding through the Stargate franchise.

By: dwaynemembrane

dwaynemembrane — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:35:05 +0000

Let’s see… So phony numbers + made-up “back of the envelope” math + desperate Reed Hastings hype = A gigaOm hanjie?

The headline is false. Smacks of desperate journalism…