As Netflix expands globally, local and regional rivals discuss banding together to outbid it on content rights
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @shaliniwsj , @shaliniwsj and @shaliniwsj . See also Mediagazer Tweets: Shalini Ramachandran / @shaliniwsj : Numbers: $NFLX pays premiums equal to 120-150% of an originals cost for global rights. TV nets pay ~70% for firstrun http://www.wsj.com/... Shalini Ramachandran / @shaliniwsj : Why $NFLX rivals from Europe to SE Asia to Australia talk of bidding alliances: it's hard to outbid global deals. http://www.wsj.com/... Shalini Ramachandran / @shaliniwsj : Global deals for hot drama reruns are going for $3m-$6m an episode, much higher than streaming deals just 4 yrs ago http://www.wsj.com/... See also Mediagazer