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Cool Blockbuster Losing Customers at UNPRECEDENTED Rate

By : Erik Gruenwedel | Posted: 19 Apr 2010
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With Netflix expected to report stellar fiscal results this week, Michael Pachter, analyst with Wedbush Morgan Securities in Los Angeles, April 19 said he projects the Los Gatos, Calif.-based online DVD rental pioneer to add up to 1.6 million new subscribers during the first quarter -- largely at the expense of Blockbuster and other traditional video stores.

Pachter said Netflix would end the quarter with 13.5 million to 13.8 million total subscribers due to escalating closures of brick-and-mortar video stores including Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery, in addition to about 200,000 incremental subscribers acquired from its Sony PlayStation 3 alliance.

“Blockbuster is losing customers to Netflix and Redbox at an unprecedented rate, driving continued upside to Netflix’s financial performance,” the analyst wrote in a note to clients.

Pachter, who also covers Blockbuster and Redbox, said Netflix would end this year with about 15.5 million to 16.3 million total subscribers – up more than 4 million subs since the beginning of the year.

He said Blockbuster’s recently revised day-and-date rental agreements with select studios would not significantly impact Netflix’s forward growth.

“It had similar arrangements in place throughout its decline,” Pachter wrote.

That said, the analyst maintained his “Underperform” status for Netflix shares, citing the stock’s recent record rise due primarily to hyped expectations following the launch of the Apple iPad tablet computer and the availability of a Netflix streaming app.

He disagreed with industry scuttlebutt that Netflix’s inclusion of an app in the Apple universe signified the computer maker conceding the streaming market.

“Mac owners have been able to stream movies for years,” Pachter wrote.

He added that Netflix would be challenged to maintain its torrid growth and stock valuation as Redbox (and Blockbuster) rolls out additional rental kiosks and implements its own streaming initiative.

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/net...yst-says-19115
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That's what I told my customers when they asked why out store was closing

"Because you didn't come in enough"
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it HAS gotten much worse. i'm glad they are not downplaying the massive shrink in their customer base.
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The customers are not coming in because we at store level are not greeting them and offering upsales an.......fuck BBV!
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It would help to advertise the rentals that are out 28days in advance of the competition.
Take Avatar....The only adds I have seen are it's for sale April22nd...Nothing else. And releasing it on Thursday without a rental add is stupid......
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What BBV spend on advertising on the biggest movie of all time. Who cares we only got 100 copies they were gone right away.
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I was surprised that they only had 6 copies on Bluray for rent, I went at opening nobody else was there.
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Movie sucked anyway. Worst of all Cameron flicks.
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hmmm, i am just curious, to help me gauge the difference, what is the precedented rate?
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Most of his films are really good. I think the Abyss and Aliens were his best but Avatar had no original story.

Hell he worked on Escape from New York, that's class.
 

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