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To: ChrisGillette who wrote (161601)	11/20/2014 11:28:27 PM
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<<The latest Sandvine figures are out. From 2H 2013 to 1H 2014, Amazon's share of downstream traffic during peak periods (North America) increased from 1.61% to 1.90% while Netflix's share increased from 31.62% to 34.21%. Perhaps with its recent HBO deal, Amazon will be able to continue its momentum and break 2%? Amazon clearly needs to spend more on content (funded by additional Prime price increases), so that it can enhance its Prime shipping (oops, video) service.>> The latest Sandvine figures are out. From 1H 2014 to 2H 2014, Amazon's share of downstream traffic during peak periods (North America, fixed access) increased from 1.90% to 2.58% while Netflix's share increased from 34.21% to 34.89%. The more metrics that come out, the more convinced I am that Amazon's SVOD bet will go down as the biggest money pit in its history. Amazon's SVOD product launched in early-2011. Nearly 4 years and perhaps $4 billion dollars later, Amazon has 2.58% of the market to show for it. Worse, it's spending perhaps 50% as much as Netflix on content while getting only 7% as much usage. Even Amazon's HBO deal--which is reportedly costing Amazon $200 million per year--hasn't moved the needle. arstechnica.com zdnet.com