It is, therefore, imperative that those with a business model based on providing streaming videoservices over the Internet re-think their business models and sit down with the network providers to try to come up with plans that will ensure their success as well as help the providers to be able to deliver the content.
Maybe, but only if Walmart can figure out a killer pricing model and achieve a level of ubiquity that other paid, on-demand Web videoservices have not.
Blockbuster went into administration last week, as its entire business model of High Street-based DVD and video rentals has been superseded by online streaming services provided by the likes of Apple iTunes, Amazon's Love Film and Netflix.