Watch out Netflix-here comes VONGO

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Don't count Netflix out, yet

VONGO has only 1000+ titles, while Netflix claims 55,000. While many of those are probably TV shows, even a 18 months ago, when I tried it out, it had over 17,000 titles. This is where Netflix has the long tail, and VONGO will need to expand their title list to capture at least 99% of the most commonly rented movies, and I don't think 1000 titles cuts it.

That said, VONGO has a couple of things going for it:
- immediacy. Need I say more?
- access to PPV for new releases
- cost. It's cheaper for me to use my hotel broadband connection to watch two or three movies over a weekend than rent from the hotel's PPV. Another revenue slasher for the hospitality industry.

Frank

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