this is a netflix film.tart with your reaction to what we are hearing about in kiev and ukraine have this builds through social media with your experience in cairo? >> what it shows is that even though the particulars of these specific struggles are different, there is a global movement happening of young people trying to claim their right. we recently showed the film in the and the protesters in middle of that square demanded to show it there and they subtitled it and translated it themselves into ukrainian. they sat in 15 degrees below and atched it and we skyped it in and at the end, they said they will not be free until the square is free. there is an interconnectivity that is happening that is truly amazing to watch. i think that something that's important to remember that we felt when we were filming our film is that often the news covers the head of this or that organization. in ourhe brotherhood and the military. what is important to remember is that there are real people with real families that are

is is a netflix film.gin with the reaction of what we're hearing about and how all of this builds through social media compared to your experience in cairo. >> i think what it shows is that even though the particulars of these struggles are different, there is a global movement happening of young people trying to claim their rights. we recently showed the film and demanded they show it there. they subtitled in and translated it themselves. they sat in 15 degrees below and watched it and we skyped. at the end of the screening, they said they will not be free until the egyptian square is free. there is a connectivity that is happening that is truly amazing to watch. something that is important to remember that what we felt when filming our film is that often the news covers the head of this organization or that organization. in our case, it was the brotherhood of their military. what is important to remember is that of real people with real families that are struggling to change the situation on the ground,

it is just a big deal because netflix is so well-known.omcast is losing a lot of its at-home cable prescribers to customers of netflix. and now it is probably trying to makeup for that by charging net flex. >> so as an observer of the internet world, does this day represent some big change? some change in the internet as we know it, and how we pay for it and consume it? this >> i think it represents an acceleration of the change. let's connect this story to the what's app story of facebook, this normal acquisition by facebook of what's app. what's app just announced today that following the facebook acquisition, they are going to start offering mobile telephony services. that's a higher bad width usage than the brand width of sms. so it's possible the big telcos which have been subsidizing this huge width bandwidth over other countries are going to want to start to charge for that. so i think we will see that some of these costs will be pushed down to consumers as the bandwidth providers say we have had enough we need to share the pain wit

on netflix.hrough the process. >> we open the final cut at the toronto film testable. we were honored to have a lot of offers. we decided to go with netflix. we saw that they would reach the hearts and minds of the widest and most diverse audience possible. the fact that it would be released online in 47 countries simultaneously, the fact that most people can afford netflix, we did our own little survey. what we found is that many people have netflix. it has a low. that was important to us. the second part is what is happening right now as we speak. there are situations happening on the ground. the situation in egypt is still unfolding. we want people to be able to connect online immediately afterwards and to affect the conversation that is happening on the ground. that has been amazing. a facti know that was for you in the filmmaking process. these were continuing to unfold. you had to go back and fill more. what do you think about the message that if you have a good night on oscar night if this

announced that they had reached a deal that will give netflix direct access to comcast. been network until now and netflix has only been able to send its content to homeowners and into users by using middlemen companies like cogent which in internet. is known as a backbone backbone provider routes next lexus content through to comcast which then sends that tent to your home to millions of homes across the country but with this new mega deal netflix will get to avoid cogent altogether and send its content straight to comcast and from there to t.v. fans like you and me in the short term this means that netflix users who get their internet from comcast will get to stream movies and t.v. shows at faster speeds than they did before so it's pretty good right but not so quick comcast customers will now be able to watch netflix as the original show us the cards about having to worry about annoying lag time and loading screens this deal sets a terrible precedent for the future of the internet. in the next startup hulu or the next startup net flix comes along out of somebodies gar

is a threat and getting some of netflix is revenues the big deal for comcast netflix on the other hand doesn't want to be paying these tariffs so the best thing it could do is agree to pay comcast tariffs in the middle of this big buyout if you don't think this is going to raise ears at the f.c.c. . alex what about net neutrality here isn't comcast trying to discriminate between content providers basically just trying to insert a toll booth in a data stream that is precisely what it's trying to do and netflix is serving as sort of a. man so this is a sacrificial lamb and they have the cash they have the clout they have the political. connections to do this to sign this deal with comcast and i believe at the end they're signing this deal with hopes that the f.c.c. and congress who have all really come out in favor of net neutrality for the most part but it never really put anything into place that this will be the thing that pushes it over the edge that either they stop this particular merger or they only let this merger go through with net neutrality and i think netflix has made a real

, netflix has to pay?already paying comcast to carry my netflix is the thing. not only am i paying for my dinner, but now netflix is paying extra on top of that. consumers have really nowhere to turn. that's the problem. they're experiencing degraded service. their netflix isn't working. they can't do anything about it. later they hear oh, a deal has been worked out and maybe it will work out in the end. it's good for consumers, except the actual experience is that their bills go in one direction, up, up, up, and up some more. they have reasons to be worried about this deal and what is coming next. is it going to ease the way to a mega merger for comcast and time warner. how much is netflix having to pay? who gets a shot at this deal. those are questions that consumers can't get a clear picture of at this point. >> clearly the debate will continue. i want to thank craig of free press in washington, dan of streaming media.com and, of course, bloomberg's own alex sherman. coming up on "taking stock," an onli

would end up paying more money to netflix because netflix is not going to tape is out of their own pocket>> there is no indication this will happen yet. hans urges shifting from one pocket to another, so comcast makes out but it's not like netflix wasn't paying anybody to beget with -- to begin with. i can see why bills would go up in the near-term. case of youust a pay for what you eat at a restaurant, so why wouldn't you be able to pay your cable operator? already paying comcast to carry my netflix is the thing. not only am i paying for my dinner but netflix is paying extra on top of that will stop consumers have nowhere to turn and that's the problem. they experience degraded service , their netflix isn't working, and they can't do anything about it now they hear a deal has been its good for stop consumers except consumers actual experience is the bills only go in one direction -- up, up, and a similar. they have reason to be worried about this deal. how much is netflix really having to play and who -- having to pay and who else gets a shot at the deal? >> clearly the debate will conti

netflix on comcast.mcast for access to its broadband network to speed up streaming. i want to bring up our media investing reporter and also ed lee. ed, let's start with you. netflix will pay millions of dollars, even more? >> even more. they were paying other providers. isp.ix has their own they were paying somebody to get traffic across the internet. faster toll get comcast customers. hopefully speeds will be faster. >> what comcast is getting from netflix is what no one has revealed the actual numbers, but it will be -- >> this is them cutting out the middleman? >> this is been under discussion for six months or more and it comes at a propitious times. asmakes comcast look good the ftc and fcc are looking at the merger with time warner cable. >> it is curious timing. why would netflix not want to hold off on the steel -- this deal? >> the thing of it is is that there is something else that netflix wants. pp towant the netflix a be on the comcast box. they want tohing happen. they want to have the app

>> i think netflix customers may be wondering if the bill they pay for netflix goes up.t's a very real possibility of that raises the possibility of why would netflix do that? i would say because they saw it as inevitable. people talk about how much they are streaming through netflix and maybe it's not fair. they did it because comcast was trying to buy time warner cable. they will need approval for that. they cut the deal is netflix come we're going to give them good service and we do compete with them and i think that's why this comes together right now despite the fact that it could mean higher bills. >> netflix costs do not go down. is upinsane the stock today because netflix cost went way up today. we will see how this plays out, given that i am such a big house of cards fan. have a talk with our reporter who just interviewed mark zuckerberg and we will talk to him next. ♪ >> welcome back to "lumbered west ergo i want to get straight to barcelona where david kirkpatrick just finished interviewing mark zuckerberg. a fascinating conversation, watching you there on sta

business model and netflix to. we see this coming and we will pay in advance to be channel number one and pretty soon google is going to pay to be channel over two for you two and who is going to pay to be channel over three or so and in fact we don't really know if google may already be paying you know these deals are so secretive that consumers don't have a lot of information and the important thing to remember is that all of us are already paying our fifty sixty seventy dollars a month so we can get netflix that's why we pay comcast right anywhere as in france is thirty five bucks a month much less pay him for it and comcast is now saying well great because there's no competition because you have nowhere else to go instead of responding to you as a customer and say hey we're going to invest in our networks because you want your netflix to work better they've said well you don't have a choice so let's go see if we can extract some more money from the netflix is of the world and that's what they're doing i think n

inside comcast own data centers as netflix had originally wanted now essentially netflix has ponied up to cut out the middleman and of the way the choke points where data was getting stuck before sensibly building a direct pipeline to comcast just for netflix so instead of public pipes for an internet at large netflix got a quick solution but at the expense of setting a terrible terrible precedent that precedent being how content providers handle massive amounts of data and who is responsible for paying for it basically the definition of anti net neutrality is illegal well today apparently so. now with the merging markets suffering such severe volatility that many see it as a developing crisis who better to break down the global economy and geopolitical events than doug casey now doug casey is an economist bestselling author and international investor who looks at the world of finance and investing from a global perspective and as founder and chairman of casey research he looks at natural resources mining energy and commodities but also technology any geo politics now i spoke with c

with this deal netflix and comcast will cut out the middleman. netflix paying comcast to direct it. it's a valuable partnership between the nation's largest internet provider about to become much larger and streaming video netflix. >> you have a company that represents 1/3rd of the traffic on the internet strike a deal with a company that represents as much as 1/3rd of the internet subscribers. >> reporter: youtube have similar arrangements to work directly with internet providers, but this is the first time a content company like netflix paid an internet provider like comcast directly. that doesn't mean netflix will face higher cost, it's just paying a different company. up until now, netflix paid other companies to deliver data. one of those companies, kogent. verizon ceo mcadams saying on cnbc monday morning he's in talks with netflix and expects to close a similar deal. >> the commercial model i think will work well. to me, that shows that you don't necessarily need a lot of regulation in a dynamic market here by doing these commercial deals and we'll get good investments and re

netflix gained more than just subscribers from "house of cards."nticipation is running high ahead of season number two. all 13 episodes will be available friday. >> amazon is now in the carriage of streaming video. they are making deals with production companies and movie studios to gain rights to stream shows and film. amazon dipped in last year. they did it with a twist, releasing pilot episodes and relying on feedback. "the after", is among a batch of pilots. it's a sci-fi trauma from the "x files" creator. they are testing 10 different shows, all available for fewers to critique. marcus said the competitive match up is odd in that they both bring different parks to viewers. marcus is a staff writer, covering netflix and amazon and how their services are changing media. >> tell us about the odd cities of the battle. >> both are different the netflix made a splash when it decided to release all the episodes of one show. amazon's model is crowd sourced. they put out one episode, and wait for customer feed back to decide which shows they'll make mo

now that there's netflix doing the deal with comcast, i ask this seriously, does netflix step away? hastings say i'm not going to fight this deal? is that part of what's happening here? i do not know the answer but i wonder. >> were they going to fight it previously? >> of course. >> you think so. >> they must have said, okay, we're not going to fight this, we're going to do this deal. the more i thought about this, this is an equality issue. at this point, 33 million people who are 234e9 flinch users, is 10% of the country are using 33% of the broadband, gobbling it up everywhere. 33 million people are. they are the richest americans. these are people who have a ton of money who have been getting a free ride. everybody else has to pay for all of those rich people who already have netflix who are downloading this stuff. everybody else who doesn't -- they're paying for it. >> the net knew tralt, it had to happen, andrew. >> if you're not a netflix subscriber you were paying for all of their gobbling up, subsidizing them. >> i'm not going to tell you this is wrong. i have a problem wi

the bottom line for netflix is subscribers.nd what they have achieved with both of these shows, they have created content that you can't get anywhere else, and you can see in the growth of their subscriber base, it correlates to these shows coming out and the acclaim that has surrounded them, and it really seems that all it takes is -- is one hit to -- to generate that kind of buzz, that attention, and that attraction. i -- i say it's analogous to the sopranos for hbo. people will subscribe for that alone. >> younger viewers want flexibility, and want to watch when they want to. how much does it again rally cost? is that part of the model that makes amazon and netflix so intriguing? >> not only that, you are paying a lot less than you would pay for, i think even basic cable, and you are also getting immediate easy access on every screen that you own, your phone, your tablet, your regular tv through something like aroku, so it's so far ahead of traditional cable in terms of meeting people where they want to watch when they want

inside comcast own data centers as netflix had originally wanted now essentially netflix has ponied up to cut out the middleman and of the way to choke points where data was getting stuff before sensibly bill.

is coming streaming from netflix.o do a deal like this. >> should they go to the government and say we are trying to be consumer friendly. it looks that way. at the same time, comcast is in a position where it can say to its users, we are giving you the fastest speed to netflix. we are not blocking netflix from reaching your home. >> it does say something about our tech. we need a trunk line into our home. amount ofs a massive bandwidth required. services,eaming is to netflix and youtube. the rest of the internet should not have much trouble getting into our homes and delivering at high-speed. >> were old enough to river that it is a miracle that we can do this stuff. it will be interested to see how fast we can reserve -- receive these on mobile. tvi promise i will get cable . i am going to get rid of the zenith with the rabbit ears. it is tough in the middle of new york to get the rabbit ears just right. you're getting over broadband instead of having the cable box. >> come in up, this is a stunning headline. armybo

charles: what about netflix in this?topic in my office this morning and one of the persons on the research desk said she stopped watching netflix because it pauses, it comes in intermittently, it stops. at some point where does netflix fit into this? >> i don't have those issues. >> and if someone stops watching netflix and enough people stop. do they pony up money? >> certain companies say if you're using a lot of bandwidth, you can pay us and we won't throttle you. stuart: the bottom line, the carrier, the verizons of this world, they make the money. got it, i want to move on. 5.3 million playstation 4's sold since the launch of the ps 4 and i'm told that it's outselling microsoft's xbox by roughly 2-1? >> to give you an idea, so the sales, microsoft sold about 3 million in the last year. stuart: yeah. >> so we don't know where they are right now in the middle of february, obviously, so they might be closer to that, but it's pretty well agreed upon that playstation is outselling xbox. stuart: why is this a big deal? >>

netflix accounts for a third of all internet traffic sometimes.e and others like youtube. so those do clog pipes and people will have to look maybe buying fatter pipes. i had to do that for my three kids a couple weeks ago by faster broadband speeds. there are more bandwidth intensive apps like video that and that will require higher broadband speeds for consumers. liz: robert, we put up logos certain broadband providers somewhat accused, verizon fios, at&t, comcast, accused particularly, purposely slowing down netflix traffic because there is showdown a plumbing dispute. we just had the ceo of coagain communications which -- cogent communications which takes 21% of all broadband internet traffic throughout the united states in the last hour. he used the word cartel to me in a commercial break. think these guys are banding together in a cartel. here is what else he said about this. then you can comment. >> sure. >> the dispute is broader than netflix and unfortunately, there is collateral damage that many users, corporate users even, who use the i

there are priority deals, and further, there are large companies like google and netflix. they have their own private networks, and they distribute data centers and cdns all around the world and around the country so that it's close for consumers. so when you click play on a youtube video, it's going a few miles away to google's data center and not going across the world or across the country to google's headquarters. so the internet is not neutral, and it's, and this, again, this fixation on what isps are doing is not going to solve that rob. >> host: but for an individual consumer, that consumer only cares when it comes into his or her home. >> guest: yeah. and a big -- >> host: is it neutral at that point? >> guest: a big motivation for net neutrality proponents is this idea that isps don't face enough competition. competition is a problem in some parts of america, but net neutrality's ill-suited, very ill-suited for solving competition problems. a supporter of net neutrality, a piece in the atlantic, if what we are talking about is competition, we can do that directly,

wlo do you blame, your provider or netflix themselves? does this mean netflix had a problem?nyone to blame. when the news came out on sunday night, everyone was saying netflix is going to have to pay more. they're not actually going to pay more, they're going to pay the money to somebody different. they're paying directly to the cable providers instead of cogent or intermediary. my gut is it will be cheaper pricing to buy direct from these providers. what's interesting is how much the tv landscape has changed. cable channels used to get paid affiliate fees. now we're seeing cable networks paying a fee to time warner or comcast or whoever's parent. it puts cable networks in a better position as they were the debundling and over the top before. >> that was going to be my question because previously we've always seen content companies with greater leverage. what lench does this put back in the hands of distribution? >> i think it puts a lot more leverage. even though they came to a deal, they basically had to come to a deal. there isn't any kind of free flowing ability for an ov

there is no reason to think that this is likely to push up costs for netflix users because for netflix they were basically paying this money to somebody else before. it's not sure the total cost will go cup but a deal -- go up but a deal between the two companies. it will have the effect of squeezing out smaller firms. >> there you go. >> but in this case there aren't any startup companies trying to compete with netflix. in this case it is not a problem. >> i might not be trying to compete with netflix tomorrow but i raise the funds to cobble together 100, 150 documentary titles, i want to jump into this game. am i going to be hampered by paying netflix for greater bandwidth? >> theoretically it is a problem. tall way back to 1970s when mci wanted to break into the market and challenge the goliath, at&t. they throttled back and made it difficult for the upstart. we could see that. it's just not happening in this case and this is kind of a situation where yes, it is a theoretical concern. we just don't have any real life examples yet of where this is likely to be a problem. so we're cer

, tank i taking netflix more seriously. other hit shows. >> they raised $400 million in debt and the reason they did was because of original content, acquisition amongst other things and the stock has remained stable despite saying they are going into that because they'll use debt to finance it and cheap money to finance it. we're seeing a lot of the economic models that were old hollywood now playing into netflix as well. >> relatively cheap not nearly as cheap as other companies. they do have a lot of debt already. i wonder, though, jonathan, whether we'll see other entrants into this scripted format, for example, google could easily choose to produce a couple of big series and put them on youtube to create even more currency there or a facebook and using that platform to go after it. i mean, these are companies that have unlimited conceivable resources. >> and i think certainly amazon we've seen do it. >> not to be critical acclaim at this point with the one key series. >> i think if you said to someone three years ago t

the problem has been that the huge amount of bandwidth that netflix eats up -- netflix has been calledata hog. and that amount of band width can account for as much as one-third of all u.s. broadband traffic at peak times. internet service providers, they wanted netflix to pay them for that, especially as we have seen these shows like "house of cards" and "orange is the new black." they keep soaring in popularity. more and more people keep watching them, and that need to sort of keep grabbing that bandwidth continues to grow. wolf? >> well, come cast is one cable provider. i assume this will put pressure on other cable providers to work out a similar deal with netflix. >> reporter: and that's a really good point. because, yeah, this comcast/netflix deal could set a precedent. the "wall street journal" reporting that netflix is also currently in talks with verizon. but you know what the big question is, who is going to pay for this? guess who. consumers. one analyst says companies, they're ultimately going to be compelled to raise their prices. no comment yet from either side of this. b

netflix ceo and co-founder reed hastings.did a stint in the peace corps. >> teaching high school math and i loved it. >> reporter: at age 30 started his first company. pure software and made a debugging tool. he sold that fors 750 million and hastings left a rich man. then, an overdue movie from blockbuster gave him a brilliant idea. >> it was a $40 late fee. clearly there's got to be a better way. >> reporter: in 1997 he founded netflix, a dvd by mail company. the little red envelopes would eventually contribute to blockbuster's downfall, and in a move that changed how we watch television, netflix began offering on-demand streaming. >> can watch more, watch on your schedule. >> reporter: hastings's journey isn't without missteps. in 2011, price hikes and plans to spin off its dvd business. >> named our dvd service quickster. >> causing a flood of cancellations and sent the stock price tumbling, but hastings back tracked and apologized to ku69 mer and now their stock is at an all-time high. 44 million subscribers and counting

netflix undercharges for the consumer value. and now, i think, we're going to start see price tiering which is a good thing for the income statement. >> are there other things we're not seeing that would be meaningful? >> right, i think that's quite possible. like there's a netflix app or postage stamp and i think that absolutely could be on the x1 platform. i think that is quite possible. >> well, you know, i think people are saying this is how you get around 60 times forward earnings value. she's adding 25% to her price target, she's probably not going to be alone. trading it, though, i don't think you can pile in here. i do think at some point, we have to retest sort of that $385 level we seem to hold and break out of. i love the story for a while, hard to initiate a long side trade here. >> and i think the fact they were going to pay higher prices, almost a bit of a relief here. but yeah, higher prices across the board. let's face it, the user experience is going to be very good. i think this may be a wake-up call for regula

i am sure bezos has netflix and -- on his wall.s sights, for sure. >> what do you think of that idea? >> i think that is exactly the direction they are going. you are going to see some unbundling of services. amazon has traditionally gone after their top competitor. and gone straight at them with a lower price. the person with the bull's-eye is now on netflix. the shots are going to start coming. >> thank you both. more after this quick break. ♪ >> we focus on technology and the future of business. disney and dish network are close to a deal to settle litigation over dish's ad skipping technology. the deal could include compensation to disney for subscribers who skip commercials. dish is also involved in legal fights with cbs and fox. is sold out to new york city ahead of the olive -- olympics. they are working overtime to add capacity. the supreme court has even agreed to hear the case. twitter is buying 900 patents from ibm. terms were not disclosed. the deal resolves a patent dispute after ibm warned of possible infringement of

has anybody signing up for netflix for free and then leaving?s always a concern and hbo grapples with it. this is the first time we are seeing real connective tissue between their original series. you will see a promo for "orange is the new black" season two. they are starting to stitch together enough original programming where they can make a credible argument to the subscribers to stick around, there is a lot more coming. >> what do we know about how this content has influenced the business? what are the numbers telling us? >> they now have something taken that they can point to and say, this will help our subscriber numbers. you'll built in audience. you highlighted the traffic that tells us a lot of people are watching it. that is different from where they were when they started originals to see if they would work. they are using this as a way to boost their subscriber numbers. there is a question of the idea that "house of cards" as a movie. it is like watching a 12 hour movie. you wonder if the question shouldn't be about "house of cards"

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they're talking to netflix too. i guess everybody has netflix's phone number.t does this mean and now that we have both comcast and at&t scoring deals? >> well you know, here's the bottom line of the first of all we have netflix. netflix 33 million customers. at any again e given time of night they occupy 30% of all the internet traffic. that's a lot of numbers, right? so as you start looking at the way content gets delivered online, is that it doesn't go directly from netflix to comcast. it goes from netflix is what is called in the industry, computer industry, tech industry have a lost acronyms, right, it is called cvns. it goes to a cdn and goes directly to comcast. so what happens is that netflix was getting bogged down by that cdn. a company by the name of cogent. they said listen we'll go direct to comcast. gerri: let's cut to the chase here. i think everybody, trying to get, you know "house of cards" myself, it wasn't the prettiest thing i ever saw, right? the picture we were getting was not good. you make a grade point. >> no. gerri: netflix is gobbling

netflix really involved everyone in this.y got lawmakers to come in and help them out with the process. people really love watching something that is so intriguing. we took a camera up to capitol hill and asked senators their thoughts on the series. >> the only unrealistic thing about the show is that a democrat could represent south carolina. that would never happen. >> i think kevin spacey makes it look a lot more exciting than it actually is and a lot more devious. >> probably a composite. none of us are quite that interesting. i'm one of the few americans that haven't watched it, but i will. >> is this different than "west wing"? it reminds me of the way that news people would watch "the newsroom" on hbo. i love it. i wonder if it is the same kind of reaction? >> everyone kind of hated "the newsroom." it is different with "house of cards." everyone loves it. that lawmaker was from this state but would never say that. everyone loves it. i can tell you without fail that the people behind me in the white house, including the

is your netflix doing this? is it could be due to a standoff between the streaming movie service and internet providers and guess who is stuck in the middle. we break down what it means for the investors and consumers. "countdown to the closing bell" starts now. >> the economy can go to heck and handbasket but don't slow down our netflix. liz claman, the last hour of trading. the federal reserve was pretty firm on tapering large-scale bond purchases, now we know from the just released minutes, the policy meeting, participants discussed the possibility of tightening or raising interest rates. that is unlikely to happen before 2015 but the minutes show the issue is on the fed agenda. any rate hike depend on the progress of the economy but all of that was trumped earlier than what the fed minutes were released by atlanta fed president dennis lockhart who was speaking today and mentioned that point. you can see where it happened, right around 11:00 a.m. because they said he mentioned race might be tightened and he s

there is no reason to have netflix anymore. >> unless netflix beat them to the punch. >> but they haveussian police in ot. -- sochi. >> you can watch lots of things and apple tv. >> the world is changing. werean police in sochi pussyved with freeing riot. they were harshly detained by police as suspects. they have just been released. one member announced her dress via twitter. she posted a photograph that showed her inside a police vehicle. >> i cannot believe i am looking at such a low hemline on television. >> is this from sochi where they were doing that? >> i'm not sure what the pictures are, but what i find interesting is that these women, when they were released, did not care at all. they were not happy about being released. they are begging to go back in prison. it says something about the strength of their character. look at this. they don't care at all. >> they were accused of that. were they really trying to get arrested? >> a say they were in sochi to process. >> how do you do that? finding autin is reason to get you out of the national spotlight. he will come up with a crim

netflix. >> that's exciting to see the kind of muscle that netflix has put behind the film and the kindion they've given to it. it's exciting and ground breaking. >> the director says netflix has really done so much for documentaries because, of course, so many of us started watching them once we could find them on a place like netflix. guys, back to you. >> jane wells, thank you very much. appreciate it. well, if you have not heard of the show "house of cards" you're either living under a rock or west of here. it's gotten all the buzz but is the show really as big as we think? joining us, the atlantaic's derek thompson. love the piece about this. basically you sort of dug into the numbers as you know them. what are your conclusions? >> you have this broadband analytics company which looked at exactly how many of netflix's subscribers were watching the show. they estimated 6% to 10%. 10% of the 30 million people who subscribe to netflix in america, just under 30 million, that's about 3 million people watching "house of cards" in its first weekend. 3 million sounds like a pretty impressi

here's the problem for netflix. here's the problem for netflix users.nly has about $1 billion in cash. it spends $3 billion on content. if it's going to have to pay companies like comcast to get those speed bumps out of the way, it's going to have to shell out more money to other cable providers to make sure it's streaming videos cleanly. >> does anybody think maybe they're ahead of the curve because people are going to netflix and companies like that to watch entertainment? >> yeah, there's no question about it. i'm on netflix all the time. in fact, i was on it last night. it actually did slow down. i'm seeing that. but that's where things are going. money is going to find, you know, where the next advancement is. so we are watching more and more online, and the quality has to get better. if they're going to pass that price along, you know what, they're going to pass it along. i will pay for it if i need to. >> do you think people will pay for it? >> it's only five years ago netflix had the streaming service as sort of an add-on to its dvd service. in

netflix is up.better, faster deliver delivery of their streaming system. that is a serious rally. got to move on to hollywood. the lego movie. then there is been affleck. testified congress as a africa -- here is paul. you've started one of the greatest movies of all time. there's nothing political about that at all, was there? >> no. certainly not. stuart: it seems to me that hollywood is projecting itself. they keep coming at leftist issues time and time again. >> well, you would have to be more specific. my impression is that there are always people who have money to make movies and a lot of movies are made by independence. they are all put out in a big way to the majors. it depends on what major we are talking about. it is always about power. stuart: you are very much a free thinker. you are a guy who stands afar from politics. >> cuomo wanted me to run for office years ago. the only way i can do that is give up all my ideas. there is a tight rope that you have to walk that i could not walk. i h

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