Netflix Is Making Both Cable and Internet Television Better

More remarkable, however, is how this model has changed the way television gets made in the traditional cable realm. The fees paid by Netflix (and services like it) for streaming rights make up a growing part of content owner's revenues, as a separate Wall Street Journal chart explains. For individual channels the money from these streaming deals can dictate what succeeds. Beyond giving The Killing new lifeblood, Netflix paid $1 million per episode for Mad Men, helping justify an expensive program with not that huge ratings. - Rebecca Greenfield

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