What types of channel conflict are present in this channel of distribution? Explain.
Movie and television program distribution technology is changing fast. Consumers can now watch movies and TV shows on demand on TVs, computers, tablets, and smartphones. This has caused a surge in demand for online video-streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu. However, it's causing problems for subscription-TV services such as Comcast Cable, which offer scheduled programming and are facing increased competition from the video- streaming services. Interestingly, however, as one of the country's largest Internet service providers, Comcast is also the distribution channel for competitors such as Netflix and Hulu. The fact that Comcast has control over its competitors' distribution channel causes some uncomfortable conflicts. It has invested billions building its scheduled programming network, and it doesn't want to become a mere conduit as its subscribers drop cable in favor of streamed programming from one of the competing services. And because it controls the Internet channel, it can cause problems for those competitors. For example, the U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether cable companies such as Comcast are attempting to squash competition from video-streaming providers such as Netflix by limiting the amount of data their Internet service subscribers can download. Comcast has also countered with its own online video-streaming app called Xfinity, by which subscribers can stream programming using Xbox game consoles. Video content streamed through Xfinity is not counted against Comcast's data limits the way that videos streamed through other services such as Netflix are.