Can Netflix kill cable TV if it’s part of it?

The following article came to our notice through the blog ‘Future of TV News’, curated by Jeremy Toeman of Dijit. Pieces in this blog often have a comment from Jeremy and we have included his comment here.  If you wish to subscribe to the Future of TV News, you can do so by clicking on this link.

Jeremy’s take on ‘Can Netflix kill cable TV if it’s part of it?‘:
I’ve never actually heard the Netflix folks say anything about killing TV. It actually only takes one tiny bit of looking down the road to realize how catastrophic a concept that would be for Netflix too (not that there are any other shows than House of Cards AFAIK). I’ll say it for years to come: Netflix is a perfect complement to any other TV service for mainstream audience. At this point, any comparison to it and cable, HBO, etc seems like its just the media trying to tell a story they don’t fully understand http://www.asi.eu.com/2014/05/09/can-netflix-kill-cable-tv-if-its-part-of-it/