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Netflix could be Activision’s Plan B

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Netflix could be Activision’s Plan B

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The Department of Justice’s Jonathan Kanter and the Federal Trade Commission’s Lina Khan are moving away from traditional models of concentration, and are likely to testread moretheir theories in court.That raises the possibility that another bidderread morecould turn investors’ heads, by offering a price similar to Microsoft’s, but with less risk of arduous antitrust battles. Netflix fits the bill. Its leaders Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos have already highlighted gaming as a priority, and singled out Epic Games’ Fortnite as a rival for viewers’ attention. Netflix recently launched mobile games around franchises including “Stranger Things.” Unlike Microsoft, it currently doesn’t have a full-fledged gaming business.True, the streaming firm has huge cash obligations to fund movies like “Don’t Look Up,” and is forecast to spend more than $18 billion this year according to MoffettNathanson estimates. But with a market value of $226 billion, it could always throw in a slug of stock. Though Netflix shares have sagged recently, they’ve delivered an annual return of 30% over the past five years, almost twice the return on Activision shares.Part of that is precisely because Netflix has shunned splashy value-destructive acquisitions. Nonetheless, Hastings and Sarandos are right to worry about the competitive threat from Activision, Epic and their peers. 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