Tom said “The biggest problem Disney has is also its biggest advantage — everyone knows its name and probably has a warm, fuzzy childhood feeling about it. But what are they going to do with American Horror Story? Is Twisty the Clown going to sully your memories of going to Disney World and meeting Mickey Mouse?”

He added “While streaming services like Spotify destroyed the album, streaming services like Netflix just reinforce the idea that what a TV show is, how long it is and the rhythm of it, have been optimised over 60 years. A few years ago Netflix was talking about using data to make TV shows. Now that’s completely turned around. They’ve hired people who know how to make television — the distribution method changed, but the people making it are the same people who always have.”

Tom said “To become profitable, Netflix has to put up prices and spend less on content — and it can’t really spend less on content, at least at the moment."

He added “There were two things stopping Netflix from being basically unstoppable. One was the debt situation — and that’s gone now. The other was that Netflix does not, and probably is never going to, make truly local content.It makes an increasing amount of stuff in Britain with UK producers, but with an international audience in mind.”