Stream Wars is the business blockbuster everyone wants to watch. Who’s going to win?

America’s entertainment empires are striking back at Netflix. They won’t all emerge unscathed from the battle for viewers’ subs, says James Moore

The House of Mouse has made a big bet on streaming (Getty)

Stream Wars: The Entertainment Empires Strike Back is coming to a PC, tablet or mobile phone near you. Where your money goes will dictate which multimillion-dollar CEO ends up getting a medal from Princess Leia (think back to the cringeworthy end of A New Hope after Luke blew up the Death Star) and which ends up getting in frozen carbonite alongside Han Solo.

It’s very early days for making predictions but at the cost of making myself a hostage to fortune and every Twitter troll with access to a keyboard, I think we can put the contenders into three loose groups based on their chances.

My assessments may surprise you. But let me make my case before you line up with Boris Johnson and the Brexit Party (probably) by declaring me the worst business commentator in the British media.