"If so, however, Netflix boss Reed Hastings doesn’t seem concerned. He quickly issued a counter-statement saying hardly anyone was watching Starz content on Netflix (just 8 percent of all streams) and that he couldn’t wait to reinvest the money Netflix won’t be giving to Starz on new content, à la Netflix’s upcoming original Kevin Spacey series House of Cards. We talked to a top talent agent who says showrunners are salivating at the prospect of having Netflix step up to finance pet projects, and predicted Cards would be just the first of many originals funded by the company."