Starz usually has pretty lousy titles, but considering Netflix was promising to increase content losing anything is a major blow. This really has nothing to do with the price hike though, but more likely the fact Dish, disguising themselves as Blockbuster on the front, has a lot better studio connections and a lot more money to throw around. Netflix got their old contracts on what was a new idea at the time, but now the big boys have realized there's a real business here, and Netflix can't keep up anymore. This isn't going to be the last content provider someone takes away.
Blockbuster seems to have a strong approach, with distro kiosks, brick and mortar stores, and now both VoD and streaming type services, as well as Dish's satellite channels. They could possibly fulfill the needs of every consumer. They do however still need to get an app in as many devices as Netflix has.
I don't like some of Netflix's decisions like the use of Silverlight or the price hike, but I like the idea of Blockbuster regaining their influence even less. They weren't anyone's friend back in the rental business either, and this is really Dish behind the scenes, so it seems to me like the usual providers are taking control back. Netflix is still the little guy compared to the big cablecos, and I'd really rather see them win. The major cable providers are in with the major ISPs, and would have no problem slowing the progress of this whole inconvenient streaming deal so they can keep selling you expensive cable packages and the ISPs wouldn't have to upgrade to fit the needs of HD content consumers. I see this as the people who were overcharging us to begin with before Netflix came along trying to regain control so they can overcharge us again.