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Netflix (NFLX -1.80%) is not the Albanian army anymore. The digital video veteran is becoming a media powerhouse, forcing the entertainment industry to pay close attention to the company.

And they do.

As this earnings season winds down, no less than 40 management teams have mentioned Netflix in their earnings calls with Wall Street analysts.

There is, in fact, a rather overwhelming volume of Netflix discussion going on in the earnings calls of other companies. So I'm here to boil it down to a snackable handful of the most interesting or valuable statements.

On that note, let's get right to what Dolby Laboratories (DLB -0.14%), T-Mobile US (TMUS -0.29%), Pandora Media (P), EchoStar (SATS -2.17%), and Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP -1.98%) had to say about your favorite digital video expert this quarter.

In the slideshow below, you'll find what they said -- and why investors should pay attention.

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