http://gigaom.com/2007/07/26/of-broadband-long-tail-video/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2007/07/26/of-broadband-long-tail-video/#comment-176201 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:33:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/26/of-broadband-long-tail-video/#comment-176201 Insightful post. This inspired me to write a post on similar lines, trying to explain how we really CAN have 3 million channels without much stress on the current storage systems. You can read my post here.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/07/26/of-broadband-long-tail-video/#comment-176200 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:21:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/26/of-broadband-long-tail-video/#comment-176200 I have my doubts that there will be billions of channels – at least not that has a real niche. There will be lots of garbage content, just like there has always been. But I do expect a proliferation of niche content. With the ability to watch shows when you want and how you want, niches will be better able to support their favorite shows – instead of having to choose between two shows at the same time. Also, the need for studios (such as ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX) will diminish and with it the sudden cancellation of shows that cast, crew, and fans want to continue. While it is still about money – show producers oftentimes care about shows for more than that – and where a network may have deemed the margins too slim a cast/crew may be more than happy.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/07/26/of-broadband-long-tail-video/#comment-176199 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:01:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/26/of-broadband-long-tail-video/#comment-176199 At the heart of this debate is that video is becoming a new, standard form of communication — no longer just a specialty. Needless to say, that has vast implications, including what happens to the economics. It may be that Om is pretty close to right. Who makes money today on the written word and documents derived from it? Books and paper generate revenue, but regular old daily documents don’t. Does that model apply here as well?

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/07/26/of-broadband-long-tail-video/#comment-176198 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:55:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/26/of-broadband-long-tail-video/#comment-176198 [...] Of Broadband & Long Tail Video, Om Malik explores the profitability of new “Long Tail” platforms which focus on [...]

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