Comments on: The future of streaming video – four predictions for 2013 http://gigaom.com/2012/12/16/the-future-of-streaming-video-four-predictions-for-2013/ Fri, 24 May 2013 09:22:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: steve http://gigaom.com/2012/12/16/the-future-of-streaming-video-four-predictions-for-2013/#comment-1306300 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:35:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=594473#comment-1306300 I’ve been told for decades to watch what my kids are doing to see where the future is headed. If I had I would have made millions (okay, thousands) in Apple, Game Stop, etc.

My son was previously a Netflix subscriber. Now he downloads every movie for free on sites such as Movie2K. I see this as the future. Why pay when you don’t have to?

What is your opinion, how can these sites make money, and who is poised to be the dominant player in free downloads, if anyone?

]]> By: Eric Elia http://gigaom.com/2012/12/16/the-future-of-streaming-video-four-predictions-for-2013/#comment-1266363 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:51:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=594473#comment-1266363 I enjoy these end of year predictions. But I question whether “Viewers of highly targeted and in-depth content experiences” are actually willing to pay for that sort of content. It would be great if you could reference a few profitable success in the category. During my time in the online video business I have watched many niche or “long-tail,” as we used to say back in the day, try to go digital only and it has rarely worked. The production costs make it difficult to build a dedicated, digital only channel focused on fishing, or say shipwreck exploration. Off the top of my head I can think of Lynda.com and CreativeLive – training, education programming.

]]> By: Robert Reams http://gigaom.com/2012/12/16/the-future-of-streaming-video-four-predictions-for-2013/#comment-1264043 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:48:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=594473#comment-1264043 Good article, Kun.

Grouping like genre’s of content into a playout stream is what channelization is all about. What (and when) to put into playout of the channel is best served by behavioral targeting. While the “demographic” is a failed metric for determining ranking for channel matchups, behavioral targeting is workable if (IF) the IP address, content, advertisements and popular opinion can be assessed with a *common* metric.

With such commonality, backprop testing, modeling and prediction are achievable through any number of adaptive statistics platforms (fuzzy logic, bayesian nets, etc.). That would allow the creators, distributors, accountants and consumers to enjoy the benefits of B2B, B2C (or even C2C) with multiple revenue streams.

The assumption that “behavioral targeting is not possible” was a popular notion among those not skilled in the art. I submit to you that it is not only possible, but it is actually a functioning, verified algo stack ready for deployment. If anyone is interested in a lot of reeeeealy boring reading on the concepts and proofs of BT, please feel free to contact me or Mark at Streaming-Appliances.com for more info.

Thanks,

Robert Reams CTO Streaming Appliances LLC

]]> By: 24tnt42 http://gigaom.com/2012/12/16/the-future-of-streaming-video-four-predictions-for-2013/#comment-1263994 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:10:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=594473#comment-1263994 Nice piece, Kun Gao, though I disagree with your conclusory hypothesis: “After all, what is video but a medium for the aspiration of product, lifestyles and experience.”

Great video, to the extent that it expresses the eneffable, is art.

]]> By: Jon http://gigaom.com/2012/12/16/the-future-of-streaming-video-four-predictions-for-2013/#comment-1262437 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:34:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=594473#comment-1262437 I agree with these predictions and I’d add more dynamic video viewing meaning you can watch things from multiple angles in non-glasses-needed stereoscopic 3D.

Jon
Founder of CNCKing.com

]]>