Comments on: Do Consumers Really Want to Pay for Media? http://gigaom.com/video/do-consumers-really-want-to-pay-for-media/ Sat, 26 May 2012 10:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Michael Wolf http://gigaom.com/video/do-consumers-really-want-to-pay-for-media/#comment-475081 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:42:22 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29709#comment-475081 I think you both have valid points, but addressed at specific distribution mediums – the Internet distribution model for content, across any type be it news, video, music, is still being shaped for pure ad-supported. There is no doubt while viewership is going up, the economics of Internet ad-support distribution is making is challenging, particularly for news services who have traditionally be ad supported.

Those electronic mediums such as broadcast TV and radio continue to be successful using primarily ad-supported (though most of these broadcasters today get a health revenue stream through cable and satellite fees), but even these firms are grappling with how ad-supported content in a broadcast world will do in the world of over-the-top distribution.

Great conversation and points!

]]> By: Scott Jensen http://gigaom.com/video/do-consumers-really-want-to-pay-for-media/#comment-475080 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:05:15 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29709#comment-475080 SimpleRobb,

A broken model? That is the business model of broadcast television and radio. It is anything but broken.

]]> By: SIMPLEROBB.COM http://gigaom.com/video/do-consumers-really-want-to-pay-for-media/#comment-475079 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:32:33 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29709#comment-475079 SJ. The idea of “giving” away content and recouping expenses (and gain some profit) off advertising alone is a broken, broken model.

]]> By: Do Consumers Really Want Their Media in a Bundle? http://gigaom.com/video/do-consumers-really-want-to-pay-for-media/#comment-475078 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:12:30 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29709#comment-475078 [...] prefer to pick a bundle rather than buy à la carte, Daniel Taylor, a GigaOM Pro analyst, argues over at NewTeeVee. To bolster his argument, he used the example of paying for cable, rather than individual channels [...]

]]> By: Scott Jensen http://gigaom.com/video/do-consumers-really-want-to-pay-for-media/#comment-475077 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:52:22 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29709#comment-475077 Of course, the alternative is content providers giving away their stuff for free and making their profits off of corporate sponsors (how TV was funded during its “Golden Age”), product placement advertising, etc.. Click on my name for a white paper I did in 2003 that’s titled “P2P Revolution: peer-to-peer networking and the entertainment industry”. I think it is still valid in its main points.

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