Okay, here is a hard drive, pre loaded with some cool content you might want for no extra charge, thats great marketing. Want it, keep it, if not, delete it.
Hey, we took up 10% of the drive with shit you may never want to buy? Fail....
I swear to god the movie studios are completely detached from reality. You know when I buy DVDs? Unless it's some awesome special edition for a really killer movie (which are rarities), I wait till they're like $5. So I sure as hell am not going to pay a premium on that for any non-boxed, non-HD, non-special-feature-laden product.
That was something I found especially surprising - they didn't go into any details about what kind of quality the films would be at. Are the compressed, or are they HD?
They can't be HD. Twenty HD-quality movies would consume about 130GB on that drive, assuming a reasonable bitrate. I can only assume they're one and change gigs a piece, or a little better than DVD quality.
I think long term, this is why systems like netflix streaming are going to get such a solid push from the studios. It puts them in some reasonable level of control over the flow and distribution of digital content. Ten years from now, physical media will be dead. Everything will be subscription on demand content, and people will wonder how they lived without it.
So, I guess, what I am saying is that if content providers really want to do something about controlling the flow of digital content, they should invest in the internet, rather than fight it.
So, I guess, what I am saying is that if content providers really want to do something about controlling the flow of digital content, they should invest in the internet, rather than fight it.
hah! hahahaha! oh, that's rich. I mean, you're right, but it'll be a cold day in hell before they get that picture.
"But... but the internet is where the pirates come from! We can't possibly support that platform!"
hah! hahahaha! oh, that's rich. I mean, you're right, but it'll be a cold day in hell before they get that picture.
"But... but the internet is where the pirates come from! We can't possibly support that platform!"
Also... physical media 4 life!
Apple embraced it, and they are rolling in cash because of it.
Maybe the future of the film distribution business is not any of the current players, maybe its a more forward looking company like Google, or Apple, or even Microsoft.
Some of what netflix is doing with the streaming service is very exciting, they are really starting to solve that problem of the last 50 feet to your TV. Boxee box is another example of a devise that really gets that done.
Film content delivered over the internet is the future, its going to happen, and there is a boat load of cash to be made in it for the company that plays their cards right.
It all starts with investing in infrastructure, getting the bandwidth up and available to more citizens more cheaply.
Honestly, if I were a betting man, I would say Google is going to have the chops for this, and long term, I would not be surprised to see them get into this business.
Many speculated that the YouTube buy was simply to position themselves with the legal departments of the traditional content providers to walk in and say, hey, we are Google, we have a boat load of cash like you do, guess who is calling some of the shots now.... Plus we know they are investing in new infrastructure projects. How are they going to pay off all these investments? Content delivery. It will happen, and then company's like Paramount and 20th Century Fox won't be able to join the revolution fast enough.
Apple did it with music, but music was less ambitious on some levels. My bet, Google will heavy into content distribution over the internet in the next few years. They did not make investments into a money pit like You Tube, and infrastructure building for nothing. They have a long term plan for ROI.
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But sir, I'm giving it all she's got, but the torrents wont stop coming!
Damn it Jim, I'm a Doctor, not a Pirate...
I could keep going?
Hey, we took up 10% of the drive with shit you may never want to buy? Fail....
So, I guess, what I am saying is that if content providers really want to do something about controlling the flow of digital content, they should invest in the internet, rather than fight it.
hah! hahahaha! oh, that's rich. I mean, you're right, but it'll be a cold day in hell before they get that picture.
"But... but the internet is where the pirates come from! We can't possibly support that platform!"
Also... physical media 4 life!
- Abraham Lincoln
Apple embraced it, and they are rolling in cash because of it.
Maybe the future of the film distribution business is not any of the current players, maybe its a more forward looking company like Google, or Apple, or even Microsoft.
Some of what netflix is doing with the streaming service is very exciting, they are really starting to solve that problem of the last 50 feet to your TV. Boxee box is another example of a devise that really gets that done.
Film content delivered over the internet is the future, its going to happen, and there is a boat load of cash to be made in it for the company that plays their cards right.
It all starts with investing in infrastructure, getting the bandwidth up and available to more citizens more cheaply.
Honestly, if I were a betting man, I would say Google is going to have the chops for this, and long term, I would not be surprised to see them get into this business.
Many speculated that the YouTube buy was simply to position themselves with the legal departments of the traditional content providers to walk in and say, hey, we are Google, we have a boat load of cash like you do, guess who is calling some of the shots now.... Plus we know they are investing in new infrastructure projects. How are they going to pay off all these investments? Content delivery. It will happen, and then company's like Paramount and 20th Century Fox won't be able to join the revolution fast enough.
Apple did it with music, but music was less ambitious on some levels. My bet, Google will heavy into content distribution over the internet in the next few years. They did not make investments into a money pit like You Tube, and infrastructure building for nothing. They have a long term plan for ROI.
/me airhumps.