Comments on: How Long Will Your Free Content Ride Last? http://www.visibleu.com/2009/how-long-will-your-free-content-ride-last/ Making websites that work for you Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Is YouTube Destined for the Dot-Com Graveyard? « Hiring The Internet http://www.visibleu.com/2009/how-long-will-your-free-content-ride-last/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Is YouTube Destined for the Dot-Com Graveyard? « Hiring The Internet Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:13:55 +0000 http://hiringtheinternet.com/?p=1737#comment-602 [...] } In a post we published a few weeks ago called “How Long Will Your Free Content Ride Last,” we commented on blogger John Falls’ position that free content on the Internet can only last [...] [...] } In a post we published a few weeks ago called “How Long Will Your Free Content Ride Last,” we commented on blogger John Falls’ position that free content on the Internet can only last [...]

]]> By: Gabriel http://www.visibleu.com/2009/how-long-will-your-free-content-ride-last/comment-page-1/#comment-603 Gabriel Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:38:49 +0000 http://hiringtheinternet.com/?p=1737#comment-603 The methods for funding TV shows and other content will definitely evolve. The problem is, I think, that we're in an alignment period where consumers, content providers, and advertisers are all still figuring out what we want and what we should expect. Right now the New York Times has started experimenting again with pay-for-content models. I think everyone is still figuring it out. Interestingly, the publishing industry has been dealing with some of these issues for a while. Hard covers make a lot more money than paper-backs, and the industry rolls out paperbacks on a later schedule to try to shape the marketplace and consumer behavior. They're doing the same thing with releases for Amazon's Kindle and other eReaders. The methods for funding TV shows and other content will definitely evolve. The problem is, I think, that we’re in an alignment period where consumers, content providers, and advertisers are all still figuring out what we want and what we should expect. Right now the New York Times has started experimenting again with pay-for-content models. I think everyone is still figuring it out. Interestingly, the publishing industry has been dealing with some of these issues for a while. Hard covers make a lot more money than paper-backs, and the industry rolls out paperbacks on a later schedule to try to shape the marketplace and consumer behavior. They’re doing the same thing with releases for Amazon’s Kindle and other eReaders.

]]> By: Shaya http://www.visibleu.com/2009/how-long-will-your-free-content-ride-last/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Shaya Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:44:15 +0000 http://hiringtheinternet.com/?p=1737#comment-601 While I see the point - I don't think it makes much sense. Like anything else, just as these social networking sites evolved and developed, so too will the way people advertise. For example, the networks that now stream their shows online don't show it for "free" either, they have 3-5 short 15-30 second commercials interspersed throughout the show. Frankly - I'd much rather watch an HD stream online (especially since I can hook it up to my HD tv) and endure 5 short commercials, than to sit and watch it "live" with no ability to fast forward and sit through ALL those commercials - even with DVR when you can skip over it, you waste plenty of time having to stop and rewind at the right moment.... I think it's all about evolving and changing with everything else. If the medium changes, then the method should too. While I see the point – I don’t think it makes much sense. Like anything else, just as these social networking sites evolved and developed, so too will the way people advertise. For example, the networks that now stream their shows online don’t show it for “free” either, they have 3-5 short 15-30 second commercials interspersed throughout the show. Frankly – I’d much rather watch an HD stream online (especially since I can hook it up to my HD tv) and endure 5 short commercials, than to sit and watch it “live” with no ability to fast forward and sit through ALL those commercials – even with DVR when you can skip over it, you waste plenty of time having to stop and rewind at the right moment….

I think it’s all about evolving and changing with everything else. If the medium changes, then the method should too.

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