Comments on: Media Wars Part 2 of 2: Focus on Content and Easy Digital Distribution http://stocksandblogs.com/2007/02/media-wars-part-2-of-2-focus-on-content.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=media-wars-part-2-of-2-focus-on-content Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:54:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: HungryFlix http://stocksandblogs.com/2007/02/media-wars-part-2-of-2-focus-on-content.html/comment-page-1#comment-437 HungryFlix Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:03:00 +0000 http://blog.stocksandblogs.com/?p=193#comment-437 Great points, Linda.<br/><br/>The independent angle is an important one. While most mainstream "popular" movies are looking for online distribution with Wal-Mart or iTunes, there is still a gap for the great indie content out there.<br/><br/>This is what we are trying to do with http://www.hungryflix.com<br/><br/>With the power of the internet and creating a "global niche", indie films can really find their audience. You don't have to worry about getting your independent fillm in blockbuster where maybe only 3 people in Town X are interested in indie film. You can now build a niche thru the millions of people online.<br/><br/>This is going to be huge. Cable TV couldn't support a computer and gadget network like TechTV, there just wasn't enough of an audience in cable TV terms, but now look at how many tech podcasts there are and they are thriving.<br/><br/>The small niche just doesn't matter anymore. And advertisers will follow these small niches because this is a very targeted audience. Great points, Linda.

The independent angle is an important one. While most mainstream “popular” movies are looking for online distribution with Wal-Mart or iTunes, there is still a gap for the great indie content out there.

This is what we are trying to do with http://www.hungryflix.com

With the power of the internet and creating a “global niche”, indie films can really find their audience. You don’t have to worry about getting your independent fillm in blockbuster where maybe only 3 people in Town X are interested in indie film. You can now build a niche thru the millions of people online.

This is going to be huge. Cable TV couldn’t support a computer and gadget network like TechTV, there just wasn’t enough of an audience in cable TV terms, but now look at how many tech podcasts there are and they are thriving.

The small niche just doesn’t matter anymore. And advertisers will follow these small niches because this is a very targeted audience.

]]> By: Faisal Laljee http://stocksandblogs.com/2007/02/media-wars-part-2-of-2-focus-on-content.html/comment-page-1#comment-436 Faisal Laljee Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:08:00 +0000 http://blog.stocksandblogs.com/?p=193#comment-436 Linda - great comment. I will respond to this comment with a blog post soon.<br/><br/>Faisal Linda – great comment. I will respond to this comment with a blog post soon.

Faisal

]]> By: LindaNelson http://stocksandblogs.com/2007/02/media-wars-part-2-of-2-focus-on-content.html/comment-page-1#comment-435 LindaNelson Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:03:00 +0000 http://blog.stocksandblogs.com/?p=193#comment-435 Faisal, I think you're missing some important points about VOD. Right now, I'm downloading independent films from Unbox, in about 40 minutes to my ZEN. I can watch on the train or plug it into my TV and watch in DVD quality. This allows me to watch sophisticated independent films, that I could only get from Netflix in the past, except now I don't have to wait for the mailman and I can take my content where ever I want. It's simple to use and less expensive that buying DVD's at retail stores. Amazon got it right with Unbox. The also have content from all the studios except Disney and I don't know many adults that care about Disney films anyway. ZEN is awesome - best quality image and awesome features not found on video iPods. HP will give Walmart a great platform for downloading and offer tons of titles not available on iTunes (who currently don't have any independent content). HP will also provide DVD by mail for them, as well. EZTakes.com already has films for download that burn a DVD on your PC that you can play on any DVD player attached to your TV, so the technology is all in place to make it easy for people to use VOD. Neflix's streaming doesn't make any sense at all, as you have to watch it on your PC. Boring. People want their content to be viewable anytime, anywhere and now they can do it. CinemaNow and MovieLink were too paranoid about piracy, so their content is only studio based and viewable on a PC. I think Amazon and Walmart have a great chance of burning up the market with their VOD services. Faisal, I think you’re missing some important points about VOD. Right now, I’m downloading independent films from Unbox, in about 40 minutes to my ZEN. I can watch on the train or plug it into my TV and watch in DVD quality. This allows me to watch sophisticated independent films, that I could only get from Netflix in the past, except now I don’t have to wait for the mailman and I can take my content where ever I want. It’s simple to use and less expensive that buying DVD’s at retail stores. Amazon got it right with Unbox. The also have content from all the studios except Disney and I don’t know many adults that care about Disney films anyway. ZEN is awesome – best quality image and awesome features not found on video iPods. HP will give Walmart a great platform for downloading and offer tons of titles not available on iTunes (who currently don’t have any independent content). HP will also provide DVD by mail for them, as well. EZTakes.com already has films for download that burn a DVD on your PC that you can play on any DVD player attached to your TV, so the technology is all in place to make it easy for people to use VOD. Neflix’s streaming doesn’t make any sense at all, as you have to watch it on your PC. Boring. People want their content to be viewable anytime, anywhere and now they can do it. CinemaNow and MovieLink were too paranoid about piracy, so their content is only studio based and viewable on a PC. I think Amazon and Walmart have a great chance of burning up the market with their VOD services.

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