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It'll be interesting to see if Google can work with traditional media companies to find a price profitable price point and offer the flexibility which many peop
by 2T1Qka0rEiPr 10y ago
It'll be interesting to see if Google can work with traditional media companies to find a price profitable price point and offer the flexibility which many people today seek.
It's clear to see that a company such as Netflix can clearly benefit from moving away from these companies, as they tend to be priced highly (thus reducing the ability to make any serious margins) and be hugely inflexible when it comes to DRM and placing geographic and device restrictions.
Surely the deciding factory in YT TV's success will be in it's ability to wade through this ugly maze and convince the rights owners that their future success hinges on their ability to keep with the times...
- pjc50 10y ago> reducing the ability to make any serious margins That's a rather euphemistic way of putting it; the rightsholders know they have a monopoly on each specific item of content and don't see why any other business should make a single penny along the way. (Orlowski is a known pro-DRM contrarian on this subject!) As they say, the real success is if they can make this as frictionless as Youtube already is. Pay $35, get everything everywhere on all devices, end of story.
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- 2T1Qka0rEiPr 10y agoYeh. I guess you can't knock a company for taking advantage of its monopoly power by maximizing their own profits, but it does feel like there's a gap in the market for someone to really innovate the (live) TV space in the way that Netflix/Spotify have innovated.