Comments on: Economy affects online video http://decabled.com/economy-affects-online-video with commandN.tv's Jeff MacArthur Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:22:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jeff http://decabled.com/economy-affects-online-video/comment-page-1#comment-162 Jeff Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:11:46 +0000 http://decabled.com/?p=63#comment-162 It seems like they are doing this, note the line: "regardless of whether an ad is attached or not". I took this to mean that they can't get enough advertising revenue to support it but maybe I've misread (as that does seem surprising). Who knows, maybe that's just an excuse they're using (or maybe there are some limitation b/c of the labels) but, in any case, you'd think that some creative monetization types would be working their way up the ranks in these businesses and giving them some more insights into how to support online video. It's kind of stunning how far big businesses can be behind the little indie guys on the web! :-) It seems like they are doing this, note the line: “regardless of whether an ad is attached or not”. I took this to mean that they can’t get enough advertising revenue to support it but maybe I’ve misread (as that does seem surprising).

Who knows, maybe that’s just an excuse they’re using (or maybe there are some limitation b/c of the labels) but, in any case, you’d think that some creative monetization types would be working their way up the ranks in these businesses and giving them some more insights into how to support online video.

It’s kind of stunning how far big businesses can be behind the little indie guys on the web! :-)

]]> By: Nathan D http://decabled.com/economy-affects-online-video/comment-page-1#comment-161 Nathan D Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:17:04 +0000 http://decabled.com/?p=63#comment-161 How about direct advertising? :D I was thinking this was a no brainer - I don't know how much MTV would actually charge for embedding videos, but if a company were to do so, and get site hits up, people will pay for advertising. Look at myspace. Making multi-millionaires out of kids who can use a program to write HTML code to design a Myspace layout. Advertisers pay $$$ if your site's getting a million hits a day - no matter what you have on it. How about direct advertising? :D I was thinking this was a no brainer – I don’t know how much MTV would actually charge for embedding videos, but if a company were to do so, and get site hits up, people will pay for advertising. Look at myspace. Making multi-millionaires out of kids who can use a program to write HTML code to design a Myspace layout. Advertisers pay $$$ if your site’s getting a million hits a day – no matter what you have on it.

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