Posts tagged Streaming Video
Live Streaming Video: Now How Much Would You Pay?
32 years ago
by David van Sunder
in Business
Time for us to get streaming people! Everybody on set! Photo by Ronaldo Ferreira via Flickr
As some of you might remember, I mentioned live streaming video in my 2010 Trend Predictions article. I think it is an area with a lot of potential as Leo Laporte seems to be proving with his TWiT.tv network, which is making him a pretty substantial living. So, we can take it for granted that a profit can be made doing live streaming video. I just don’t think it will be easy to do.
The first problem I see, if we’re looking at TWiT.tv as a model, is that live streaming isn’t profitable on its own, since the majority of Leo’s audience consumes his shows via podcast download. That means that, even for Leo Laporte, live streaming video needs to be accompanied by on demand access to the content via his website, a set top box or podcast download. That’s not surprising because (more…)
Areas I’m Interested In for 2010
22 years ago
by David van Sunder
in Technology
Photo by FreeDigitalPhotos.net
I have been talking with people a lot lately about the online areas that I’m really interested in following this year, so I decided to share them here, as well. These aren’t necessarily the areas that I think will be the biggest this year. This list is really more about the areas I’m most interested in watching develop. I’ll list the areas in no specific order because it’s hard to say in exactly what order I’m most interested in them. (more…)