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Originally Posted by Caligari
very interesting stuff, thanks for the links.
i wonder how much hbo will charge, sounds like a one time fee? or yearly fee?
if it was a one time fee would it be 100 bucks? it will be interesting to see the pricing structure on premium mainstream channels.
but with porn the equation could change dramatically.
you could have two stations, one a FREE promo station which shows limited previews of videos just to hype the hell out of the pay station.
as you say live stuff is pretty cheap, you get an attractive girl simply talking about upcoming videos or related events on the free channel which shows them a bit of whats really going on with the pay channel.
could open up an entire sub-industry for companies actually running the channels as many big porn producers don't do "TV" style stuff or aren't equipped to, or just don't want the hassle.
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Exactly, it gives content creators a route to market bypassing cable companies. And indeed a freemium model is exactly what I would do. Free app with ads and lower quality stream or a 10 bucks a month premium app, no ads, and HD.
HBO haven't announced an app for it, as the device isn't announced yet. I'd be surprised if they don't though. I know apple are in talks with companies trying to get $1 a episode pricing agreed in general. Whether that carries across to this as yet unannounced product or not I don't know.