Dont Panic Netflix. Youtube Movie Rentals Makes Only 10k in 10 Days
The Youtube experiment in pay-to-view movie downloads managed to pull in just $10,709.16, a success rate that will not have its competitors worrying too much.
However, we could be getting just a bit too cynical, the movies to rent were by any received? ‘geek cloth’ from the five different Sundance Film Festival movies which were available
on the website for 10 days. The rental cost per movie was $3.99, meaning that 2,684 movies were paid for and hopefully watched.
Youtube Movie Rentals – A Success?
Although hardly setting the movie world alight, it was an interesting experiment that Youtube told the NYT it was very euphoric with. A Youtube spokesman told the NYT that the experiment “exceeded our expectations presumption all the barriers.” Interesting Netflix have revealed that most 6 million of its customers like to stream movies via the net.
“The odds are always stacked against independent film makers. This allowed them to reach a bigger hearing.” Some of the films at Sundance may have been seen by a few one hundred people, and the YouTube test may have allowed them to double their audience, he added.
Of course they didnt tell anyone what their expectations were to begin with, but it has shown the video giant that given the well(p) material and exposure there is a market for them. In fact they are planning to bring about more rentals from different partners. It is possible that a more democratic card will be a booming fiscal success
Watching Live Internet TV and movies on your television set is decent easy as pie now that an ever expanding number of Internet-enabled TV sets and Blu-ray players let users fountainhead stream video from the Web to the big tryout using a wideband connection. But if your shuffling to bite the smoke and get internet connected, then what do you need to project before buying?
With an internet enabled online tv set you can watch some stuff for free and some is a paid for service. For free are the usual Youtube videos, news, sports and more from Yahoo, photographs stored on Picasa and/or Flickr and you can listen to music from Internet radio stations such as Pandora and Slacker. The good stuff such as latest movies and top TV shows are pay-per-view or, with Netflix, included with a subscription.
Internet Enabled TV Popularity Soaring
There are of course other options apart from internet-enabled TVs and Blu-ray players. There are also consecrate boxes that connect to an existing broadband service via Wi-Fi. Some of the streaming services, such as Vudu also offer their own set-top boxes for a cost.
If you are considering upgrading your DVD player to a Blu-ray player then make sure you go for an Internet-enabled model as it will be less expensive than upgrading to a TV that is internet enabled but you will get the same results. Boxes dedicated to streaming video are available from Roku, HD, $80, and MediaPoint, free with $99 worth of Blockbuster movie rentals. So the best and cheapest option is (if you dont already have Blu-ray) to upgrade your DVD player and become immediately? internet connected.
