People love to debate the merits of free vs. paid content. But overlooked in all this is the cost of access to that content — that’s where the action is. We’re paying more than we ever have to receive our movies, news and music, according to Forrester analyst James McQuivey. Here’s his full presentation on what we’re consuming, what we’re paying for it, and what that means for content companies. He delivered the talk at our recent paidContent2010 conference.
Forrester Research presentation at paidContent 2010
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Video of McQuivey’s session is here.
These numbers for “access” are not correct. Most of the “access” fees tied to Cable and Netflix in fact go to the content companies. Huge chunks of the major cable TV networks revenue come from cable fees. Netflix has to pay for all the content they rent out.