http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/08/disney-avenges-traditional-media-models/ The economics of digital content Sun, 19 May 2013 07:03:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/08/disney-avenges-traditional-media-models/#comment-96749 Wed, 09 May 2012 14:51:34 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=208095#comment-96749 “Content is and always be king of the media jungle” quoting a famous phone hacker. To today’s narrow-minded VCs that means only online content. If you have broadcast or live content that doesn’t count, except in Disney’s case. As soon as investors enable new studios, with delivery channels abounding, the real media revolution will take place, but for now, VCs are stuck in tech-land.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/08/disney-avenges-traditional-media-models/#comment-96651 Wed, 09 May 2012 11:01:18 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=208095#comment-96651 Cinema admissions are not in significant decline in the US & Canada – they have been pretty stable for years.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2012/05/08/disney-avenges-traditional-media-models/#comment-96432 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:32:54 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=208095#comment-96432 They are arriving in people’s homes just fine. Home video revenues are down 25% from $26B in 2006 (1 year after the first BitTorrent search engines) to $18B in 2011. ethicalfan dot com. millions of copies of DVD quality Ghost Protocol were downloaded while in the theaters prior to its legal DVD and streaming windows.

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