All About the Benjamins: Who
That was the title of the panel today at the New Video Summit, part of the bigger VON conference going on in San Jose this week. I was moderating a panel today (not attending the main VON conference though) on business models in online video sector. The consensus of course was that it is a bit too early to decide on models, and it would probably take another 2-3 years until things become clearer in the sector.
Anyway, we had good panelists: Tara Maitra, VP Content Services, TiVo; Chris O’ Brien, CEO, Motionbox; Matt Sanchez, President, CEO, VideoEgg; and Josh Goldman, CEO, Akimbo, and excellent participation from the audience. A lively and wide-ranging discussion lasting above an hour.
The full audio can be streamed below, or can be downloaded as an MP3 here (28 MB, 1hr 10 mins):
This is very difficult to understand. How about a quick summary.
Perhaps that is the summary? No one has a clue! (yet)…
In large part because NO ONE is really investing in original content to-be-monetized in this space. Just a handful of attempts; all either as "tests" or terribly underfunded.
But, with the Eisner's and Bochco's moving into town — and, some unique Independent alliances being formed to start populating the infrastructure that's been built — well, by Year's End, there will be some money being made here.
Til then, it's a bunch of infrastructure fellows sitting and chatting, waiting for dinner to be served.
Hi Rafat,
Try talking to the guys at Forbidden Technologies (@Von07) about their products, Forscene and Clesh -they've got pretty crap visibility, but a solid platform, and are going for the higher-up fruit!
Yours kindly,
Shakir Razak