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Originally Posted by valo403
So why the tiered offering then? Why would anyone outside of a small market segment pay to watch something that's available for free in a high quality version?
And I think your idea is terrible because your assumption is moronic. Do you have any idea what kind of ad revenue you'd need to derive to make your plan work? How many total CI/GC subscribers do you think there are now? I'd say at a minimum there are 2mil at $200 each, that's $400,000,000 in income. Add in the damage that would be done to local TV contracts and you have another income gap to cover. Are you seriously trying to tell me that you think the NHL can manufacture sufficient page views to pull in half a billion dollars in advertising revenue? Seriously?
And yes, please keep referencing Google, that's a totally relevant comparison. It's not like one is a niche market sport and the other is visited by literally half of the people who use the internet.  |
Because I have neither CI or GC, could you clarify for me if they are a package, or if they are separate? If you subscribe to CI, do you automatically have full access to GC online? The reason I ask is because, if they don't, I can't see how people who prefer to watch games in HD with PVR ability on their televisions would switch to watching live streams with reduced quality on their computer monitors. Frankly, I can't see how this would cannibalize their CI services.