roundtable: RE: ENTERTAINING VIDEO O

roundtable: RE: ENTERTAINING VIDEO O

RE: ENTERTAINING VIDEO O

Matt York (myork@videomaker.com)
Mon, 27 Mar 1995 08:30:28 -0800 

Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 08:30:28 -0800
Message-Id: <199503271630.IAA00716@video.hidden.videomaker.com>
To: roundtable@cni.org
From: myork@videomaker.com (Matt York)
Subject: RE: ENTERTAINING VIDEO O


>Matt York (videomaker) says:
>
>"It is unfortunate that he is forced to send a large plastic cassette 
>through the Post Office as his potential customer base (members of this 
>list) debate and contemplate telecommunications policy. We ponder how 
>a system should be built to allow the hkkleins of the world to "ship" 
>their -rather large files- (video programs) to customers over some 
>copper wires that can reach each one of us instantly (and for far less 
>the cost of duplicating cassettes and hiring people to hand deliver it)."

Then Jack Hirschfeld said:
>Surprising talk from a media professional.  The least expensive delivery 
>of video on demand that I have encountered is hotel or cable delivery of 
>movies at about $5 a pop.  This required being hard-wired to the source 
>so that analog video could be transmitted via coax which was already 
>delivering signal (prepaid) on other channels.
>
>The economics of delivery of digital signal "long distance" couldn't 
>begin to compete with the low cost of plastic cassette plus delivery on 
>the postal network.  Dubs can be had for about $8 or $9, and shipping 
>adds about $1.50.  The buyer ends up with a  permanent record on a 
>cassette which can be reused if the content is ephemeral.  And if you 
>think a 90-minute video can reach you "instantly", think again...
>
>The cheapest way to deliver video remains broadcast, of course.  If 
>users had satellite dishes and receivers, a 90-minute video could be 
>sent *simultaneously* to millions of addresses for less than $1000 in 
>today's marketplace...


All good points Jack, but you missed my point. We should be devoting 
some energy to altering this skewed video delivery system which you so 
accurately described. It should be easier and less expensive to move 
special interest video files around.

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