"Top Gear" crew snagged by Amazon!

[Botch]

http://www.unilad.co.uk/articles/am...n-richard-hammond-and-james-may-for-new-show/

Don't know if this is a trend, but to see talent go to the "pay-per-content" routes, is a good thing! :handgestures-thumbup:

 

[Towen7]

I'm not being argumentative ... but would Top Gear exist if it started as a pay-per-content series?

 

[Botch]

Quit being argumentative! :angelic-green:

Mebbe not, but what's wrong with a business model that gives any wannabe's a chance, then when there's enough interest, they can leave the conglomerate and publish/collect on their own?
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[Botch]

And I dunt thenk is "argumentative", i'st "arugmentiv",bud I dunt wanna arguemnt bout et. >hic<
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[Botch]

:angelic-green:

 

[CMonster]

I'm not being argumentative ... but would Top Gear exist if it started as a pay-per-content series?

In 2002? Yeah, probably no way they survive. It ain't 2002...

 

[Razz]

I signed up for Netflicks for one reason... to watch all seasons of Top Gear. They gave me 3.... I was pissed!

I would pay for certain shows...

 

[Towen7]

I get that the video entertainment market has evolved. I also think pay per play content is a good model. I just wonder how this will play out over the next decade.

Content like Top Gear, Orange is the New Black, Daredevil... are not cheap to produce. Surely some of the new content those Netflix, Amazon, et al. will loose money. So just wonder if a pure pay-per-play content model will be able to generate enough cash to support creating all the new content? Especially considering if that content doesn't start in the old ecosystem to generate the "buzz" needed to sustain it in the new.

Interesting times.

 

[Flint]

I am convinced we will eventually get to a micro-payment model where we will have several options for how we pay for content:

1) High monthly-fee full service buffet from a cable-like provider with access to hundreds of channels.

2) Moderate monthly payment for whatever content one provider offers (Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, etc.)

3) Lower Monthly fee to access everything a specific channel offers (HBO Now, BBC-one player).

4) Individual show or series access for fee (Amazon Prime rentals, Apple Store, Xbox store, etc.).

5) Micro-payments per episode/movie - Cost will be $3, unless you watch all the advertisements then it is $0.25. If you watch some of the advertisements the fee can vary up to $3.

6) Free with forced ads (Youtube, Vimeo, std Hulu, etc.).

Most of these are already available.

What could change the game would be an effective high quality catalog tool which aggregates all the content providers you have access to and provides a single search engine to find shows PLUS has a powerful CRM tool to recommend shows based on what you have chosen and rated prior.

 

[Towen7]

What could change the game would be an effective high quality catalog tool which aggregates all the content providers you have access to and provides a single search engine to find shows PLUS has a powerful CRM tool to recommend shows based on what you have chosen and rated prior.

THAT is exactly what I need. Until something like that is available I can't see me or my family committing to a hodge-podge of stand-alone apps. Honestly, I'd rather do without than have to search fifteen different apps/platforms to find what I want to watch.

 

[Towen7]

I'm trying to watch last season's episodes of a TV show. It's only available on the website of the channel that produces the show. In order to watch one has provide credentials that you subscribe to the channel through a pay-TV provider. So in order to watch the show you have to prove that you've already "paid" to see it.

What's a little annoying is that before the video will play in on the web browser you have to sit through a commercial that can not be skipped or sped through. What's REALLY annoying is that halfway through the show you have sit sit through 8-10 commercial. Eight to freaking ten!

If the buffet model Flint mentioned includes having to sit through THIS many commercials then I don't think its for me.

 

[Akula]

What's REALLY annoying is that halfway through the show you have sit sit through 8-10 commercials. Eight to freaking ten!

If the buffet model Flint mentioned includes having to sit through THIS many commercials then I don't think its for me.

While the words "piss break" come to mind, I definitely agree. I understand the need to build in revenue, but that's over the top. 2-3, no problem. A half dozen, especially when I have to pay to access it in the first place, nah.