[M4IF Discuss] hourly usage fee for MPEG4

[Ben Waggoner]

on 2/22/02 6:23 AM, AVARO Olivier FTRD/DIH/REN at
olivier.avaro   rd.francetelecom.com wrote:
>>     Take, for example, digital cable and satellite companies.
>>  If MPEG-4 
>> allows them to double their number of channels, it'll let
>> them add a lot of
>> revenue, by increasing the number of channels and
>> pay-per-view orders they
>> get. 
> 
> Interesting. I just heard the contrary : compression, by augmenting the offer
> while the demand remains almost constant will reduce their revenue by almost
> the same value of the compression gain :-)

    It will reduce their revenue per channel by dilution, but will increase
their total revenue, by offering more total services.
    The way my Dish package works is I get 100 channels for $X and 150 for
$Y.  They'd be able to add a 300 channel option for $Z.  I'd probably buy it
- even though I might not watch any more TV, I'd get a better chance of
watching what I want when I want.
Ben Waggoner
Interframe Media <http://www.interframemedia.com>
Digital Video Compression Consulting, Training, and Encoding