Ask HN: Changing Video Online

2 points by jdavid 15y ago ↗ HN

I am considering taking a job at a video startup. I know many of you are saying yavs ( yet another video startup ), which sounds like a disease, but I really believe that video is a huge market and there will be room for more players.

so the question is, what are video companies doing right, and what are they doing wrong?

Ultimately youtube is turning into a Social VDN with some search, but Amazon, Netflix, Vimeo, and Hulu all have found niches' but is video being shared well?

How do you want to consume your video on apple tv, xbox, ps3, google tv, and maybe a roku?

If you have liked something like Dr. Horrible's sing along blog, when would you pull the trigger to pay for that video? Would you subscribe to something?

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Vyk 15y ago ↗

I'd pull the trigger after seeing a trailer, probably with some kickstarter-like funding scheme (I've helped fund a kickstarter DVD project). And call me old-fashioned, but I'd be more likely to pay outright for a self-contained chunk of content (think movie or tv season) than to subscribe to something open-ended. I'd only subscribe to something open-ended if I trusted the artists and vision behind the project.

leeskye 15y ago ↗

Online video has the potential to be a huge market. But in order to carve away from the $70 billion annual TV Ad market, content creators, publishers, and YouTube have to first convince advertisers online video media buys are effective.

Video should be platform agnostic and be consumed on all platforms.