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"So far, just shy of 11.5 hours of being live I've had just under 60k visits. A twitter follower also wrote a script and found the average willing price was about $12.30. That's $738,000 a month "pledged" by people who want to give HBO their money. How is HBO not allowing this to happen?"

Barrett’s comments:

Good, this can pay for the first seven minutes of one episode of Game Of Thrones.

Look, I appreciate people’s desire to have HBO Go as a standalone product, but the reality is that the economics don’t work. No amount of “we want this” is worth HBO having to cut the viability of their product because they lost 70% of their revenue stream. It’s shocking how few people seem to understand how HBO makes their money, where, why, and what would motivate them to abandon one revenue stream in favor of another.

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  • 11 months ago > ryanbrown
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  1. alonsomayo reblogged this from spytap and added:
    Totally disagree on...one. It may be unviable this very second,
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    Spytap gets it.
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    Barrett’s comments: Good, this can pay for the first seven minutes of one episode of Game Of Thrones. Look, I appreciate...
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On my better days, I call myself an entrepreneur. Mostly I like to play in the nexus of technology and the Internet.

I run a consulting company that works with entertainment and government entities called Spytap Industries. S.I. has worked with a broad base of clientele including feature films, TV series, A-list talent, online content creators, Multi Channel Networks, The Department of Defense, DARPA, and The Congressional Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism (CPWMD).

I'm also the CEO of a stealth startup working to power the next phase of mainstream media (more on that soon.) At nights and on weekends I build things that I think should exist (online and off.)

Prior to this, I was the Director of Content Partnerships at Blip Networks, where you can discover the best in original web series. In a previous life I helped create United Talent Agency's online division - the first major agency division devoted to representing and monetizing online content.

From time to time I write essays on topics of interest such as politics, education, the future of mass media, and the effects that online content and piracy are having on traditional media. They normally go here.

I also contribute to Here's Some Awesome, a collaborative video curation site that showcases awesome online video.

This is my personal blog, So while it probably doesn't need to be said, all of the opinions here are solely my own or those of the people I reblog.

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