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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

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Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising. The philosophy of OPEC has been that if they can limit the amount of oil supplied to the world they can maintain high prices in a world where demand and competition should naturally have downward pressure on oil prices.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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We talked about the analogies between what NetFlix achieved in movies and whether this is relevant to the book market. Users: More than 280mm monthly users worldwide use its apps or see its advertising. Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers. Online text book rental service.

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Interview With CEO Jason Njoku iRoko Partners | Africa’s Netflix Set To Disrupt US TV & Cable Market

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We are the ‘Netflix’ of Africa – with iROKOtv we stream Nollywood (Nigerian Hollywood) movies online, so they are accessible to anyone with an Internet line, anywhere in the world. However, I can tell you that until recently, our business model was based purely on advertising and yes, it was profitable. How does it work? Profitable?

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Interview with David Aronchick, Hark

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David Aronchick: The net of our jobs is really harnessing the demand. Our job is to help capture some of that demand. Maybe, that's directly with that piece of content--buying it as a ring tone, or buying the DVD, or renting it on Netflix, or seeing an ad that was cross promoted with that content.

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7 Keys To A Winning Business As A Phone App Developer

Startup Professionals Musings

We don’t hear about the remaining several million apps that are mostly free, and garnering only trivial revenue through advertising. This is a tough one to accomplish, but it has paid off handsomely for the first to win in other categories, such as Amazon Kindle and Netflix. Build your own marketplace platform.

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7 Lessons For Mobile App Developers To Beat The Odds

Startup Professionals Musings

We don’t hear about the remaining several million apps that are mostly free, and garnering only trivial revenue through advertising. This is a tough one to accomplish, but it has paid off handsomely for the first to win in other categories, such as Amazon Kindle and Netflix. Build your own marketplace platform.

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State of Content | Los Angeles

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State of Content is an unrivaled opportunity to connect and collaborate with today’s leading influencers, executives, and entrepreneurs in the new establishment of advertising, marketing & technology. TALK NYC Heads to SOHO House, Bringing Madison Avenue to West Hollywood on June 13, 2012.

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