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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 642333, member: 405"]
I understand what you're saying, and don't necessarily disagree, but they say the typical user only visits about 10 web sites regularly. It's probably similar but higher for TV, because you have multiple sources of live programming (mostly sports), and consumers have gotten used to that degree of choice if they're sports fans, and they've also gotten used to paying premium prices for premium content.
 
So that experience will probably slow down adoption for too-greedy pricing models. Same thing as has held back VOD.
 
Speaking of video on demand, I think Amazon has finally cracked it at a lower price point, plus a subscription model. Netflix has nowhere near the depth of content of Amazon Instant Video (let alone the 15,000 titles in their Amazon Primer service...).  Rights holders have been too greedy and ignored elasticity of demand.  Amazon is setting a new market, and will generate big numbers.
 
Entertainment is popcorn. $1 is the magic price point, or rather 99 cents. Steve Jobs proved that, billions and billions of songs later on iTunes, while CD sales cratered. It can't ALL be pirating, or else Apple wouldn't be making all those sales, either.
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