Posts by Bart Janssen
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Speaker: We don’t make the rules, we're…, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
I assumed you meant taking the afternoon off to physically go to the ground and watch?
And I assumed that with online multi-player games there was some advantage in being among the first in?
But then, I don’t do sport (other than my annual ski trip), I don’t watch telly and I don’t do games.
Far be it from me to stop you judging others, that's perfectly acceptable :).
As for the cricket, I went home to specifically watch it on TV, all by myself. Weird yes but I wanted to. I could have gone to Eden Park but I enjoy ODIs more on TV but "live".
As for WoW, actually the reverse, at the time of release the game is usually buggy and the servers so overloaded the experience is less than optimal - but somehow weirdly fun.
I threw in the soccer game because it was what "normal people" do :)
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Speaker: We don’t make the rules, we're…, in reply to izogi,
Do so many people really take GoT so seriously that they take time off work to watch it immediately on release?
No different to taking the afternoon off to watch cricket
Or to play WoW on the day they release new content
Or to go to your child’s first soccer game
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Speaker: We don’t make the rules, we're…, in reply to Sam Durbin,
Ergo, the rights that Sky, TVNZ, MediaWorks, and Lightbox pay for directly contribute to the ongoing production of content.
And then they charge me double or triple or ten times that. All for the privilege of buying from them what I could just as easily buy direct.
Sure I get that Netflix is probably getting more traffic than they paid for, that should not be my problem.
The thing is back when these systems were set up local distributors actually contributed something to the chain. Now that simply is not true, Lightbox and their ilk contribute nothing. Why should I give them any money at all.
And as for paying VPN services I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that they are cheaper than Lightbox and co by a country mile.
Sure they consolidate - but frankly I don't need another set of steak knives - I already have the best ones in the world
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Speaker: We don’t make the rules, we're…, in reply to Sacha,
Surely they pay content licenses which in theory go to the creators (though more likely the producers)? That’s no different to what say Netflix US do.
As far as I can tell, I could buy from Netflix who pay the creators (the producers who pay the creators) and pay $X
Or I can buy from Lightbox who pay Netflix who pay the creators (the producers who pay the creators) and pay $X+$Y
That $Y goes where? Certainly not to the creators.
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For me as a consumer the question is pretty simple
How do I ensure that the money I pay to view, actually results in the creation of content I enjoy?
Back in the day local book distributors served a purpose, they got books to NZ that I would have no other way of accessing, same for TV/movie distribution companies. They were the ONLY way I could pay the creator for the product.
That they all clipped the ticket as it went past was a pain, but it was just the only way it could work.
So what does lightbox contribute to the path from my bank account to the creator?
The answer would appear to be nothing. They are manipulating a legacy distribution structure for their own profit. Capitalists amongst us would pat them on the back, good effort spotting the opportunity to make a buck off me.
But for me, wanting to pay the creator, they just stole some of the creator's money for no benefit.
Frankly the vague threats for the local content creation community just highlight how morally bankrupt Lightbox and co are, sorry Ms Niblock that's a harsh judgement and comes across as nastier than I would personally like to be but I didn't force you to take up the role you chose.
I accept that legally Lightbox an co might be in the right, that isn't necessarily something you should be proud of.
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Cecelia,
I also wonder about how rarely National MPs appear on the show, as if there was some directive to only appear on shows where the questions make National look good.
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Simon Lyall,
In what reality is describing aid to a country hit by disaster = fluff?????
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Ken Double,
In other words, he’s a good journalist.
You are right.
The problem is that when compared to the wittering sycophants Hosking and Henry, Campbell’s lack of bias comes across as being left wing.
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Keir Leslie,
Wouldn’t it be almost certainly more cost-effective to turn TVNZ into a proper public service broadcaster?
Certainly. But then you get Hosking not Campbell
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Dylan Reeve,
The only thing that matters to TV3 is their ratings. The number of people watching (according to Neilsen) determines the amount they can charge for advertising.
I totally understand what you are saying Dylan. TV3 believes that the only way to make money is to sell 15 second advertising slots in their broadcasts and the value of those slots is determined by viewer numbers as measured by Neilson ratings.
I will repeat myself - that is dinosaur thinking. Classic not-to-bright managers failing to understand that media has changed. Like cutting costs and improving efficiencies in your floppy disc manufacturing plant.
There is value in all the other things CL generates, if Mediaworks employed some managers with imagination and talent they would realise that and exploit it. If anything CL has actually adapted to the way news is changing better than most, interacting in real terms with it's audience, engaging them in the media they choose to inhabit rather than demanding they turn on a TV at a specific time. Sadly the management haven't had the skill to turn that into dollars. A really good board of directors would fire said management but instead we have Christie and co.
TV3 is doing what is in the textbooks that were written 20 years ago. Dinosaur thinking. But even in those textbooks there was an understanding of brand value and CL gives TV3 a brand value. I'm pretty sure Christie and co will toss it down the toilet and when revenue keeps on sliding down then they'll move on to new "opportunities".
Of course at its current value it would be relatively cheap to buy Mediaworks and turn TV3 into a state broadcaster, but maybe we should wait 'till it is really in the shit.