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Movie Video on Demand - TechSmart Industry Expert Interview

Rowan Polovin was recently interviewed by TechSmart Magazine about Mobile Video on Demand. 

Read the TechSmart industry expert interview here... 

 
Online movie rentals edge closer to SA shores

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that YouTube is talking to major US film studios about offering movie rentals on the international video site. Speculation suggests they would charge about $3.99 (roughly R30 as of this writing) for on-demand movie downloads. After spending several billion dollars on YouTube (including the $1.65 billion purchase price), and differing reports on whether ad-supported free video content is a viable business model (or how to make it one), Google may be realising that ad-supported content might need, at least in the medium term, to be subsidized with paid-for premium content.

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Movie Magic Comes to the Smallest Screen
Monday, 27 July 2009 11:42

infinit.mobi has launched: SA’s first mobile site for high quality cellphone videos

  • Specifically produced made-for-mobile series with a local flavour give South Africans something they’ve never seen before, in a way that breaks the monopoly of the mainstream broadcasters
  • First for South Africa:  20-part thriller and 20-part horror “mobisodes”
  • From magic tricks and dance tips to hot girls and hotter cars to extreme sports to crazy stunts to animation – for adults, teens and in-betweens
Cape Town – 27 July 2009 – infinit.mobi, launched today by South Africa’s online video leader MEDIAS, is the first and only mobile entertainment network dedicated to premium quality videos for your mobile phone. The mobisite is accessible via your mobile phone’s web browser, meaning there’s no application to install or network restrictions. High-quality videos and series are downloadable over the air, and are paid for with airtime.

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