It's not easy to innovate and try new things when inside a larger organization. So congrats to @gregisenberg for giving it a shot with the updated 5by.
I love watching standup comedy but often don't know who to check out. 5by's standup channel is perfect and requires no brain cycles. :)
@gregisenberg been looking forward to you launch! Video consumption has changed quite a bit over the past few years with the rise of social, mobile, and unbundling of network TV (e.g. HBO and CBS' announcements last week). I realize this is a broad question but where do you see TV and video heading in the next 5 years?
@rrhoover Thanks Ryan. I think there will be a lot more quality online video content being created. For example, VICE (disclosure: partner of ours) has some amazing video content, that they are syndicating to YouTube (and 5by) for free. Brands like VICE make it easy for young people to question about cutting the cord. There is a huge segment of people (like me) that have never even 'had the cord'.
At the same time, TV is going to syndicate a lot of their content on online platforms including free ones like Hulu.
I also think that we haven't really scratched the surface on monetization of online video. For example, how do you integrate commerce? I think pre-rolls is a quick and easy way to monetize, but you'll see some interesting models really soon.
What this all means is, better content, less ads, more places to view content and more cord cutting. Here, here!
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