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To: philipah who wrote (76107)	3/11/1999 3:55:00 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

MP3 I found this interesting: The CEO (Mark Cuban) of Broadcast.com (one of Intel's investments) spoke at an open public event and said he believes MP3 will eventually die because there is "no economic incentive to keep it alive and because Real's ASF files are significantly smaller than MP3 file types." - Pay-per-view (over IP) is picking up, especially for people who don't have cable. - He doesn't think content will be sold as 'download sales' onto CDs "because there are too many of them" (i.e. too many titles and that's a content management problem) "so people will want some type of content manager" and belong to communities and subscribe for content (e.g. community and subscription fees to have access to your favorite singer's content) It's probably better for Broadcast.com if people don't buy, download, and leave -- since the subscription model generates more revenue. The download biz model is too much like today's CD biz model, i.e. "buy it once and you're done." Instead, they would be better off if they established reoccurring revenue in the way of monthly subscription fees. But will people really want to pay $2/mo to belong to a community on their favorite singer? Maybe star-crazed fans would. I'd prefer a one-time purchase of a CD/song, rather than reoccurring subscription fees. I believe MP3.com goes counter to Broadcast.com's biz model - they both are aggregators, yet they sell their products differently. - the little guy can host his own show now. Old content is coming out of the woodworks. It's no longer limited distribution. 4 companies no longer control what we get to see. - They have old "I Love Lucy" shows on their site - He talked about the possibility of a telco making an attempt to purchase Real Networks in the next 12 months - telco's (DLS) & cable (@Home) could use ecommerce as a way to offset their service price (i.e. reduce their monthly fees) Amy J