Dear Gary Well, yeah. And if we offered to give it away that would be even more popular. (well maybe, not so many of you took us up on that offer, actually)
A) there may have been problems with how some of the questions in the survey were constructed, but not, I think, the ones I reference and report on the results of below. B) The main companies that are streaming from their servers to users now, as far as I know, are not charging extremely high prices. Who is offering streaming now at "Exorbitant" prices and any of the usage is from them? Or are you saying FMG and Ambrose and New Day are charging exhorbitant prices? Is Alexander Street? Please be specific. Also you don't respond to the figures we DID collect, however un scientific (or do you know of a better scientific source of such info/data? I don't). So, let's round it off and try it this way: half or less of you are currently streaming media (from our sites or your own) And about half of the videolib universe would like to stream, when they do stream, from our sites - and half of you would like to / will / are able to do it yourselves. Does that sound right to you? AND, of the current media usage by video lib people out there - only a small part of it is streaming or digital so far, and most of it (well over 75%) is still DVD Do you those three 'conclusions' sound reason able to you? Thanks! JM Jonathan Miller President Icarus Films 32 Court Street, 21st Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA tel 1.718.488.8900 fax 1.718.488.8642 www.IcarusFilms.com jmil...@icarusfilms.com -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 6:04 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Some survey results Hey Jon Interesting (if inconclusive) stuff. There are some logical flaws in this survey (and your conclusion) I think. The survey responses are, of course, based on services, content, and technology currently available. They're also based on current pricing schemes. The real question to ask, I think, would be "how many of you would opt for subscribing to remote (i.e. vendor-side) access if: 1) network delivery were relatively stable for multiple concurrent users 2) image resolution were sufficient for study-level access 3) continuing access to individual titles were relatively stable (i.e. we could be sure that the carpet wouldn't be whisked out from under us whenever distributor/filmmaker contracts expired 4) pricing was flexible enough to allow both single-semester and longer term-access And the real kicker: how many would get into this business more earnestly (either for the short or long haul) if currently unrealistic pricing structure for digital delivery (including the necessity of paying over and over for access to the same title) didn't preclude it. gary handman > Dear videlib universe > > As some of you noticed we recently did a survey asking some questions > of our customers (hopefully you all ARE customers!) and some of the > answers might be interesting. > > So far we received 76 responses. > > Of these: > > 1) 60% of you do NOT license streaming or download rights (40% do) > > 2) of those 82% license rights for more than one semester (one year > term or > longer) > > 3) so that is .82 x .40 = just 33% of you (?) license rights (for a > year or > more) > > 4) additionally, when you do license rights, 59% is from the > distributor's web site, and 41% from your own or a local server. > > 5) broken down further: > > Of the 59% who do license rights from the distributor's web site, 12% > do so "as needed" for a semester or one class, and 88% do so for a > year or more > > Which, if my math and logic is correct(dicey) - that means that > > Only 59% of 82% of 40% of you a) license rights for a year or more AND > b) access the digital files from the distributor's web site. > > Which is (Drum roll): only 19% of you actually need us to make > available this sort of service? > > > > Interesting (?) results # 2: > > We asked what percentage of your media usage and expenditure is for > online/streaming, vs. DVD purchases. > > Re usage: > > 85% of you said 20% or LESS > 74% said 90% or MORE (44% said 100%!) > > Re expenditures: > > 81% said 20% or Less > 78% said 90% or More > > > > I know it is a small and non-scientific sample. Maybe we should > pretend it never happened. But - any thoughts on this? > > Thanks! > > Best, > > Jonathan > > > Jonathan Miller > President > Icarus Films > 32 Court Street, 21st Floor > Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA > > tel 1.718.488.8900 > fax 1.718.488.8642 > www.IcarusFilms.com > jmil...@icarusfilms.com > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, > acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current > and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It > is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for > video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between > libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
