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[22 Apr 2011]
Premium Video on Demand: Is the Disruption Bigger than the Price?

Four Hollywood studios are rolling out a “Premium VOD” service on DirectTV and some Comcast markets that allows you to rent a movie that was just in the theaters for $30.
Is $30 too high or too low?  Probably both.  On the one hand, I could wait to buy the DVD for $20, or wait to pay $6 for regular on demand service, or wait even longer to get it on Netflix.  On the other hand, paying for movie tickets, popcorn, drinks, and babysitters can be a lot more expensive than …

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[13 Apr 2011]
I wish I was as right about everything as I was about the Flip

Two years ago, in the second post I ever wrote on Innovation Minute, I wrote about the Flip Video camera:
Add video recorders to the list of industries being disrupted by “good enough” products that, with less features than the established players, become both easier to use and less expensive.  Have you seen the Flip Mino?… Seriously, you couldn’t make something easier to use.  It is fantastic.
But, I ended with this paragraph:
The problem is that the Flip is also a great example of a product that quickly disrupts an industry, only to itself …