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Economics of Online Video:TV Network

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Analysis By:

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Silicon Alley Insider

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TV Network: Assumes re-purposed video with low production costs and no royalty costs. 100% of videos monetizable.

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VIDEO UNIT P&L (CPM)NOWFUTURE?*

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Ad Sales Price (CPM)$5.00$10.00$15.00$20.00$25.00$5.00$10.00$15.00$20.00$25.00

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% of Videos Monetizable100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%

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Revenue (Effective CPM)$5.00$10.00$15.00$20.00$25.00$5.00$10.00$15.00$20.00$25.00

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Bandwidth (CPM)$1.50$1.50$1.50$1.50$1.50$0.38$0.38$0.38$0.38$0.38

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Storage (CPM)$0.20$0.20$0.20$0.20$0.20$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05$0.05

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Transcoding (CPM)$0.01$0.01$0.01$0.01$0.01$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00

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Production Costs (% of Revenue)20%$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.0020%$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00

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Other (% of Revenue)3%$0.15$0.30$0.45$0.60$0.753%$0.15$0.30$0.45$0.60$0.75

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Gross Profit$2.15$6.00$9.85$13.70$17.55$3.42$7.27$11.12$14.97$18.82

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Margin (% of Revenue)43%60%66%68%70%68%73%74%75%75%

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SG&A (% of Revenue)40%35%30%25%20%40%35%30%25%20%

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SG&A (CPM)$2.00$3.50$4.50$5.00$5.00$2.00$3.50$4.50$5.00$5.00

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Operating Profit$0.15$2.50$5.35$8.70$12.55$1.42$3.77$6.62$9.97$13.82

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Margin3%25%36%43%50%28%38%44%50%55%

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COST ASSUMPTIONS

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Bandwidth

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Bandwidth Cost Per GB$0.05$0.08$0.10$0.13$0.15

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Average Video Size (MB)2020202020

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Cost Per Video Stream$0.001$0.0015$0.002$0.0025$0.003

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Cost Per 1000 Video Streams$1.00$1.50$2.00$2.50$3.00

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Transcoding

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Transcoder$2,500$3,000$3,500$4,000$4,500

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Videos/Day1,0001,0001,0001,0001,000

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Videos/Year365,000365,000365,000365,000365,000

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Life (Years)22222

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Cost Per Video$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.01$0.01

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Cost Per 1000 Videos$3.42$4.11$4.79$5.48$6.16

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Average Streams Per Video1,0001,0001,0001,0001,000

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Cost Per 1000 Streams$0.003424657534247$0.004109589041096$0.004794520547945$0.005479452054795$0.006164383561644

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Storage

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Storage Server (7 terabytes)$5,000$6,000$7,000$8,000$9,000

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Capacity (Videos)40,00040,00040,00040,00040,000

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Cost Per Video$0.125$0.15$0.175$0.2$0.225

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Cost Per 1000 Videos$125$150$175$200$225

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Average Streams Per Video1,0001,0001,0001,0001,000

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Cost Per 1000 Streams$0.13$0.15$0.18$0.20$0.23

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Published By:

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Silicon Alley Insider

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Sources: SAI estimates.