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Economics of Online Videoblip.tv, et al

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Niche network: low bandwidth costs, mid-level royalty costs, mid SG&A, and high percentage 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 Monetizable70%70%70%70%70%70%70%70%70%70%

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Revenue (Effective CPM)$3.50$7.00$10.50$14.00$17.50$3.50$7.00$10.50$14.00$17.50

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Bandwidth (CPM)$1.00$1.00$1.00$1.00$1.00Down 75%$0.25$0.25$0.25$0.25$0.25

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Storage (CPM)$0.12$0.12$0.12$0.12$0.12Down 75%$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03$0.03

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Transcoding (CPM)$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00Down 75%$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00

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Royalty Costs (% of Revenue)50%$1.75$3.50$5.25$7.00$8.7550%$1.75$3.50$5.25$7.00$8.75

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Other (% of Revenue)3%$0.11$0.21$0.32$0.42$0.533%$0.11$0.21$0.32$0.42$0.53

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Gross Profit$0.52$2.17$3.81$5.46$7.10$1.36$3.01$4.65$6.30$7.94

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Margin (% of Revenue)15%31%36%39%41%39%43%44%45%45%

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

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SG&A (CPM)$1.40$2.45$3.68$4.90$5.25$1.40$2.45$3.68$4.90$5.25

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Operating Profit-$0.88-$0.28$0.14$0.56$1.85-$0.04$0.56$0.98$1.40$2.69

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Margin-25%-4%1%4%11%-1%8%9%10%15%

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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.