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Economics of Online Video:BASE

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Analysis By:

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Silicon Alley Insider

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Basic Model: Mid-level bandwidth, storage, transcoding, 50% royalties, 50% 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 Monetizable50%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%50%

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Revenue (Effective CPM)$2.50$5.00$7.50$10.00$12.50$2.50$5.00$7.50$10.00$12.50

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Bandwidth (CPM)$1.50$1.50$1.50$1.50$1.50*Down 75%$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*Down 75%$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*Down 75%$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00

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Royalties (% of Revenue)50%$1.25$2.50$3.75$5.00$6.2550%$1.25$2.50$3.75$5.00$6.25

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Other (% of Revenue)3%$0.08$0.15$0.23$0.30$0.383%$0.08$0.15$0.23$0.30$0.38

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Gross Profit-$0.53$0.65$1.82$3.00$4.17$0.75$1.92$3.10$4.27$5.45

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Margin (% of Revenue)-21%13%24%30%33%30%38%41%43%44%

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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)$1.00$1.75$2.25$2.50$2.50$1.00$1.75$2.25$2.50$2.50

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Operating Profit-$1.53-$1.11-$0.43$0.50$1.67-$0.25$0.17$0.85$1.77$2.95

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Margin-61%-22%-6%5%13%-10%3%11%18%24%

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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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*Future assumes bandwidth, storage, transcoding costs drop 75%.

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Published By:

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Silicon Alley Insider

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Sources: SAI estimates.