Streaming video will fight internet piracy claims Quickflix CEO
Quickflix CEO Chris Taylor has claimed that the advent of the company’s streaming video service will impact internet piracy.
The service is the first to the Australian online movie market with streaming content, initially to Sony devices.
Taylor told Encore: “I’ve always believed that the best antidote to piracy is with a legal provider. The success of Netflix in the US is evidence of that. An affordable and accessible service will succeed in the face of piracy.”
He pointed to a report earlier this year. Sandvine’s Global Internet Report stated that in early 2011, Netflix usurped Bittorent in online activity as the streaming video service accounted for 24.71% of peak time aggregate traffic in the US, over the P2P service’s 17.23%.
Keep an eye on this dude – knows where the growth area lies – was only a matter of time before they got on top of mainstream piracy.
I agree, the best antidote is with a legal provider….that said that legal provider should supply a diverse range of entertaining, rich and diverse content and also be a provider interested in commissioning new content. Bigpond provided nothing but boring mainstream stuff and has since jumped ship..if a provider was prepared to really do the research they’d find that there is an educated and diverse audience out there willing to pay for an interesting mix of content. Every pirate I know says..if somebody would just create the platform for me to access what I want to watch I’d pay for it and stop surfing the high seas. The Documentary..so hard to find..so educating and insightful to watch.
Brilliant idea.
If there is anything that piracy proves is that a certain percentage of Aussie consumers have the bandwidth and the desire to download their entertainment.
Providing a way to do that legally and make some money seems like a logical step.
Congrats to Quickflix.
Pity this same flair & vision couldn’t be directed into production – guys like this should be writers best friends…