I personally love the north pull winch ad with hg skis, my least favourite would probably be the ski banff one "'How would you feel if the mountains could talk to you?" annoys the shit out of me. What are your favourite ? least favourite ads on NS?
Apr 8 2015 10:22AM
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MLJShut up ya moron. Also quit typing in all caps. Also this has been discussed a number of times. Would you like to pay $30 a month to use NS? No?? There you go.
I mean yes, it'd be ideal to cut down on ads. $30 per month is excessive though, I bet if I actually rant the calculations we could offer a really nice ad-reduced model for like $2-$4 / MO and then Ad-Free for like $6-$12. Sort of depends on what we want to do with all of it.
What I would REALLY like to do is come up with a model where you guys pay subscription, get shitloads of all-you-can-eat video, and then dump all that cash straight into video producers' budgets.
We need to figure out how to really raise the budget of guys like the Tabarnak Pack, Hood Crew, Inspired. Sponsor support is sometimes OK - but without DVD sales its really hard for these guys to do well.
Apr 8 2015 11:34AM
Mr.BishopWe need to figure out how to really raise the budget of guys like the Tabarnak Pack, Hood Crew, Inspired. Sponsor support is sometimes OK - but without DVD sales its really hard for these guys to do well.
a very simple way that could easily garner a good chunk of change for the well liked producers would be to have a 'donate' button on the NSTV page. But make it small and unobtrusive and be able to donate using paypal or something without the page redirecting so you can do it while watching a video (just a small pop-down below the video). I bet more than 99% of viewers wouldn't donate, but even if 0.1% donate $1 then content like Mashed Potatoes who can get 10k views per episode might get another couple hundred bucks per season. Might sound like chump change but that could easily add up to overall be a good chunk of change spread out over the entirety of NSTV.
Apr 8 2015 1:08PM
Mr.BishopI mean yes, it'd be ideal to cut down on ads. $30 per month is excessive though, I bet if I actually rant the calculations we could offer a really nice ad-reduced model for like $2-$4 / MO and then Ad-Free for like $6-$12. Sort of depends on what we want to do with all of it.What I would REALLY like to do is come up with a model where you guys pay subscription, get shitloads of all-you-can-eat video, and then dump all that cash straight into video producers' budgets.
We need to figure out how to really raise the budget of guys like the Tabarnak Pack, Hood Crew, Inspired. Sponsor support is sometimes OK - but without DVD sales its really hard for these guys to do well.
VinnieFa very simple way that could easily garner a good chunk of change for the well liked producers would be to have a 'donate' button on the NSTV page. But make it small and unobtrusive and be able to donate using paypal or something without the page redirecting so you can do it while watching a video (just a small pop-down below the video). I bet more than 99% of viewers wouldn't donate, but even if 0.1% donate $1 then content like Mashed Potatoes who can get 10k views per episode might get another couple hundred bucks per season. Might sound like chump change but that could easily add up to overall be a good chunk of change spread out over the entirety of NSTV.
I think making NSTV a much more official subscription service would be awesome. Pay like $5 a month or something, and have tons of available content. Then give as much of the earnings as possible back to the contributors, so that you get an endless loop of awesomer videos available to us. Thoughts?
Apr 8 2015 1:17PM
VinnieFa very simple way that could easily garner a good chunk of change for the well liked producers would be to have a 'donate' button on the NSTV page. But make it small and unobtrusive and be able to donate using paypal or something without the page redirecting so you can do it while watching a video (just a small pop-down below the video). I bet more than 99% of viewers wouldn't donate, but even if 0.1% donate $1 then content like Mashed Potatoes who can get 10k views per episode might get another couple hundred bucks per season. Might sound like chump change but that could easily add up to overall be a good chunk of change spread out over the entirety of NSTV.
MLJI think making NSTV a much more official subscription service would be awesome. Pay like $5 a month or something, and have tons of available content. Then give as much of the earnings as possible back to the contributors, so that you get an endless loop of awesomer videos available to us. Thoughts?
Somewhere between these two ideas, or some mixture of the two is exactly where I think it would be super beneficial to go in the future. Some of these dudes killing themselves putting content out for you make literally a disgustingly low amount of money. Many projects fall apart simply on funding.
The main question begs - would people actually be willing to put money towards projects they love, or a system that gave them super sick content?
Apr 8 2015 2:28PM
Mr.BishopThe main question begs - would people actually be willing to put money towards projects they love, or a system that gave them super sick content?
personally, no. I wouldn't pay a mandatory fee to watch online content. unless it was a very minuscule fee. I think the same goes for the majority of users. I mean, there are still more people who torrent than who use Netflix, and Netflix is quite the small fee to pay for the vast amount of content you get. It would probably have to be no more than $1 a month. Even then you might lose more money through less ad views than you'd get from a subscription.
I would, however, definitely donate a few bucks here or there for some of my favourites like Real Skifi, Tabarnack Pack, etc.
Apr 8 2015 3:07PM
VinnieFpersonally, no. I wouldn't pay a mandatory fee to watch online content. unless it was a very minuscule fee. I think the same goes for the majority of users. I mean, there are still more people who torrent than who use Netflix, and Netflix is quite the small fee to pay for the vast amount of content you get. It would probably have to be no more than $1 a month. Even then you might lose more money through less ad views than you'd get from a subscription.I would, however, definitely donate a few bucks here or there for some of my favourites like Real Skifi, Tabarnack Pack, etc.
So you would donate, but you wouldn't pay to watch? I don't think many people would donate, they would get like 20 bucks for it and that wouldn't be worth the effort. I mean, it would be cool to have better content, but I think in the long run it wouldn't get enough support from the community. I'm sure there would be a few takers, but you would just alienate 90% of the people who just want to watch the occasional video
Apr 8 2015 11:55PM