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As TV Comes Online, Can Content Providers Sell ‘Premium’? This content requires a paid GigaOM Pro subscription

2009 is not shaping up to be a golden year for media. But with business models in flux, the timing may just be right for unconventional thinking about the future of entertainment distribution. As providers' business interests and consumers' consumption interests come into alignment over the next year, I think we're headed toward a resurgence for paid video on the Internet. […]