It's about the eyeballs
Why BitTorrent Inc. is no sure bet!
We talked to a lot of indie filmmaker types, and they all thought that our media marketplace idea was really cool - so we got good feedback there. Ultimately though, we realized they thought it was cool not because of BitTorrent, but because it gave them their first way to distribute film outside of film festivals. So they care more about eyeballs, not about the quality of the technology. Even though YouTube video quality sucks, they don't care because they just want the audience, and if they could publish their content at higher quality, but have a smaller audience, that's much less interesting. Getting them on board will be cost intensive, since they are very fragmented, but an easier pitch.
