News - 20% of Brits would pay for digital content

[HEXUS]

A GfK survey commissioned by the Wall Street Journal reveals large majority of us expect our content for free.

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[Jay]

its still 20% more than they are getting at the moment.

I still adverts are the best way to fund this kind of thing though.

[gagaga]

its still 20% more than they are getting at the moment.

I still adverts are the best way to fund this kind of thing though.

Yeah, agreed. Ignoring the figures for a minute - i'd say that 80%+ of the UK population would be perfectly happy with advert laced music / video on demand - think cheap sky but with all content at the touch of the remote (supersky+)

BUT - give people a choice. I'll happily hand over £75 or so a month for all you can eat audio (lossless, no DRM) and proper bluray spec video (20-25 gig per movie, no DRM either). There's a lot of people like me with a lot of money rattling around their pockets at the moment waiting for a service that isn't constrained to particular devices/locations/content. Give us what we want!

[kalniel]

Where is this 20% figure coming from, Hexus? Looks like 18% to me.

[stewis]

i would happily hand over small amounts of money when i am bored to watch movies... Infact i already do this when i am feeling lazy with zune market place on my xbox although the cost is high for what you get with the rental I pay it because i am lazy and can do it conveniently.

If i could pay £75 a month for all the content i would ever need (music/video) as previously posted i would pay it and definatlty use it! I would prefer this over illegal methods of getting content but it would have to be easy to use and be unlocked so i can use it on what ever device i wanted.

[Scarlet Infidel]

Where is this 20% figure coming from, Hexus? Looks like 18% to me.

Technically 18% and 20% are the same thing to 1s.f. though this kind of thing always makes it look like someone is trying to skew numbers.

[Brewster0101]

When we have the BBC which is paid for by the compulsory license fee , then this topic is null void in the UK. We have already paid for a news service and expect this to be available on the net for no additional cost.

Anyone willing to pay again for what we already have paid for , please feel free to save your pennies and give it to me

[Scott B]

Where is this 20% figure coming from, Hexus? Looks like 18% to me.

Fair point, the release said "almost 20%" but on further inspection is does add up to 18...

[shadowmaster]

When asked what they use the Internet for, porn came top, closely followed by searching for information. Reading the news came third, while social networking came fourth, with around a quarter of all those surveyed participation.

Fixed

[Zhaoman]

Is that the results of your own independent survey shadowmaster?

[Blastuk]

Technically 18% and 20% are the same thing to 1s.f. though this kind of thing always makes it look like someone is trying to skew numbers.

Which brings USA's 17% to 20% too!

I find it strange that people would pay for a service and agree to have ads on top of that..
Though there are other factors to consider, such as: how much you pay for having no ads completely or how much you pay for having less ads.

The other bit about everything for free with no ads; if it were possible, wouldn't we all want that?