
To pay or not to pay...
By Elinor Mills
Published: 23 June 2006 08:40 BST
Google is offering Google Video users the ability to watch an ad instead of paying for some premium content, the company said on Thursday.
Google is running a pilot programme to test ad-supported videos for premium content on Google Video.
It said: "By placing these user-initiated ads at the end of the videos... we are able to offer select premium content free of charge to all users. This is currently a limited test only, with a small number of advertisers and [video content providers] participating. User-generated video content will continue to be free of charge and ad-free."
Though the ad is shown only after the video is played, an ad banner is displayed above the video during the time the video is streaming.
Greg Sterling, founder of Sterling Market Intelligence, speculated the test was being conducted, at least in part, because of lower demand for paid content than the free video.
He wrote in a blog: "This starts to turn Google into something like an on-demand TV network with traditional, TV-style ads. How will Google navigate these waters with traditional TV content producers?"
Elinor Mills writes for CNET News.com
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