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1 Break.com: Summary Overview Background Established in 1998 as Big-Boys.com, a video-sharing site Purchased in May 2004 by Keith Richman, co-founder of Billpoint, and changed name to Break.com 100% owned by Richman and a few business partners – has never taken any venture financing Based in Beverly Hills, CA with 20 employees Content Online entertainment network and community powered by traditional user-generated content Content base skews toward 15-35 year old male- oriented humor, sports and racy categories Majority of the content is original and created by users specifically for Break.com Pays $250/ video for videos it wants to feature, incentivizing users to create high-quality videos (est. to spend ~$250K/ month buying user videos) Generate revenue through banner ($20 CPM) and text ads only – no pre-rolls User Metrics Partnerships Leverages AdBrite to sell its banner and text ads Established partnerhsip with Amp’d Mobile in Nov. 2005 to distribute videos through mobile, charging $2.99/ month for unlimited access Unique Users (MM) Web page views (B) Time/ person (min.) 1.41.9 1.3 16.121.515.3 Source: Nielsen//NetRating used for page view, time data, AdBrite; BambiBlogs.com; Break.com; Multichannel News; Amp’d Mobile; PureVideo; ComScore Video Matrix Note: estimated to generate ~100MM streams/ month 3-mo. growth: 12.8% * Internal break.com sources estimate uniques of approx 13MM
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2 Case study: Break.com Functionality Break.com demo Advertising: Banner ads – no pre-rolls or text Content User-generated Share it with friends (via e-mail) Embed & blog it Interactivity: Promote to home page Rate It Recommend Comment
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3 Heavy.com: Summary Overview Background Established in 1999 as a P2P digital content sharing site by Simon Asaad & David Carson Polaris venture capital holds a 25% stake in Heavy Polaris lead a $10MM round in January 2006 Expected to generate ~$20MM adv. revenues in 2006, a 300% increase over 2005 (recently valued at ~$200MM – source: paidContent.org) Based in New York, NY with 20 employees Content Broadband entertainment network focused on providing high-quality content Content base skews toward 18-34 year old male- oriented humor and racy categories Content is a mix of video, animation, and games created by Heavy and/or its partners, e.g., NBC delivered through distinct channels Generates revenue through banner ads, pre-rolls, and branded production, e.g., Burger King videos Ad sales and marketing conducted internally User Metrics Partnerships Recently announced partnership with TiVo to provide content for TiVo’s VoD service Established partnership with Verizon Wireless in April 2006 and created a channel on Vz’s V Cast subscription mobile offering Parnter with Sony PSP, video iPod, and Virgin Mobile to distribute non-wireless mobile content Unique Users (MM) Web page views (B) Time/ person (min.) 0.91.0 0.6 1.51.21.0 Source: Nielsen//NetRating used for page view, time data, Heavy.com; Multichannel News; PureVideo; ComScore Video Matrix; paidContent.org; FT.com; VCMike’s Blog Note: estimated to generate 80-90MM streams/ month 3-mo. growth: (5.4%)
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4 Case study: Heavy.com Functionality Heavy.com demo Advertising: Banner ads Pre-rolls Content sharing: Heavy/ partner produced channels Share it with friends (via e-mail) Blog it Interactivity: Rate It Comment
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5 Digg.com: Summary Overview Background Established in Nov. 2004 as an information and news sharing site by Kevin Rose Closely held (Rose owns ~30-40%) with minimal venture financing – received $2.8MM round in Oct. 2005 to support initial growth Expected to generate ~$3MM in adv. revenues in 2006 (recently valued at $200MM – source: BusinessWeek, 8/2006) Based in San Francisco, CA with ~20 employees Content Online user-driven news/ information community Target IT professionals, developers, professional “geeks” and news junkies Content is a mix of categorized text (primary) and video (secondary) postings from blogs, professional news sites and random Web sites Users tag news stories they like (dig) and dislikes, driving what content appears on the home page Generate revenue through banner and text ads only – focused on growing audience with minimally invasive advertising User Metrics Partnerships Leverages Federated Media to sell its banner ads Digg.com founders started a video production company, Revision3, in Sept. 2006 Focused on high-end humor and tech content targeted at young, tech-oriented people Advertising model is 1950s throwback – based on sponsors named in advance of ‘shows’ by hosts Unique Users (MM) Web page views (B) Time/ person (min.) 0.60.5 1.2 2.22.12.5 Source: Nielsen//NetRating used for page view, time data, Digg.com; Multichannel News; PureVideo; ComScore Video Matrix; Federated Media; HowStuffWorks.com; BusinessWeek (8/06); Red Herring Note: estimated to generate 20-30MM streams/ month 3-mo. growth: 13.8%
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6 Case study: Digg.com Functionality Digg.com demo Advertising: Limited banner and text ads No pre-rolls (link directly to other video sites, e.g., YouTube) Content User-posted and recommended Share it (via e-mail) Blog it Interactivity: Edit It Rate (Digg) It Comment
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