Film download prices 'to be determined by screen size'

[dfergie]

The cost of watching a newly released film will depend upon the size of the screen on which it is viewed in future, the head of Dreamworks Animation says.
Those who watched on a "movie screen" would pay the most while those using smartphones would only pay a small fee, Jeffrey Katzenberg said.
This pricing model will be common in 10 years' time, he told a US conference.

bbc.com

 

[TNGTony]

And so will flying cars!

 

[jayn_j]

Uh, how do they possibly tell whether I am watching on a 19" or 120" screen if it is fed into my home router. Especially if it is being fed through a TIVO/BluRay player or Roku?

I think it translates into cell or tablet viewing will be priced differently than normal home viewing.

 

[Tampa8]

This has been discussed by them before and can partly be implemented now. Watching a Roku - you could be charged for a TV screen cost - at this time not by size of screen.
Watching a tablet? It is possible right now to know that it is and not a smartphone at least with Android.

The proposal is a handshake between the TV and any streaming device, the handshake will give the model/screen size of the TV. Projectors would not be immune. At some point no handshake, no streaming just as it is now with HDCP.

 

[Teehar]

I'm guessing it would be fairly easy to implement.Different size/formats would have different d/loads.You want the big one you pay more.You want the small version you pay less.Imagine d/loading the small format and trying to watch on a 72" screen.

 

[mike123abc]

I'm guessing it would be fairly easy to implement.Different size/formats would have different d/loads.You want the big one you pay more.You want the small version you pay less.Imagine d/loading the small format and trying to watch on a 72" screen.

Many tablets have higher resolution than a TV. I do not think that tablet users would be happy with blocky fuzzy pictures....