(09-10-2018 18:17 )DB83 Wrote: Let's consider a simple scenario. One girl, one caller. The income generated from that will hardly cover studio costs let alone satellite rental and a profit to the parent company. So they then require 'listeners'. I do not know if this service provides for that.
Yes they have that service. They have 2 Lines per phone. One to speak with the girl and on one for "eaves dropping". And I am convinced that they make way more money via the second one.
(09-10-2018 18:17 )DB83 Wrote: They might have 'prospered' in the days gone by but users have become more particular as to where they spend their money. So the pervcam is not so much an extra source of income but a substitution for lost income. Hence the claim of 'expensive' equipment.
Well there I have to disagree with you. Sorry. I haven´t seen any decline in phone calls over the past. They are on the phone almost at any time.
Let´s make a very rough estimated calculation of just one regular average night:
Let´s say you have 2 girls which is the case on most evenings. The show goes on for about 8 hours. Let´s subtract 1 hour for time were nobody calls - which is too much because I think they are occupied almost all the time. But let´s be conservative. Let´s reduce 2 more for the breaks of the girls.
So you have 5 hours per girl. Makes 10 hours for both. Times 60 Minutes = 600. 600 Minutes times 2€ are
1200€. PLUS the "eaves droppers" and I think that they are significantly more than the "real" callers. Many people are too shy or enjoy this kind of voyeurism. Or they have to do this because the girl is occupied. I think that they make at least double of what they make with real callers. And that is an conservative estimate too. So 2400€ more.
1200€+2400€= 3600€ on callers per day.
(just as a reminder, that are 1.3Mio. per year).
PLUS:
1. They have an SMS Chat system. 24 Hours.
2. They sell DVDs on their Website
3 They sell VoD on their Website
4. They sell Merchandise on their Website
5. They have a Camsite "BS-Cams"
6. And first and foremost they have the Pervcam now.
Edit: 7. I almost forgot that they are running sex hotline commercials all day long. Of course they get a cut on that too.
It is impossible to estimate how much they make with that. But it is certainly not "nothing".
Now to the costs:
-Their company is registered in Switzerland. So they pay almost no taxes at all.
-For girls I think they pay a maximum of a low to middle three-figured number per night.
-The stuff , I think 4-8 people will have contracts for maybe 1500-2000 € per month.
-Running costs aren´t really a big thing. The studios are not that big. Maybe 200 square meters combined. Maybe 200 more for locker rooms and the technical instruments. German energy suppliers have discounts for businesses ( if they really broadcast from here; but other countrys have discounts too)
- Their technical gear like cameras, light and so on are one-time buys. I think they use the same two big cams from the beginning until now. And for the interiour... well how often did they renovate the studio in almost 8 years. 3 times... 4 times.
- Server costs are basically nothing.
(09-10-2018 18:17 )DB83 Wrote: So it's a fine balance but I do not think they 'prosper' from this.
So I think here you are very wrong. Of course all what I said is an estimate and we will never know if this is true. But I estimated very conservatively and still get the impression that they are rich as fuck.
To say "We are poor and because of that we have to take 2 € per Minute for not even real Hardcore while the Internet is full of free stuff" is just ridiculous.
(09-10-2018 18:17 )DB83 Wrote: And if they got in to trouble then someone is watching. Someone who would be happy to see them off the tv screens for good. So, yes, push the boundary but be prepared to drag the rope in when the sh*t hits the fan.
I think that is a blatant lie to justify their teasing game for the last months. I already said why I do this.