44. The method of claim 25 wherein providing access by the respective media content consumer to the at least one of the controlled narrative segment of the narrative presentation or the piece of bonus media content in response to the access condition being met includes providing access to a season finale to a limited number of media content consumers before releasing the season finale to access by an unlimited number of media content consumers.
25. A method of operation in a content delivery platform including at least one processor-based component having at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor and which stores at least one of processor-executable instructions or data, the method comprising: for each of a plurality of media content consumers: providing access, via at least one processor-based component, to one or more narrative segments of a narrative presentation while limiting access by the respective media content consumer to at least one of a number of controlled access narrative segments of the narrative presentation or a piece of bonus media content until an access condition is met; and determining, via at least one processor-based component, whether the access condition is met; and providing access, via the at least one processor-based component, by the respective media content consumer to the at least one of the controlled narrative segment of the narrative presentation or the piece of bonus media content in response to the access condition being met.