Hulu to Start Charging Fees in 2010

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NumberSix

Posted 23 October 2009 - 05:04 PM

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News Corp. Deputy Chairman Chase Carey opened the B&C OnScreen summit to discuss where he sees the business going. “It’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online,” he said. Carey said that while everyone cites the infamous Jeff Zucker quip that “We’re exchanging analogue dollars for digital dimes,” the industry continues to do exactly that. The strategy needs to be more than just fighting piracy and Google, he says.

“I think a free model is a very difficult way to capture the value of our content. I think what we need to do is deliver that content to consumers in a way where they will appreciate the value,” Carey said. “Hulu concurs with that, it needs to evolve to have a meaningful subscription model as part of its business.”

That sure worked like a charm for Napster!

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ShadowDog

Posted 23 October 2009 - 05:29 PM

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Exactly. They should have been happy with ad revenue, lord knows they must have made enough on ads the way everybody here was tapping that ass.

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Brando

Posted 23 October 2009 - 06:49 PM

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Hulu is a great service that isn't worth payment. Especially for people who already pay for cable, which includes many, if not most, internet users.

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Dr. Ifto

Posted 24 October 2009 - 03:07 AM

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They are probably going to make a pay service, probably like 20-50 a year to get either live broadcasts of new shows, or first access to shows before non payers. Id pay something for hulu if I got some better services then what they offer.

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Tank

Posted 24 October 2009 - 09:03 AM

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Yeah they were careful to say that it wasn' going to be paying for the model that exists now. My guess is that new content will require money, and older content will still be free.

Keep in mind that Hulu is essentially just a shell. They host SOME content, but for the most part they are re-hosting content that is free elsewhere. Everything they do for NBC for example can also be found on NBCs site.

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Posted 24 October 2009 - 09:18 AM

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Ms. Spam

Posted 24 October 2009 - 09:33 AM

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I love Hulu's ability to troll different websites and collect all the tee vee shows into one convenient website. I can get almost all the CBS shows (CBS is Disney owned so frankly I'm freaked by that), USA Network, travel and home and garden along with a little science. I don't know if I'm willing to pay for that. But then I am not even willing to purchase a tee vee. I watch everything on computer.

This is a strawman argument.

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The Human Torch

Posted 24 October 2009 - 10:09 AM

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I lost all interest in Hulu when they decided to block the PS3's web browser. ****'em.

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Darth Whoever

Posted 24 October 2009 - 12:48 PM

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Yeah, I was really upset about that too.

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Ms. Spam

Posted 24 October 2009 - 01:55 PM

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well that seems like dumb logic. The more people that use the site and view its commercial content the better I would think.

This is a strawman argument.

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Posted 24 November 2009 - 02:47 PM

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Ms. Spam, on 24 Oct 2009, 09:33 AM, said:

Wait....I thought ABC was Disney owned

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Ms. Spam

Posted 24 November 2009 - 09:25 PM

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*sheepish* YEah, I get all those letter screwed up.

This is a strawman argument.

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Posted 25 November 2009 - 02:13 AM

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