  OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
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| | | | said by Clever_Proxy:and a LOT more content. They better tread carefully, indeed. Agreed. The content they have now is good, but to pay for it they need to add at least nearly all Cable content. As it stands now I may only be willing to pay no more than $3/month for it.
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San Francisco, CA | Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 They won't get a penny from me if they run ads. Just like movie theatres, I stopped going when commercials began running before the show. An yes, you do need to be there otherwise you'll be stuck in the front. | |
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| | | | | | Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 Exactly, and you know eff them! I still goto movies though , stopped watching TV around 2003, but we didn't drop cable at our place until like right after High School Musical 2, I think 2007? I'll pay the extra $10.00 for having Road Runner without Digital Cable. I get hooked on very few shows, not enough to justify the costs, I catch a few shows on Hulu, House and Fringe, sometimes Eureka, most of the other stuff is crap. Charging for Hulu means they'll just lose me as a viewer. I went years without watching tv from 2003-2008, picked back up when I started dating someone new in 08 but really not attached (to the tv that is  ), definitely not attached enough to pay for it, when there are other ways to obtain it. | |
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some people watch to watch a whole season of something without having to download it from a separate site. | |
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kudos:1 | Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 said by dfxmatt:what? content they have now is marginally average, at best. What is this "We'll only show 5 episodes of a show" bullcrap that always goes on? some people watch to watch a whole season of something without having to download it from a separate site. Probably to get you to buy the DVD for the full season. It seems most primetime and cable shows exist only to promote the DVD. | |
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| | | | | | | Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 I thought primetime existed to siphon advertising dollars on ads that supposedly work, which actually function as a bathroom break? | |
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kudos:1 | Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 Shhhhh, don't tell that to Madison Avenue. | |
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kudos:3 | Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 said by Wazoo :
Actually, the content they have now is garbage. As if that is not bad enuff, they are showing more and more ads. I don't use them anymore.
... umm, yea.. not bad for "FREE" huh?
Not to beat up on you, specifically, but I don't get why people want top of the line for free these days.. the "more and more ads" are coming from the fact that it cost money..
With the attitude of "give me the best for free, or I'll just not use ya".. I don't think they're really going to care.
NOW - on the OTHER side of things.. my attitude is very simple.. start charging, and Hulu is a think of the past!
People still have this notion that they're going to make money on the internet with Video.. it's not going to happen with the current models they propose.. they DO have the right idea, though, with the ads served. The only place that's going to make revenue from video, for a while, are those services hard wired to the home via cable, fiber, or satellite... | |
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kudos:12 | said by Clever_Proxy:and a LOT more content. They better tread carefully, indeed. They have a ton of content and add new content regularly, but they'll need to improve the picture quality of their HD if they expect people to pay for it.
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Alexandria, VA | Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 said by Matt:said by Clever_Proxy:and a LOT more content. They better tread carefully, indeed. They have a ton of content and add new content regularly, but they'll need to improve the picture quality of their HD if they expect people to pay for it. Both real HD and sufficient network resources to stream it without it pausing every so often.
Also, if I'm paying, I better be able to watch it anywhere in the World. When I was working in Europe, for a few months, I wasn't able to use Hulu because of "broadcast restrictions". If they have my money, they have my "shipping address" to know that, no matter where I am, I'm a US consumer.
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kudos:12 | Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 said by Jason Levine:There are a ton of people that would like to see Hulu on Roku. (I'm another one.) The problem is that Hulu seems to get nervous whenever their content gets close to a television. (See the Boxee incident.) I'd be highly surprised if they struck a deal with Roku. Happy, but highly surprised. They have a problem when it gets to a television outside THEIR draconian control. That's why Hulu Desktop is "ok" but Boxee is not. Dumb, but that's their mindset.
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kudos:12 | Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 said by SHABAZZ:Looks like I wont be using Hulu any more. I won't either unless they improve the service somehow. It's neat for a free service, but I wouldn't pay for it in it's current incarnation.
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kudos:1 | said by Oleg:It's better be ad free. You must be kidding me. No! Your going to pay for the privilege of watching ads, just like with cable TV. | |
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Mullica Hill, NJ | hey guys we have this cool service it is free and it is legal. now give us money.
people: hey i found this great torrent site.
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| Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 said by Kearnstd:hey guys we have this cool service it is free and it is legal. now give us money. people: hey i found this great torrent site. EXACTLY!!! | |
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| Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 said by Mannus:said by Kearnstd:hey guys we have this cool service it is free and it is legal. now give us money. people: hey i found this great torrent site. EXACTLY!!! I second this.
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Pittsburgh, PA | Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 said by Snakeoil:Besides, how does Youtube make money with all the videos stored on it? The little banner ads. Youtube does not pay for content. Hulu is set up by the networks who want to get paid for creating shows with higher production values. | |
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I never could see a way something like this is anything more than an ad-supported, value added service. Unless they come up with a spectacular plan (viewing your favorite show a day or two before it airs? Streaming in HD?) you can pretty much count this as the beginning of the end for Hulu. | |
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kudos:12 | Re: Hulu To Start Charging In 2010 said by vzw emp :
Knew they were eventually going to monetize it. The challenge is how they get people to pay for something that's readily available for free? I can watch a show just as easily over the air or on cable (yeah, I know cable isn't free, but why pay more for what you already have). Or I can DVR it and watch it at my leisure. Or I can catch it when it's rerun (wink wink, TNT). And finally there's the piracy angle.
I never could see a way something like this is anything more than an ad-supported, value added service. Unless they come up with a spectacular plan (viewing your favorite show a day or two before it airs? Streaming in HD?) you can pretty much count this as the beginning of the end for Hulu.
Often, you can just go to Fox or NBC's website too.
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Denver, CO | As soon as I saw Disney buy into Hulu, I knew this would happen..sigh
Why is it whenever there is a way for consumers to actually enjoy something at low cost, the industry grabs for more money. I'm pretty sure that Hulu was doing just fine by being advertiser driven.
I for one hardly ever watch TV, I use Hulu for shows like House, Fringe, Dollhouse, Warehouse 13. While I enjoy watching these shows on my 24" LCD, I will not Pay to watch them.
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|  dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
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kudos:4 | said by Oleg:It's better be ad free. you pay for cable tv. is it ad free? nope!
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| | mmmm K I think what we need to do is deliver that content to consumers in a way where they will appreciate the value
For me to "appreciate" it, It should be HD, no commercials, no lag, and not in some proprietary format.
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West Chester, PA | "It146;s time to start getting paid for broadcast content" Ya know, these guys are bastards.
They want to get paid for the content?
That's what their advertisements are for. If they are not getting paid enough, just jack up the price for air time.
It's going to be like cable tv. When Cable TV came out, we paid good money not to see as many advertisements. Now cable is bogged down by bugs and adverts ----- and we still pay good money for it. | |
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kudos:1 | Re: "It146;s time to start getting paid for broadcast content" said by Marduk:It's going to be like cable tv. When Cable TV came out, we paid good money not to see as many advertisements. Now cable is bogged down by bugs and adverts ----- and we still pay good money for it. The sheep don't realize they should be the ones getting paid to watch ads.
Its like designer clothes. You pay $10s-$100s of dollars to be a walking billboard with their brand name in 200 point font. The clothing companies should pay you to wear their clothes, just like they have to pay for billboard space. | |
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Arlington, VA | this is sad My wife and I both are starting to watch Hulu to time shift broadcast TV. The ads work out ok and we are overall happy. However, we will not pay for that type of service, we already have the option with iTunes and don't pay for shows that way... | |
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Germantown, TN | I will pay... ...Only if:
It is ad free (because if it has ads, you are getting money from me, and your advertisers, which to me is like getting two paychecks for the same work).
And you get a wider selection (right now there about 4 shows On hulu that I watch, and most of those have gaps in the episodes). | |
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| Re: I will pay... said by Karride:...Only if: It is ad free (because if it has ads, you are getting money from me, and your advertisers, which to me is like getting two paychecks for the same work). I'm sure it will be ad free for as long as it takes the marketing department to realize that they can charge AND have ads a the same time. | |
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Hell, with Hulu's ad driven model now, it should be netting them even more cash than a normal broadcast. You could tailor the ads that appear on your show based on personal preferences, you can even update the ads at a later date as products come on and off the market.
If anything, Hulu like services should be able to charge MORE per viewer per ad than traditional broadcasts since the ads are targeted.
I didn't pay for broadcast television before, and I sure as hell won't start now. (I'm not pirating it either) | |
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00000 | ...and goodbye Hulu Why would they not just add another commercial or two to viewings? People like Hulu for a few reasons. Adding a pay component removes a serious one. | |
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San Francisco, CA | Re: ...and goodbye Hulu Add any more commercials and I'm out of there. Sometimes they offered to show the ads before BSG and that was fine. But I'm not having the viewing experinece interrupted every few minutes - its absurd. | |
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Albany, CA | said by morbo:Why would they not just add another commercial or two to viewings? People like Hulu for a few reasons. Adding a pay component removes a serious one. Hulu is not feature rich enough to warrant a charge IMO. Hulu will really have to step up and provide high quality, commercial free content that can be accessed from any source - computers, handhelds AND consoles.
Even if they did the above, I still wouldn't pay. I haven't paid for TV content since I dumped cable and satellite and I like the extra spending money in my pocket. For the shows I watch (Daily Show and Colbert), the networks have all their content online. | |
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| dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
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kudos:4 | said by morbo:Why would they not just add another commercial or two to viewings? People like Hulu for a few reasons. Adding a pay component removes a serious one. The reason theres so few ads is the bandwidth costs to stream them.
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Yes, with Hulu, they have to pay for lots of powerful servers and lots of bandwidth, but with traditional broadcasting, they have to pay for very expensive satellite capacity and lots and lots of electricity to power hundreds of TV transmitters scattered around the country.
And, with Hulu, they have the potential to know what shows viewers are watching, meaning ads can be customized to viewers' tastes, unlike with broadcasting, where everyone sees the same ads.
I really like Hulu, but I'm not willing to pay yet another monthly bill for something that benefits the networks, especially when they won't allow any players to stream it to a TV. They'd better be careful, or their greed is going to kill the golden goose. | |
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A.) Not overly expensive. $15 a month. No more, maybe less.
B.) No more bandwidth issues on their end if i'm paying for the service.
C.) No ads. This one is obvious.
D.) 480p being the minimum streaming quality. A 720p 'higher level' option should be provided at the least.
Of course, none of these things will happen. They would charge you in excess of probably $40 a month to access all the content, they will still show ads, video quality will not be increased, and there will still be the primetime bandwidth issues and not being able to watch content because the Hulu servers are overloaded.
That said, I would not mind at all paying a decent amount of money for a legal streaming service that provided a healthy amount of content with at least 720p h.264 video quality. Unfortunatly, no one seems to realize that people that download movies and television shows illegally using services like Rapidshare would pay for such a thing. Yes, I would rather pay more money for a legal service that allows me to stream high-quality video then continue paying for a service that only allows me to download-then-view illegally. Imagine that.
Oh, and to the smart-asses out there please don't reccomend iTunes rentals/downloads or netflix downloads as an 'alternative'. Even the iTunes 'HD' movie downloads are nowhere near the quality level I expect this day in age. (And don't mind the fact that the selection is extremely limited to only a handful of movies on the iTunes HD end.)
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| Re: I don't mind; said by Mchart:If these conditions are provided - A.) Not overly expensive. $15 a month. No more, maybe less. B.) No more bandwidth issues on their end if i'm paying for the service. C.) No ads. This one is obvious. D.) 480p being the minimum streaming quality. A 720p 'higher level' option should be provided at the least. Of course, none of these things will happen. They would charge you in excess of probably $40 a month to access all the content, they will still show ads, video quality will not be increased, and there will still be the primetime bandwidth issues and not being able to watch content because the Hulu servers are overloaded. That said, I would not mind at all paying a decent amount of money for a legal streaming service that provided a healthy amount of content with at least 720p h.264 video quality. Unfortunatly, no one seems to realize that people that download movies and television shows illegally using services like Rapidshare would pay for such a thing. Yes, I would rather pay more money for a legal service that allows me to stream high-quality video then continue paying for a service that only allows me to download-then-view illegally. Imagine that. Oh, and to the smart-asses out there please don't reccomend iTunes rentals/downloads or netflix downloads as an 'alternative'. Even the iTunes 'HD' movie downloads are nowhere near the quality level I expect this day in age. (And don't mind the fact that the selection is extremely limited to only a handful of movies on the iTunes HD end.) At $15 a month they would lose the vast majority of their current viewers. | |
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I use netflix now for the 9 dollar plan for streaming. I would give hulu a try if I heard good things about it. My money is going on they will screw it up big time. | |
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| | | Wow, you think they would try to peddle this for $40 a month? How much is Netflix per month? Crazy numbers, man. Waaayyy too high... $3/month is more like it. | |
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join:2005-03-19 | Re: I don't mind; i agree. hulu is okay. but its nothing fantastic. $40 would be shooting themselves in the foot | |
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I think they should just put in 2-3 more short video ads in their videos to keep it free or a longer ad in the beginning on the videos that let you choose when to view the ads. | |
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| This was worth it. Not after this though. We all knew that eventually some suit would pull this. It is bad enough when this was 2 years ago and the economy was great. Doing this during a recession is plain suicide. Now if they gave you new content with the fees then that might entice some. Charging for what we have now no thank you.
Beginning next year the restriction of hd cable dvr tuner cards will be relaxed with win7. I will gladly build a new system and get alot more benefit then watching a small cramped view of a show i missed.
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Despite the fact that I could VERY easily download the torrents of every TV show in 720p HD without ads for free elsewhere. | |
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"Now the trick is ... to turn those digital pennies into digital dollars," Graboff said at the Digital Hollywood conference in Santa Monica. "Hulu has got to bolster its economics.
"I do think Hulu is experimenting with different models," he said. "I know they're looking at any number of things, like adding inventory (more advertising) or creating a subscription model with different windows,"
Graboff said NBC's investment in popular video-viewing site Hulu was a step in the right direction but admitted its content owners may have been hasty in offering the programing for free on the popular video-viewing network to counter piracy. So a subscription model it will be. The big shots are all saying the same story - you know like this was planned to be leaked during the conference.
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way way out | is'nt hulu a monopoly? all three networks having a single outlet on line charging for all their shows.
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join:2005-03-19 | Re: isn't hulu a monopoly? don't forget the networks websites. unless they plan on charging on those sites also | |
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Alexandria, VA | Re: isn't hulu a monopoly? said by FBGuy:don't forget the networks websites. unless they plan on charging on those sites also Well, if they're invested in Hulu and want revenues from it, do you really think they'd provide non-monetized content, elsewhere, that would draw money away from their investment?
As it is, many sites that have "their own" video content are using the Hulu servers to stream via their content portals.
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- Offer fast service
- No ads
- High quality
- Fair pricing
- Offer tons of content
Do all this, and you have a chance. Problem is many times I can "pirate" something and get BETTER quality at a faster speed without ads than I can when I pay for it. That just seems silly. | |
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Clementon, NJ | Re: Formula said by GameGuy369:Here's the formula to compete with piracy: - Offer fast service - No ads - High quality - Fair pricing - Offer tons of content Do all this, and you have a chance. Problem is many times I can "pirate" something and get BETTER quality at a faster speed without ads than I can when I pay for it. That just seems silly. They will never do that cause it makes sense. They want to give you what you have now and charge you for it. Screw adding things cause that costs money. They are greedy and just want a quick cash cow. Anything over $15 a month will kill it. If they added all that you listed I would gladly pay.
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canada | What would you pay for? Or would you? Would you like free with ads? How long of ad watching would you sit through before you gave up on the service? 30 seconds? 1 minute? 10 minutes? 25 minutes? Remember HD would require more ads as well.
or... (add in your own scenario)
Pay with no ads
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Pay more with no ads but HD
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To be honest, I hope this works out to everyone's liking. It is like pirating has sent a message, and now a new message has to be sent of what is acceptable. | |
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| | | Re: HULU said by wahoospa:I visit HULU from time to time just to see what's happening but would not pay for their content. Exactly! Hulu charging will only remind people of the value of MONEY... | |
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