| Hulu alternatives? Any other similar free services now that Hulu is going subscription ($)? Thanks. |
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| said by tt56 :
Any other similar free services now that Hulu is going subscription ($)? Thanks.
I thought the current five last episodes are going to remain "free" but the new content (old TV shows) are going to be content that costs money? |
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| I saw an interview of CEO Jonathan Nelson on Charlie Rose and he said they were soon going payware because fee based services, as well as ad supported, was the model that works best. CR had to drag it out of him, but he finally admitted to this plan. |
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VorgPremium
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They say nothing about going to pay on the hulu site |
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VorgPremium
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Tucson, AZ | "Hulu, which ranks second only to Google's YouTube in terms ...... generated more than $100 million in revenue from advertising."
Greedy morons. It's the fact that it's free that so many use it. They need to look at the real world. Online games that where once month sub are now also going free to play using other means to make there money. The wells are drying up. If they want bigger profit margins, pay the ceo's more realist salaries.
Besides, all these big corps need to get their heads out of their rear ends and realize, without the customers, there would be no companies for the money bags to invest in. Stop worrying about investors and worry about the customers. Make them happy and you'll have something attract the investors. |
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said by Vorg:They say nothing about going to pay on the hulu site Front the from page of this site today.
»Hulu Subcription Model, Xbox 360 Availability Loom
It's only a matter of time, I'm afraid. |
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They're making a slow drive towards a pay model because they could potentially make more through an Itune's like model of pay-per-episode.
Right now there's no alternative, except to go directly to the broadcaster - as most put up the shows on their site. Most major channels have some sort of capacity to watch recent episodes after the broadcast premier. Some require you to have a certain ISP/telecom while others require you to live in a certain country. If you're in America, you should be ok - but outside of North America is where it'll get tricky if not impossible to watch shows legally.
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| said by 91443368:but outside of North America is where it'll get tricky if not impossible to watch shows legally. Right, if you're in the U.S. you can watch U.S. broadcast shows online but your worldview is pretty narrow. Other countries have their content online as well and yup, you can only watch them if your IP address is geo-located in their country as well.
(And Canadians cannot watch U.S. programs via the U.S. web sites either so it's not a "North American" thing) |
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