Hulu: Moving to Paid Subscription Model?

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Hulu is a wonderful website that offers streaming copies of hundreds of television shows, movies, documentaries, and short films. In very little time it has become one of the most popular destinations on the Internet. After all, who doesn't love having access to everything worth watching, 100% free of charge? Even dedicated media pirates were willing to forgo torrenting for the greater ease of just sitting through one or two short commercials an episode.

Now it looks like the golden age of Hulu might be coming to an end. Hulu's growth has started to stall, and NewsCorp is looking at ways to drive up profits before the free content giant collapses under its own weight.

Posted on Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:15:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Disney buys 30% of Hulu and puts ABC TV Shows on Hulu

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Videos service Hulu continues to build up its strength. Hulu is already in the top 3 video services, now the WSJ reports that Disney buys a 30% stake in Hulu.
Hulu is a joint venture of NBC and News Corp. Now Disney joins the two and will invest in similar fashion as NBC and News Corp. Read more

Posted on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:17:59 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hulu Breaks Into Top 3 Video Properties

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ComScore has announced its latest rankings of online video sites and Hulu has broken into the top three for the first time ever as of March. ComScore says that US internet users viewed a total of 14.5 billion videos during the month of March, an 11% increase from February.

Google video sites including YouTube held the top spot for the month with 41% of the total US video market. YouTube alone accounted for 99% of all 5.9 billion videos watched on Google properties. Fox Interactive Media was second with 437 million videos watched and Hulu had 380 million videos watched. Read more

Posted on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

iPhone May Get Hulu App

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A dedicated Hulu app is coming to the iPhone, according to the folks at Silicon Ally Insider. The report sites a “plugged-in industry executive,” claiming the Web video app would be available within months and will work over both Wi-Fi and the 3G network.

There are a few potential problems with any possible iPhone Hulu app. First, AT&T may be concerned with the streaming video straining their data network. Rumors swirled earlier that AT&T was pressuring Apple to deny approval for SlingPlayer, a television streaming application, citing network concerns as the reason. Also, Hulu currently competes with iTunes, offering ad supported television shows and movies similar to iTunes’ pay-per-download model.

Posted on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:35:00 CDT | by James Douglas

Hulu Viewers increased 42% in Feb

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I am a big fan of Hulu, it's a great place to watch some of my favorite shows that are no longer on the air and catch up on current TV shows if I miss an episode. I am not alone, Hulu is one of the most popular destinations online for video.

According to ComScore Hulu is getting even more popular and in February alone viewers on the site jumped a massive 42%. ComScore says that US internet users viewed 13.1 billion online videos during the month. Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hulu Super Bowl Ad reveals no Secret besides Alec Baldwin is an Alien

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NBC's online video service Hulu got some attention before the Super Bowl because they planted the message that the Hulu ad would reveal a secret.
Actor Alec Baldwin is starring in the Hulu Super Bowl 2009 commercial and plays an evil alien TV mogul Men in Black style explaining how TV takes over your life completely now as it also owns the Internet. Read more

Posted on Sun, 1 Feb 2009 22:44:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hulu Super Bowl Ad to reveal a Secret?

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NBC has been running a free ad-supported online video service called HULU for almost a year. According to CNet, Hulu has teased the media with an announcement to run a Super Bowl Ad this Sunday that will reveal a secret behind Hulu. Update: Watch the Hulu Super Bowl 2009 Ad

I assume Hulu got a break on the $3m Super Bowl 2009 Commercial price-tag as the Super Bowl 43 airs on NBC. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:55:58 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hulu is open Now

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As reported yesterday, NBC's free video and movie service Hulu has opened today to the public.

Amongst the featured content are the movies Ice Age, The Big Lebowski, Titan A.E., and The Usual Suspects.
Featured TV content includes episodes of Hereos Season 2, Simpsons, Family Guy, House, Welcome back Kotter and The Academy. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:34:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hulu launches March 12th bringing free TV Shows to the Web

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NBC is launching its free ad-supported online video service HULU tomorrow March 12th.

Right now only users in the United States will be able to watch the video streams. I hope HULU knows about the huge international potential of the service. TV users in Europe are sick of having to wait for U.S. shows to be featured on their local TV channels. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr