Holy crap! Hulu might start charging all you free loaders in 2010. That isn’t to say there won’t be any free content, just that some of their more premium shows will cost you a penny or 1000. Personally, I don’t watch my content on Hulu, but after bearing witness to a Boxee install on a Mac Mini I’m not too far off from taking the plunge. Then again, I’m in no position to kill my cable subscription for fear of losing touch with reality (I never leave my place and require CNN and other skewed news sources to be on at all times).
So, Hulu users, what’s your plan? Would you drop some greenbacks to watch content online on what was once a free service? If you ask me it never really panned out for Napster, although they did get bought, but at what profit, if any, I don’t know.
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How sweet that would be. Attack of the Show host Olivia Munn’s Twitter feed denoted that she had just finished a promo for a Microsoft/Hulu event on June 8th. Telling eh? Not that this means anything in particular but it is a fingers crossed sort of situation. Just another nail in the PS3 coffin I say. More info will surface on this in the weeks to come I hope.
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In a sad bit of news, Boxee is removing their much beloved Hulu support at the request of content providers. A specific reason was not given but I imagine it all boils down to one thing. Actually, most everything these days boils down to one thing: the love of money. Pretty sad really and the ones who are losing out are the users. We can only hope this doesn’t turn into a trend.
[Hulu Blog]
Shane Kim, head of Microsoft’s game studio, wants to “open” up the Xbox 360 platform like it did with the Netflix service. Rather than focusing on quantity, their plan is to integrate high quality content such as the Hulu and Youtube streaming services.
I think this is an awesome idea since it’ll open up a host of FREE, high quality online content. Think about it: watch your favorite TV broadcasts via Hulu, peruse the latest and greatest on Youtube, or catch a favorite flick on Netflix. If this becomes a reality my cable service, along with any social life, will go on the chopping block.
[New York Times]
With 65 million users how could NBC resist. That’s right, NBC shows are once again available on iTunes. After pulling out of the World’s most popular music store almost a year ago, NBC has signed a new deal with Apple to distribute its shows. To bolster engagement, NBC will be offering one free standard definition download of some of its top shows for the next 2 weeks. I can only imagine the shit eating grin Jobs had on his face when they came crawling back.
If you recall, NBC partnered with Fox to produce the free streaming site ‘Hulu’. Hulu offers standard definition and 480p quality video from many popular TV shows and movies, and based on my experience works almost flawlessly. Hulu rocks, but it ain’t iPod friendly.
[AppleInsider]
