Comments on: Hulu’s Content Owners Are Missing A Major Opportunity This Summer

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Hulu Gets Ripped Out Of Rippol | ScooperNews.com — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:29:43 +0000

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Nels Wadycki » Copycheating Links — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:35:15 +0000

[...] makes a brilliant point that Hulu’s content owners are missing a major opportunity this summer. I understand that there are often contract and legal limitations, but I think that as new shows [...]

By: New Gadgets | Hulu’s Content Owners Are Missing A Major Opportunity This Summer

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:48:46 +0000

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By: Abby

Abby — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:33:53 +0000

Ugh, i hate that Hulu is missing so many episodes! sooo annoying, i dont even use Hulu anymore. there are so many other sites like ovguide that everything i wanna watch. i don’t understand the hype around Hulu, its not all that.

By: James

James — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:17:42 +0000

This is all very reasonable and it makes a lot of sense. It should, as it has developed organically over several decades.

But that does not change the fact that it is the problem. Studios run the risk of riding very reasonable industry structure and compromises right into the turf, just like many other businesses or industries in the past.

It’s not enough to explain why things are the way they are. People don’t care; they’ll just pirate what they want to see if they can’t get it legally. Your business needs to be able to explain where it is going, not where it has been.

The technology is there to handle the complexity. For instance, tell Mr. Tribune that Hulu views from his geographic area will share revenue with him. But understand that people who can’t find what they want on Hulu, will not tune into Mr. Tribune’s channel instead. They’ll tune into Limewire. Viewership not a zero-sum game among your partnerships. The pie will get smaller and smaller over time, just like it did in the music industry.

By: JLM

JLM — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:58:09 +0000

You can get full seasons on Netflix … and watch them on TV via a Netflix ready device like Xbox, Roku, or internet-enabled TVs or Blu-Ray players.

By: The Crazy Hulu Model? « General Lordisimo’s Apocalypse

The Crazy Hulu Model? « General Lordisimo’s Apocalypse — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:28:58 +0000

[...] The Crazy Hulu Model? I don’t subscribe to cable or satellite television but I do still enjoy watching forms of video entertainment, primarily through the streaming of online content (though I also still utilize the physical DVDs I get from Netflix). All that being said I am quite fond with Hulu. There are a lot of shows I have found enjoyment in watching, but I, like TechCrunch’s Jason Kincaid, think that the current episode availability on Hulu is ki…. [...]

By: Pepe Silvia

Pepe Silvia — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:04:37 +0000

I had this same problem with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Once they made it a rule to only have three online at a time, I just downloaded them with a torrent. Now they don’t get to show me any ads!
Yay for them!

By: Meredith Treinen

Meredith Treinen — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:17:17 +0000

oops. didn’t mean to directly reply to you Tom. apologies.

By: Meredith Treinen

Meredith Treinen — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:17:09 +0000

oops. didn’t mean to directly reply to you Tom. apologies.

By: Meredith Treinen

Meredith Treinen — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:16:24 +0000

I agree completely. Thanks for starting the conversation.

I realize there are a myriad of reasons for Hulu’s sometimes crippled lineups, but it’s aggravating.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:31:34 +0000

I’m surprised there isn’t more comment on “summer is the season of terrible television”.

How TV producers expect to survive using the model of “get rid of all of your customers for the summer”, and expecting them to return in fall is beyond me. It ain’t a monopoly any more, folks.

I watched hulu for a while, but it’s dead now; too many shows are on hiatus. By the time new shows come back in the fall, I’ll be on to other websites that don’t stop updating.

By: Kawika

Kawika — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:43:33 +0000

Hulu is a great concept, but the studios need to allow it more episodes. More episodes, I say!

By: John Smith

John Smith — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:53:18 +0000

Hulu initially sounds like a great idea. People login, sign up, and watch a few shows. It is only then that they realize how crippled Hulu is in terms of show/season continuity. The initial wow factor wears off, people get tired of hearing Intel dweebs going da dum dum dum dum 5 zillion times, and users go elsewhere…

By: Cory

Cory — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:49:49 +0000

As a Canadian I am even in a more difficult situation getting access to shows that have heard good things about but can’t access. Breaking Bad, Burn Notice, Eureka, Leverage all have limited or no access here. How do I get them? There is no legitimate way in many situations unless you buy the whole season on DVD. So you find the path of least resistance and dl the torrents.
You would think the better business plan would be to put on the first 4 episodes of season 1 so people could determine their interest and maybe the last 2 episodes of the current season for those who have missed it for some reason.
If agreements allow either ad supported or micropayment support for other episodes then they could add this as another layer.

By: Online Video Episode Restrictions Are An Injustice « The Levisa Lazer

Online Video Episode Restrictions Are An Injustice « The Levisa Lazer — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:09:22 +0000

[...] As TechCrunch rightly points out, this latter issue is actually the content providers kicking themselves fairly and squarely in the ass. They are missing out on a golden opportunity to promote their shows, both the successful ones with a huge audience on traditional TV and the ones which could build a loyal fan base on the Internet. [...]

By: MKR

MKR — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:46:27 +0000

I can’t count the number of shows I’ve passed up because of this. I wouldn’t have started watching Kings if it had started at episode five. Nothing would make sense.

By: Scarhawk

Scarhawk — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:16:36 +0000

If everyone watched shows on Hulu instead of TV, wouldn’t that drive up the ad rates to the same as what they are on TV? Wouldn’t that pay for good TV shows?

Cable TV was a mess of upstarts for a long time before it consolidated into the major players of today. People used to put 6-foot satellite dishes in their back yards to pirate TV. TBS couldn’t attract any mainstream advertisers for years. The big 3 broadcast networks attracted almost all the viewers and ad dollars long after most people became cable subscribers. Don’t assume Hulu will be running 4 ads per show indefinitely. Not long ago there were no ads.

The next generation of content services is already getting built: a free tier with slowly increasing ad content, and a pay tier with slowly increasing monthly fee, plus extra fees for special events or features. All they need now is time for the magic of exponential growth to kick in.

By: Marco

Marco — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:30:11 +0000

How old are they and when do they retire?

By: Amol

Amol — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:07:48 +0000

do you guys like hulu?

By: New Gadgets | Hulu’s Content Owners Are Missing A Major Opportunity This Summer

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:00:41 +0000

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By: TV Networks Mistreating Hulu Viewers | Online Video Episode Restrictions Are An Injustice

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:59:23 +0000

[...] TechCrunch rightly points out, this latter issue is actually the content providers kicking themselves fairly [...]

By: JoeMama

JoeMama — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:42:19 +0000

I hate to say it, but this is what makes the “China model” so compelling. Get the whole series of any show for next to nothing and immediately after first airing. Catches you up pretty quick and then you can take it from there.

If it wasn’t for that, there are a whole bunch of shows today that I wouldn’t be watching.

Of course, you have to be a frequent traveler to China for this to be a viable option.