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Hulu - Online video's new model

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Re: Hulu - Online video's new model

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Post by wastedbrains »

mdasen wrote: post #6

I wouldn't exactly call Hulu a new model. It's basically broadcast's model adapted for the web. You see premium content (and shows like the Office are premium content compared to many of the home-made YouTube clips) and watch ads in exchange. Likewise, content is only available for a limited time and then it reappears as reruns later. It's a wonderful service and it's polished like none-other with a great interface a…

You got that right!

Not new at all, I was always confused that it took so long for all the media companies to realize you could do the 'exact same' advertising for online video as you did with TV. Just let people watch when ever they want on demand and it would be far superior to cable.

It only took them like 5 years since streaming video quality was decent to figure it out... hehe

Re: Hulu - Online video's new model

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Post by electromagnetic »

unalone wrote: post #10
electromagnetic wrote: post #9

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That's actually a good question. I watch a limited number of shows, and I wonder if simply buying the DVD's of a program would turn out to be cheaper than actually subscribing. Edit: I mean I've seen boxsets in BestBuy for as little as $25 and they're shows I watch. If I had all the series of Simpsons, Futurama, Mythbusters, Family Guy and American Dad I believe from then on I believe I would rather use the monthly s…

The only HBO show I've bought myself was The Wire , on sale for $90 the entire season. That's less than $2 an episode. iTunes sells shows for $20 a season? That would be $100 for all of The Wire. How much does HBO charge a month?

I don't think we get the actual HBO channel here in Canada, but The Movie Network (TMN) has a channel dedicated to HBO shows and you can get them On Demand for free. They also carry the On Demand for the Space (Sci-Fi) channel here. So we get HBO bundled into the movie package, which was a total of $35 a month IIRC, but with 5 people in the house we do get through a lot of movies so it actually has good value for money, especially as they get most of the recent movies and the actual movie rental costs ~$5, it only takes 7 rentals a month to get your moneys worth.
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