Apple May Channel Netflix; Amazon Explores Subscription Video
The invite to Wednesday’s Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) event shows a guitar, which usually suggests music, but that hasn’t stopped the buzz about vide… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08.26.10
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» Former US Weekly editor Janice Min is spicing up The Hollywood Reporter — but is the venerable trade mag getting too gossipy?… Read more »
Hulu Plus By The Numbers: 14 Percent More TV Than Basic Hulu
No, we don’t have subscription numbers but we do have a little more insight into the differences between Hulu Plus and basic Hulu. Research… Read more »
Apple Continues To Push Networks For 99 Cent Video But Switches To Rentals
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has dropped its TV subscription plans — for now — but the company may be closing in on deals to offer 99-cent video ren… Read more »
Analyst: Yahoo Should Invest In Hulu
Enough with Yahoo’s spate of small-scale deal making; Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan Rohan suggests in a report today that Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO… Read more »
Hulu Plans IPO; Company Valued At $2 Billion
It looks like video JV Hulu can be added to the list of expected IPOs coming this year. The IPO could come this fall, the NYT reports, citin… Read more »
Hulu’s Kilar: Ad-Free Hulu Plus Option Is ‘Theoretical’
As I was finishing up my review of Hulu Plus, Om Malik raised the idea that Hulu might be considering one of the options I planned to sugges… Read more »
One Week Of Hulu Plus: Glee-Full But Not Giddy
Is Hulu Plus worth $10 a month? It all depends on the programming you like to watch, how much of it you want to access and how often. I’ve b… Read more »
What Can You Watch On Hulu Plus Without A Subscription?
My Hulu Plus preview code hasn’t arrived yet but I’ve been able to sample the subscription service via the iPad app. Turns out the “free gal… Read more »
YouTube’s Following Hulu On Ad-Skipping, But Not Yet On Subscriptions
The news that Hulu was finally unveiling a subscription service broke during a press gathering at Google’s Chelsea Market. A few minutes ear… Read more »
Interview: Hulu’s Kilar: Hulu Plus Preview Programming Is ‘Just Step One’
The launch of Hulu Plus takes the online video joint venture started by News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) more than three y… Read more »
It’s Official: Hulu Plus Subscription Package Debuts For $9.99 A Month
Hulu’s long-anticipated Hulu Plus launches today in preview mode, promising deeper access to most of the video portal’s current broadcast sh… Read more »
Hulu’s Jump Through The Subscription Hoop Finally Coming?
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The latest in a line of reports stretching back several months about Hulu’s plans to try a subscription service comes courtesy of the Wall S… Read more »
Hulu CTO Feng Leaving For Kleiner Perkins, Will Advise Gore On Green Tech
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The first big leadership change in Hulu’s young career: Eric Feng, the founding CTO and SVP of audience recruited by CEO Jason Kilar from Be… Read more »
Senator Wants Comcast To Sell Hulu Stake As Merger Condition
Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), chair of the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, is calling for a raft of strong conditions on any Comcast/… Read more »
Providence’s Nelson Predicts Stewart, Colbert Will Return To Hulu
Jonathan Nelson, the CEO of Hulu-backer Providence Equity Partners, made the case for the video aggregator on Charlie Rose this week. His re… Read more »
Hulu’s New Player Asks Viewers’ Feedback On Ad Targeting
The promise of more relevant ads is way down the list of improvements Hulu has listed on its blog, but it shows that ad support is still a k… Read more »
Why Hulu Will — And Should — Charge For Hulu Plus
The Hulu-will-charge-you-money rumor mill is churning once again, and the blogosphere has lit up with preemptively angered Hulu viewers vowi… Read more »
Hulu’s Search For Money Outside The Free Web: Dell Thunder, Subscriptions
Hulu went public a few weeks ago with some financials: $100 million revenue in 2009, plans to pass that by mid-year, net profitability for l… Read more »
Hulu’s Revenue Kimono Opens: $100 Million Revenues in 2009; Profitable
Hulu, stung perhaps by some recent questions over its business model and the partial Viacom/Comedy Central retreat from the video service, i… Read more »
Without Colbert, Stewart, Hulu Could Cede Some Ground To Viacom
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Barring a last-minute fix or change of strategy, at midnight Tuesday Hulu.com will switch from a co-host for online video of the Daily Show… Read more »
Viacom Taking Its Laughs Off Hulu; March 9 Last Day For Stewart, Colbert
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It’s not the end of online access to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert but next week tracking them down may be a little less convenient for th… Read more »
Movie Downloads Windfall Fails To Materialize; Is Hulu To Blame?
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Yes Movielink and Cinemanow sucked for a long time, and iTunes never became a huge movie seller. That was 2-3 years ago. So what happened si… Read more »
Hulu Still M.I.A. In UK As Rival SeeSaw Opens Doors
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Telegraph.co.uk’s sources have been promising the paper Hulu’s imminent UK launch for so long now that, now it’s reporting “further delays”… Read more »
Updated: Comcast-NBCU Hearings: Zucker Confronted About Hulu’s Boxee Block
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Boxee’s inability to carry Hulu programming is a matter of Congress now, thanks to the proposed Comcast-NBCU deal. During this morning’s hea… Read more »
@ Media Dealmakers Summit: Disney’s Kevin Mayer: Ultimately Hulu Should Be Hybrid
At the tres civilized Pierre in Manhattan this morning where the 8th Annual Media Dealmakers Summit kicked off with Disney’s Kevin Mayer. A… Read more »
Hulu’s Maybe-Could Be Payment Plans
Hulu’s been muling on possible premium services for a while now, and LAT has added some fuel to the very slow-burning fire: it says among th… Read more »
Warner Music in Video Deal With Hulu; Second Label After EMI
Hulu is looking more and more like a mini-Vevo competitor: after a deal with EMI, done last month before Vevo’s launch, Warner Music (not pa… Read more »
Hulu, 19 Entertainment To Launch Web Reality Series ‘If I Can Dream’
MySpace (and increasingly Facebook) are the networks that production companies are choosing as the launchpads for original web series, becau… Read more »
Updated: Comcast-NBCU: Premium Hulu ‘Not In The Cards’? Verdict Still Out
Actually, we suspect Hulu board meetings already have a potential to be more intriguing than the norm given the myriad interests and egos in… Read more »
Updated: Hulu in Limited Music Video Deal With EMI; How Long Before a Vevo Deal?
Updated below: Hulu is doing a limited music video deal with EMI, which could be interpreted as a sign of things to come: it is tying up wit… Read more »
Kilar: Hulu Isn’t ‘Giving It Away For Free’
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar responded to TV industry critics who complain that Hulu is undermining current models, saying they haven Read more »
Updated: Hulu Will Charge For Some Content — Someday
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While *News Corp*. COO Chase Carey, *NBC Universal* CEO Jeff Zucker and others have been out touting the desire to charge for some content t… Read more »
Updated: Parsons To Providence: Former Time Warner Chairman May Be Back In Deal Fray
Providence Equity Partners has a penchant for media and entertainment investments like Hulu, Warner Music, YES and Univision — and for addi… Read more »
TV Guide Network Gets Cable Exclusive for Ugly Betty; Includes Some Streaming
An interesting announcement from TV Guide Network as it continues the push to be seen as an entertainment destination. In its first major mo… Read more »
Fox Lets Brightcove Power Its (Very Hulu-Like) Latin American Video Site
While Fox, along with its partners *Disney* and *NBC*, continues to try to broker content and ad sales deals so that Hulu can get going in t… Read more »
Hulu, TV.com Getting Higher Ad Rates Than Their Network Counterparts
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Networks like A&E, Scripps, and possibly even *CBS* are ready to test whether the much-hyped TV Everywhere concept will serve as a lucrative… Read more »
Interview: Part II: Jeff Zucker: Live Streaming Top Events Devalues Olympics
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In the two years since Jeff Zucker became president and CEO of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), he’s shifted the digital strategy more than once; p… Read more »
YouTube XL Tries Bringing Web Video To Your TV
Less than a week after Hulu set (some) of its content free with a downloadable desktop application, comes the launch of YouTube XL, a browse… Read more »
Hulu Goes Desktop, Though Boxee Still Remains Off Limits
Nevermind the TV, or Boxee for that matter. Hulu, the JV video site, has launched a new desktop app, which is intended to take the online vi… Read more »
