Peter Chernin's departure from Fox left Hulu without it's biggest booster and defender, and advocate for the free model. Since then, and with News Corp looking to get money from all of its online content, that looks like two votes out of three in favor of pay to play.
(Recent article from Houston Chron: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/tv/6653374.html ) On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 12:17 AM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > > True, but I seem to recall reading something online (can't cite a > source right now) indicating that NewsCorp would be in favor of taking > Hulu behind a fee wall. So... > > On Oct 6, 10:06 am, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > > NBCU isn't the sole backer of Hulu, nor its sole provider of content, so > what might happen is a removal of NBCU content. > > > > David > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Tom Wolper <[email protected]> > > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > ... Hulu might become a fee-based service. > > > > > So, we'd pay for the shows we want to watch and not give money to > > > shows we don't want to watch? Hurray! A la carte! > > > > >http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-hulu5-2009oct05,0,980649.sto. > .. > > > > When Hulu launched, the PR people said it was to become an alternative > > to downloading pirated versions of TV programs. If they start > > charging, they will be competing against free. Unless they bring some > > additional value to the TV shows, they will lose. > > > > The article says that Comcast looks at Hulu as a threat to their cable > > subscription business so their purpose in charging for shows is to > > drive people back to TV, that is, drive Hulu out of business. > > > > Tom > > > -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
