Paid subscriptions coming to Hulu?
Right now all of the content on web video service Hulu is free and ad-supported. But News Corp chief digital officer Jonathan Miller (formerly of Download Squad's parent company AOL), says that could change. Speaking at an event last night, Miller said some of the TV shows and movies on Hulu future could be made available only to paying subscribers in the future.
There are no plans to launch Hulu subscriptions at the moment, and Miller was just speaking in hypotheticals. But News Corp is one of Hulu's two primary backers (the other being NBC), so if he thinks subscriptions are a good idea, it might be time to start throwing a little money in a piggy bank for a Hulu day fund.
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There are no plans to launch Hulu subscriptions at the moment, and Miller was just speaking in hypotheticals. But News Corp is one of Hulu's two primary backers (the other being NBC), so if he thinks subscriptions are a good idea, it might be time to start throwing a little money in a piggy bank for a Hulu day fund.
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsdaromeJun 3rd 2009 4:50PM
Ha!! Dream along with me!!! Hulu is nice but not great!! I doubt if anybody would pay for those programs unless them would keep them on their servers for a longer time than they do now. All you get now is old old versions and the latest for about two weeks after it comes out. A real drag! Why pay for Hulu when you can go to OVGUIDE and get almost anything at anytime???? You would have to significantly improve the program base if you wanted to charge anything for the service. Subscription services are a way of the past in almost every field , better to monitorize with advertising. When will those fat cats realize that they can't get money out of us simple Joe's to support their company jets!
alex1jamJun 3rd 2009 4:17PM
This is why Google's Youtube is the best. I mean they also have TV shows now so this is good down with that other site and come on Youtube your the best.
What the Frack?!Jun 3rd 2009 4:59PM
I would go back to downloading them from other places...
RahabibJun 3rd 2009 5:19PM
I would never pay for hulu. Its the only reason I go there.
JonJun 3rd 2009 5:58PM
Try it ... And ill be sailing on a Pirate ship
KateJun 3rd 2009 10:07PM
I wouldn't pay for Hulu. Torrents again I guess.
QuikboyJun 3rd 2009 9:45PM
I think instead, Hulu should have "Pro" accounts, where users the go for this account, can have special access to goodies like no ads, more advance player features (like bookmarking a spot?), and maybe even a certain number of downloads. Hopefully, the Pro accounts are at a good price that will entice users to go for it, and help cover production costs for the content.
GobeletJun 3rd 2009 10:08PM
I. Would. Pay. If I could access it from outside the US!
Eroded FallacyJun 4th 2009 8:23AM
Like if i don't already pay for other things.... this is a luxury i can certainly do without should it be paid subscription.
MimzyJun 4th 2009 9:11AM
Great. I finally found an awesome site where I can watch a wide variety of content with a few ads here and there, and it too will soon start demanding my money.
Yay BitTorrent.
JoshJun 4th 2009 10:12AM
Only reason I would pay is if they made the entire catalog of each show available. Not just this 5 latest show crap.