Tag: SUBSCRIPTION

Hulu's much-anticipated monthly subscription service has arrived. It's called Hulu Plus, and it offers all of the features we've heard rumors about for months: HD streaming, access to more episodes and the ability to watch Hulu on your TV are all included. The price is also just as anticipated: $10/mo. Two things weren't entirely anticipated about Hulu Plus, though. One: iPad and iPhone ...

They may have had their pants sued off, but that's not stopping the half-naked crew at Limewire from making yet another foray into the digital music business. Yes, like a slobbering brain-hungry zombie that just won't die, Limewire is back from the dead and bent on taking over the world. Well, the world of cloud-powered digital music, anyway. According to a report from Digital Music News, the ...

Ad revenue isn't cutting it for Hulu anymore. The online TV site plans to expand its business to include a subscription service, reportedly priced at $9.95 a month. Hulu's current offerings -- the 5 most recent episodes of each show -- would remain free. The premium service will be called Hulu Plus, according to the LA Times. The subscription service, reportedly coming late next month, would ...

Big things are happening at subscription-based music service Rhapsody, and now might be the time to give it a second look. Rhapsody has spun off from RealNetworks, and the new company is already making changes. They've introduced a new, less expensive subscription plan, as well as an Android app. They've even got a brand-new logo. Rhapsody's new plan, Rhapsody Premier, works with either a PC or ...

When Netflix announced they'd be streaming movies via iPad, we guessed it wouldn't be long before iPhone users got in on the action, too. Netflix has more-or-less confirmed an iPhone app now, according to our friends at TUAW, who spotted a revealing post on the Netflix blog. The post, written by a Netflix VP, says, "For those of you asking whether Netflix will be on the iPhone and iPod Touch: ...

Everyone's talking about the iPad as the next big thing in eReaders, but could it also be a killer device for watching movies? Sure, if Netflix has anything to say about it. The Wall Street Journal says Netflix has an iPad app in the works, which means subscribers can stream movies to their iPads, without going through Apple's iTunes. This may come as a surprise to anyone familiar with Apple's ...

Spotify, the streaming music service that made a big splash in Europe last year, has always been slated for a 2010 launch in the US. Unfortunately, there was a long period at the beginning of this year when Spotify's executives wouldn't say much of anything about when they'd finally bring the service to North America. The hype around the service cooled off a bit, but you can prepare to hear ...

In news that must surely test the size and solidity of Rupert Murdoch's balls, it seems that one of the first behind-the-pay-wall news sites -- Newsday -- has accumulated a grand total of 35 paying subscribers in three months of operation. I've never heard of Newsday, but apparently it's a big daily paper from Long Island, New York. It was bought by the Dolans (the original owners of the HBO ...

Google Reader is a hugely popular - and very effective - way to subscribe to feeds from your favorite websites. What if you want updates from a website that doesn't have a feed, though? Reader can now solve that problem and allow you to subscribe to the site's changes anyway, with custom feeds. Reader will add a snippet to your new custom feed whenever the site updates, keeping you on top of any ...

Hulu, the online video service that allows users to watch television shows for free, is thinking about charging. Yeah, it sounds kind of strange to me too. In an effort to increase revenue, it looks like Hulu may put a premium price tag on some popular shows and exclusive web content. It doesn't look like it's going to be all bad though. Hulu is going about this the right way and has taken ...

For well over a century, readers were willing to pay to have newspapers delivered to their homes. A lot of people still do, but not enough to keep the newspaper industry afloat in the face of declining ad revenue. And few traditional newspapers (the kind with huge staffs of reporters, editors, fact checkers, and so on), have figured out how to make enough money from online advertising to turn a ...

If you're an Android phone owner who loves music you're about to enjoy a second Christmas! Rhapsody, the streaming music service from RealNetworks, will have a beta version of its Android app out next week. The catch is that it's a closed beta, so you'll need to head over to Rhapsody's Facebook page to get your spot. You don't have to be a current Rhapsody subscriber to sign up: the app comes ...

Up until now, MOG has existed as sort of a music blog network and news source, but starting on December 2nd, it's also going to be Napster-like music subscription service. MOG All Access will be a $5/mo subscription service that provides unlimited access to MOG's music library. The MOG music service offers personal playlists, but it also incorporates elements from existing music services. You can ...

Hulu is quite simply one of the best ways to watch TV on the internet. In fact, in some ways, Hulu offers a better viewing experience than old fashioned TV. For example, you tend to have just 2-3 minutes of commercials to put up with when watching a one hour (or rather, 42 minute) program on Hulu, instead of 18 minutes of advertisements. But partly for that reason, FOX, NBC, ABC, and the other ...

Over the past year or so Hulu has quickly become one of the most popular online video sites even though it's only open to US viewers. Hulu's success likely comes from a number of factors including a focus on high quality professionally produced content including network TV shows and movies, a simple user interface, and relatively unobtrusive advertisements that are much easier to put up with ...