http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/ Engadget Comments for Hulu's subscription service might run $5 for access to select shows http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 21st 2010 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
Since your dad said nothing is free then the networks must take note and realize that our eyeballs are not free. So if they want eyeballs (remember that's how they sell their million dollar ads) then we're gonna need some quality full episode content and we'll deal with the boring ads. Don't push it friendster...I mean myspace...er, NBC or else we're outta here.]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
o... I like you ;)]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
Hulu is dead, hulu is dead - how fast did napster die when they started charging!!!]]>Jan 21st 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
I started to think some more about those eyeballs they promised their advertiser again. Perhaps they should not only deliver the archived shows but dust off the original commercials too. They may actually be a bit more entertaining. I remember singing along to that truck commercial...you remember, it was priced "at only fifty-nine...ninety-five."]]>Jan 22nd 2010 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
pirate bay...torrents...hallelujah!]]>Jan 22nd 2010 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
Xing, are you kidding?

Napster was a P2P file sharing application. Then it turned into a mp3 buying software. Similar, but 100% different. I would be glad to pay for hulu if they had a wider range of shows/episodes. I wonder when the tv stations will realize that the whole TV station concept is an old one.

I can picture a day where each channel is run more like a tv friendly website where you have access to all their shows, but they also will have a global playlist available which will run 24/7 like a normal tv show. Ads will be fully dynamic and will run with all the videos available. ]]>Jan 22nd 2010 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 21st 2010 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
That and all the decent movies were removed last summer and replaced with clips.]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 22nd 2010 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 22nd 2010 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/For some reason I read your post as "Battletoads of Fail".
I got really excited about a new Saturday morning cartoon for a second there. It must be early.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
I'll pass.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
Hulu users might be returning to bittorrent in droves.]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
this.]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/I second this. And that. ]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
This is almost verbatim of what I was going to post, +1.]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
People who switched from bittorrent to Hulu weren't too bright an audience to begin with (that is, if they exist at all). Doubt this move will affect them in any way.]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 22nd 2010 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 22nd 2010 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
First of all, LOL.

Second, people use bittorrent because they can get what they want conveniently. It has little to do with users' greed and much to do with the content providers' greed. A lot of the top TV torrenting is done by people in countries where the broadcast of an episode is majorly delayed. They want it at the same time as other countries, so where do they go? Bittorrent. And please explain to me how showing a TV show with ads on TV is different than showing a TV show with ads on the internet. People like Hulu because it's basically instant TV. If everything was on Hulu, there would be little to no piracy of TV shows.

But the networks won't play along. "Oh, we can't let you use Boxee, licensing this, licensing that, we want more money, fuck the WGA, etc." They still think they can have everything their way, force-fed to their viewers. Well, things don't work that way on the internet. Make it easy to view, don't restrict the hell out of it, and people will put up with ads, just like on TV.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/seriously...at least w/ BT i wouldn't have to wait til the next day to watch the daily show, or 24, house or many of the other shows i now watch on hulu. house finishes @ 9, start my download @ 930, its done by 1030 at the latest. psssssh to hulu and NBC. just when i thought u couldn't screw up anymore...]]>Jan 22nd 2010 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 21st 2010 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/is this Comcast's doing? freaking hell...]]>Jan 22nd 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
Let the cable dead pool begin. ]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 21st 2010 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
every show, from every network... yep. no problem. hell, i'll pay $10/month for that. fall just a little bit shy however (like every other service that is already doing the same thing) and no thanks. i'll wait til i can stream the season via dvd on netflix, or just not watch it.]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
However without support for a set top box, and no commertial free, then I am not willing to pay for it.]]>Jan 21st 2010 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 22nd 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 22nd 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
You get everything you have now to continue at the same low low price of FREE, but also have the option to watch shows that would previously be expired and possibly not have to worry about advertisement. ]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/I was wondering the same thing. According to this report, Hulu as it is now WON'T CHANGE...there will just be the option to pay for more than the most-recent 5 eps for those who want it. How is this not a win for everyone?]]>Jan 24th 2010 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
Yeah, the world is ending crowd didn't read the article. Hulu will remain free, as it is right now. For $5 a month you get access to a back catalog of TV shows that aren't even on Hulu right now. You will basically have a huge selection of shows available.

However, greed is greed, and it wouldn't surprise me if they did move to a pay per view, or a full subscription based service if the $5 service doesn't bring in enough money.

THEN everyone can start saying so-long to Hulu, and hello to other means. ]]>Jan 25th 2010 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
hulu is just a glorified yahoo trailers.]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 21st 2010 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 21st 2010 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 21st 2010 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
Grammar Nazi fail.

Effect is the correct word.]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
Stupid to point it out in the first place but, the 'grammer nazi' is right. The effect of PlayOn not being affected shocked the blogger. Shocked is the "effect" which was caused. PlayOn is not in the "affected" area of Hulu's shenanigans.]]>Jan 21st 2010 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
Glad you straightened him out--I really can't believe that engadget hasn't fixed this yet.

I recall a rant by Josh to someone in UStream not too long ago about the incorrect use of their, there, and they're...]]>Jan 21st 2010 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
For those that don't know:

Affect = How you refer to the object being interacted with.
Effect = How you refer to the outcome of the interaction.

It will *a*ffect an object. But the *e*ffect is the consequence of such an interaction.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
Why does everybody hate on grammar 'nazis'? I don't think that it is unreasonable to expect a person who makes a living WRITING or EDITING to get basic grammar correct. These people are getting paid to write in a literate fashion and the Fail is on their part.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 21st 2010 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
I got really sick of their abandonment of good shows. Maybe it's an issue with the content owners, but it's still really stupid. Ultimate factories only uploaded two episodes - two! Their show page is still up, but who knows why. Modern marvels quit after some episodes from the first season, even though they're from 2005 and there's nothing keeping them from uploading newer episodes - they're already out there, it's not like they have to be produced. I'm not sure if the content owners don't care, but I guess not - if I want to watch these shows, I now just pirate them. Before, I would've at least sat through the hulu ads. Now, the content publishers don't even get that.

Those idiots just don't have any common sense. That's fine - I dislike ads anyway.

Plus, with popular, currently produced shows, the episodes last maybe a week before they "expire." What the hell? It's not like the DVD for that season of the show will even be out for another 6-12 months anyway. What the hell?

Plus, with shows where you want to find a clip - such as Family guy - many of the best clips expire quickly. This is very frustrating, as any other sources, like YouTube, are trolled by copyright Nazis. This makes finding that FG clip that you wanted to share impossible to find in a format that's easily shareable. There is no logic to such a policy, since they lose nothing by leaving it accessible - in fact, they only stand to gain by the ad revenue (even the silly ad policy of watching a one minute ad for a 20 sec clip). By taking it off, they only lose out on the ad revenue, make fewer people use hulu, and foment ill feeling towards hulu.

Hulu can charge their damn $5... and go to hell.]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
BTW, I realize the point of the $5 is to access older shows... but my previous point still stands. It shouldn't be necessary. If I'm going to spend money, I'd rather spend it on a Rapidshare account and watch my shows in 720p...]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
You'd rather buy the rapidshare and watch the video in 720p rather then watch a show instantly when ever you want. Buffer time is way faster then rapidshare or torrents will ever be. ]]>Jan 21st 2010 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
720p + no ads + no buffering is all worth the time to download it. Plus, there's plenty of other stuff to download using the service.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/Jan 21st 2010 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
What?]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/hulus-subscription-service-might-run-5-for-access-to-select-sh/
What I think they're saying is that now Hulu can't pull an old school YouTube and play dumb while people watch copyrighted content.

New school YouTube sucks. Handing out bans over foolishness. SMH]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:55PM