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- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OpenDTV Mail List <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 08:19:38 -0500
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6497232.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP&nid=2228
Hulu Hullabaloo: Early Reviews Positive for NBCU-News Corp. JV
Online-Video Site's Ease of Use, Ad Structure Praised
By Anne Becker -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/3/2007 5:00:00 PM
NBC Universal and News Corp. launched their online video venture,
Hulu, this past week to a group of beta-testers, who praised the site
for its ease of use and advertising structure. But the group
questioned its limitations on content, such as the fact that it can't
be downloaded or viewed internationally.
When the site officially launches in the coming months, it will have
about 1,000 hours of content from Fox and NBC, various cable networks
and studio partners Sony Pictures Television and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
That's about double what it has now, according to CEO Jason Kilar,
who joined the company with several years of experience at Amazon.com.
Hulu will update that content every day, adding new clips as
frequently as every 15 minutes. During the beta period, the site will
add "tens of thousands" of new users each week, Kilar said.
Early press reviews praised Hulu's advertising structure -- one that
tailors ads to the length of content (short clips generally run with
15-second pop-up ads, while full episodes and movies bear a limited
number of 30-second spots).
And while Hulu's success will hinge on whether it can support itself
through ad revenue, that won't be an issue initially, given the
site's well-publicized $100 million investment from Providence Equity
Partners, not to mention the deep pockets of its enormous corporate
parents.
"The fact that they've raised $100 million and have money in the bank
means they're not going to disappear anytime soon," said
online-industry analyst and consultant Dan Rayburn, executive vice
president of StreamingMedia.com.
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Talk about re-inventing the way we consume TV entertainment...
So now I can stream TV shows to my computer at any time and still
have the program interrupted by ads, instead of sitting down in from
of the TV at the time that NBC and Fox want me to watch the ads and
the content between them.
Can't make a copy of the show...
Can't play it on a portable media player.
Can't watch it on my laptop while traveling (in an airport, on an
airplane, or on the car theater system to keep the kids entertained.
And this is supposed to compete with paid download services?
Regards
Craig
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