Imponderables: When There Is No More Room In Hell...

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UPDATED: Saturday, October 24, 2009 07:23
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RUGBUG

Friday, October 23, 2009 5:29 PM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
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Originally posted by RugBug:
Ugh...I heard the worst news ever on the radio this morning...hulu may start charging. Grrrrrr. It was something about Fox saying that they need to start getting money from the shows and that hulu.com agreed.

sad, sad and more sad.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iFFLwGfPgLLhFDm6nAiZ
NTzdp4RwD9BGE6S06

Yuck sounds like you're right. That will be a downward spiral for them is my guess. They'll pick a fee that will pay off if they keep a decent amount of users after the change but they'll lose more users than expected. Then they'll need to jack up the fees to make up for that and still more will leave. Bah!

It doesn't really make sense to me because the shows are available elsewhere for free...and not just the illegal downloads. I can watch full episodes of Chuck on NBC or on Hulu (maybe NBC is different because it owns hulu...but can't you do that on other sites as well? You can watch Mtv shows on their stie free.) Why would I pay if I can watch it elsewhere for free? Basically, I would either find another way to watch or I would just not watch and wait for the DVDs to be available thru netflix.

It sucks being such a cheapskate. :le sad: :le sigh:

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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw

MSA

Friday, October 23, 2009 5:38 PM

Nope there are loads of other sites where you can watch network shows but hulu was so easy... plus come on the commercials must be a decent revenue stream. It's just murdoch and his desperate grasping desire for money...

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

GORRAMGROUPIE

Friday, October 23, 2009 9:28 PM

Here's a good link on more about the fee-based Hulu threat.

http://gizmodo.com/5388745/how-a-paid-hulu-would-work

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MSA

Friday, October 23, 2009 9:32 PM

hmmmm

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

ZEEK

Friday, October 23, 2009 9:50 PM

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Originally posted by gorramgroupie:
Here's a good link on more about the fee-based Hulu threat.

http://gizmodo.com/5388745/how-a-paid-hulu-would-work

So, when they say the current stuff will remain free they mean the episodes online now and just the new episodes released later will cost money?

I just don't buy it. It's like the government with toll roads. They say it will just be one or two roads and then they taste that sweet sweet income and suddenly they're everywhere.

TRAVELER

Friday, October 23, 2009 10:12 PM

That sounds better. Would not like the idea of paying for shows that are years / decades old. If they have to charge extra because a network wants more money you can't fault Hulu. I have watched programs I have not seen in years and some I never saw when first run, so I appreciate Hulu's existance and the networks who make these programs available. I hope this continues.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

MSA

Friday, October 23, 2009 11:47 PM

I just figures since they've already aired it once, gotten revenue from the original airing, syndication, and other fees, plus advertising on Hulu... that'd be enough for them. It's not like these are original webisodes that they haven't already had a revenue stream from. It doesn't cost them any more to make them available on Hulu and they get even more revenue from the ads on it, plus it enhances awareness of the shows so more viewers, better ratings, can charge more for ads... I think that's why it bothers people.

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

TM

Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:02 AM

Off topic, but on my site TCMthings.piczo.com
I have a firefly page, a RIver Tam page and a mal page (and i'm hoping to make pages for all chartatrs) and on still lfying.net you can find firefly pictures frame by frame of every episoid ever!

FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:09 AM

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Originally posted by RugBug: Ugh...I heard the worst news ever on the radio this morning...hulu may start charging.

WHAT????????????? -_- that makes sad *sigh*

gorram Fox and their gorram money grubbing*grumblegrumble* -_

MSA

Saturday, October 24, 2009 6:01 AM

ooh good to know TM:)

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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