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I think it would be a very good fit with them. But they need to make sure they won't get screwed by the networks later, when they won't care what happens to Hul

I think it would be a very good fit with them. But they need to make sure they won't get screwed by the networks later, when they won't care what happens to Hulu once they've sold it. Their incentive might be to kill it so they keep making money from normal advertising, rather than Hulu's online advertising. But this is also an opportunity to strengthen their relationship with them, and get them to support Google TV. EDIT: They can also do a lot of cool stuff to it, like integrating Google+ with it, for social viewing. Imagine Hangouts with Hulu...

hebejebelus 15y ago
WRT your edit: This reminds me of a service idea I had a while back which I shelved for far too many reasons: A site/chatroom-esque thing where you can invite people to watch things with you over the net (inspired by my long-distance relationship at the time). I'd originally thought of Megavideo, but youtube movies was even better (read: more legal). Advertising would have been fairly well-targeted, judging by the video these people were watching. Free idea, anyone?
- tartuffe78 15y ago
  The Colbert Report (via colbertnation.com) had/has something like this. It prompted me to try it when I was watching an episode, basically you wait for a room to fill up with people, then it plays to all of you while you chat. Obviously you can't pause, which bothered me as I am usually doing two things at once while watching something online
- necubi 15y ago
  This actually is a feature of Google+. When in a "hangout" (the video chat service) anyone can push a youtube video to the group, which can then be watched by everybody together. Chat, audio and video continue underneath, so you can discuss what's going on.
joelhaus 15y ago
> they need to make sure they won't get screwed by the networks later, when they won't care what happens to Hulu EXACTLY. To make this work Google would need to tie an incentive scheme into the sales contract. Perhaps the combined momentum of TV over IP and an earn-out or overly-generous ad revenue deal would persuade the TV networks? Alas, these same broadcasters still rely heavily on fees received from the cable operators (e.g. News Corp, et. al. threaten Time Warner Cable for higher fees before the Superbowl), but one can hope. P.S. For some history on the Hulu IPO-turned-sale, this comment has some numbers/references: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2685965 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2685965

hebejebelus 15y ago

WRT your edit: This reminds me of a service idea I had a while back which I shelved for far too many reasons: A site/chatroom-esque thing where you can invite people to watch things with you over the net (inspired by my long-distance relationship at the time). I'd originally thought of Megavideo, but youtube movies was even better (read: more legal). Advertising would have been fairly well-targeted, judging by the video these people were watching. Free idea, anyone?

tartuffe78 15y ago
The Colbert Report (via colbertnation.com) had/has something like this. It prompted me to try it when I was watching an episode, basically you wait for a room to fill up with people, then it plays to all of you while you chat. Obviously you can't pause, which bothered me as I am usually doing two things at once while watching something online
necubi 15y ago
This actually is a feature of Google+. When in a "hangout" (the video chat service) anyone can push a youtube video to the group, which can then be watched by everybody together. Chat, audio and video continue underneath, so you can discuss what's going on.

joelhaus 15y ago

> they need to make sure they won't get screwed by the networks later, when they won't care what happens to Hulu EXACTLY. To make this work Google would need to tie an incentive scheme into the sales contract. Perhaps the combined momentum of TV over IP and an earn-out or overly-generous ad revenue deal would persuade the TV networks? Alas, these same broadcasters still rely heavily on fees received from the cable operators (e.g. News Corp, et. al. threaten Time Warner Cable for higher fees before the Superbowl), but one can hope. P.S. For some history on the Hulu IPO-turned-sale, this comment has some numbers/references: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2685965 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2685965