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This could very well be true, but there are a couple different things that could happen as well. Google has had a lot of experience in the past several years m
by mlinsey 15y ago
This could very well be true, but there are a couple different things that could happen as well. Google has had a lot of experience in the past several years monetizing YouTube much more effectively, so it's possible they could do a better job than Hulu does now at generating revenues.
Alternatively (and I think perhaps most likely), Google simply sees mainstream TV being available on the Internet as of tremendous strategic importance. They might be willing to take significant losses in operating it for that reason. They might even be willing to pay the extra fees to bake it into Google TV, which would immediately make that product far more compelling.
- qbleep 15y agoAgreed, but I sure hope if this happens that they keep the two / three ads per episode model. I feel like that's pretty fair. We get to watch good TV online, they get to show us a few ads. But if they go all Youtube and start inserting flash overlay banners I'll jump ship.
- daeken 15y agoI really liked Hulu when it was two or three ads per episode. Now I get two ads at a time, and a 30 minute episode of The Simpsons contains 4-5 ad breaks. It bothers me more than just watching it on TV. Edit: The House episode I'm watching has 6 ad breaks, each of those have 1 or 2 ads.