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Honestly they should just add another tier with no ads. $8: Hulu with x ads per show. $9: Hulu ad free. There was a True Blood/Apple image series atop reddit
by Steko 13y ago
Honestly they should just add another tier with no ads.
$8: Hulu with x ads per show.
$9: Hulu ad free.
There was a True Blood/Apple image series atop reddit not too long ago but Googling reveals that HBO insists that they don't raise money for product placement but allow writers to use products so score one for HBO.
Humorously, Apple claims they don't pay for product placement but they do give devices away which is supposed to be different I guess.
Netflix ran into problems with Lillehammer due to Norwegian law against paid placement.
House of Cards with non-paid for Apple advert below:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1537771 http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1537771
- Steko 13y agoJust to go further into the numbers Hulu makes quite a bit from the ads. Link [1] is from Feb 2011 when Hulu was making 14.3 cents per episode. That means if you were watching 2 episodes a day Hulu was making more from you in a month from ads then from the Hulu Plus subscription. And I think ads have noticeably increased since 2011. I guess we know why that autoplay next episode kicks in so fast. And I guess it goes to the true cost of these licensing deals and why Netflix has a much worse tv selection that's a year old. [1] http://www.wirelessgoodness.com/2011/02/04/hulu-generates-0-143-in-ad-revenue-per-episode-more-than-cable-and-dvrs-but-not-broadcast/ http://www.wirelessgoodness.com/2011/02/04/hulu-generates-0-...
- Cushman 13y agoHuh... I wonder how much they make when I watch 30 seconds of Colbert and close the window.
- trhtrsh 13y agoApple has a team devoted to making Apple products easy to use in productions, and aggressively courts producers. But they don't "pay". It's exactly the same as how companies send press releases (and demos) to lazy journalists to reprint as news.