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I'd like to see someone make an international model of such a site and gain a large backing with some popular tv show or movie content providers and beat hulu a
by buugs 17y ago
I'd like to see someone make an international model of such a site and gain a large backing with some popular tv show or movie content providers and beat hulu at their own game.
It would be interesting to see how their revenue model changes.
- mynameishere 17y agoThere is an international model and it doesn't make much money.
- mikedouglas 17y agoI doubt if Hulu had the bargaining power, they would be spending their time playing "police officer". Unfortunately, its the same hand giving them the content, that is pushing them to plug these minor leaks. The only alternative I can see would be an HBO-style online retailer willing to pay to produce high-quality content, cutting off the studio entirely. For whatever reason, they don't exist yet.
- JimmyL 17y agoDistribution rights aren't cheap - and while electronic ones would be cheaper, buying them to cover the world wouldn't be. Plus, you'd have to find advertisers for each individual country (which would be a huge pain in the ass) - without that, there's nothing to offset the per-user costs in those countries without contracts.