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The "off to the torrents" message doesn't mean much to the industry. They'd rather have 2x viewers on legal, revenue-generating sites and 5x viewers on torrent
by dkarl 18y ago
The "off to the torrents" message doesn't mean much to the industry. They'd rather have 2x viewers on legal, revenue-generating sites and 5x viewers on torrents than have 10x users on legal, non-revenue-generating sites. They want to maximize their paying customers and don't give a damn about non-paying customers. (Only on the web would this seem naive.)
- jerf 18y agoHulu customers are paying customers, and it is a revenue-generating site. They watch ads. Now, they aren't anywhere near as much "paying" as someone watching the same show on a conventional channel (who also pay by watching ads), but they are not freeloaders, either. Hulu customers could already have been torrenting, but preferred the Hulu experience, even with ads. I make no further inferences, other than to point that out. (I would point out that it doesn't seem feasible to make a show directly for Hulu, for the ad rates they get, vs. the obvious feasibility of making a show for a conventional channel.)
- Chocobean 18y agoIt'll be interesting when companies who have paid for product placement on those shows have direct links to purchase said products, right in Hulu. This can also be extended to show DVDs and other official studio-produced merch. Think of it as "As Seen On TV" infomercial people actually want to watch.