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To put this story into context, remember that the biggest stake holders in Hulu are NBC Universal, Fox Entertainment, and Disney (27% each). Source: http://en.

by andreyf 17y ago

To put this story into context, remember that the biggest stake holders in Hulu are NBC Universal, Fox Entertainment, and Disney (27% each). Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulu

paulgb 17y ago
Exactly. I bet Hulu would love to be on the TV, it's the content owners who don't.
- Skeuomorph 17y ago
  Hulu is on my TV, using Hulu Desktop application, provided by Hulu, with an 10 foot experience approaching the usability of TiVo. EDIT: Hulu Desktop is at http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop, have a look at the screenshots or try it. Note that "Hulu Desktop will work with Apple and Windows Media Center remotes" suggesting they don't expect it to be driven by a mouse and keyboard.
  - blasdel 17y ago
    But Hulu Desktop is the just the same Flash bullshit, with the same ridiculously awful performance. If you're going to go to the trouble of distributing a desktop app, why the fuck would you still accept playback 100x crappier than native implementations?
- mikeryan 17y ago
  What's the distinction though? Hulu was created and is owned by the content owners. Sure the folks building Hulu may feel that way but this is a business that's still figuring out how to do this in a way that works for everyone involved and right now TV ads are the cash cow for the networks. From Hulu's perspective really the best thing to do right now is deploy their content in the most restrictive way possible because they don't want to identify a model that works and then be in a position of having to limit functionality or access to existing users in order to make it happen. Its always better to be able to add access then to take it away.
  - snprbob86 17y ago
    I think the distinction is that Hulu has an outward appearance of a proper hacker-run site. From very early on, it had an excellent feature set and a strong feeling of quality and pride. It seems that it isn't run by dinosaurs; just owned by them.
    - endtime 17y ago
      Well, it is run by Jason Kilar, a former Amazon SVP, who appears not to be of the same mind as the content owners. I remember reading an article which described how he disagreed with them quite vigorously about a few things around launch...unfortunately, I can't find it now, don't remember enough details.

by andreyf 17y ago

paulgb 17y ago

Exactly. I bet Hulu would love to be on the TV, it's the content owners who don't.

Skeuomorph 17y ago
Hulu is on my TV, using Hulu Desktop application, provided by Hulu, with an 10 foot experience approaching the usability of TiVo. EDIT: Hulu Desktop is at http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop, have a look at the screenshots or try it. Note that "Hulu Desktop will work with Apple and Windows Media Center remotes" suggesting they don't expect it to be driven by a mouse and keyboard.
- blasdel 17y ago
  But Hulu Desktop is the just the same Flash bullshit, with the same ridiculously awful performance. If you're going to go to the trouble of distributing a desktop app, why the fuck would you still accept playback 100x crappier than native implementations?
mikeryan 17y ago
What's the distinction though? Hulu was created and is owned by the content owners. Sure the folks building Hulu may feel that way but this is a business that's still figuring out how to do this in a way that works for everyone involved and right now TV ads are the cash cow for the networks. From Hulu's perspective really the best thing to do right now is deploy their content in the most restrictive way possible because they don't want to identify a model that works and then be in a position of having to limit functionality or access to existing users in order to make it happen. Its always better to be able to add access then to take it away.
- snprbob86 17y ago
  I think the distinction is that Hulu has an outward appearance of a proper hacker-run site. From very early on, it had an excellent feature set and a strong feeling of quality and pride. It seems that it isn't run by dinosaurs; just owned by them.
  - endtime 17y ago
    Well, it is run by Jason Kilar, a former Amazon SVP, who appears not to be of the same mind as the content owners. I remember reading an article which described how he disagreed with them quite vigorously about a few things around launch...unfortunately, I can't find it now, don't remember enough details.