If you do a lot of shopping on Amazon.com, you’ve no doubt come across the site’s $79 per year “Prime” membership option.
The basic idea is that for $79, you get free two-day shipping on just about everything sold directly by Amazon—not its third-party sellers, mind you—or $4-per-item overnight shipping.
The company has now …
Where’s TV headed? Ask Hulu CEO Jason Kilar. His company has insight from “daily interactions with users, advertisers, and content owners,” as he mentions in a recent company blog post.
What Do We Want?
In a nutshell, consumers want fewer ads, the convenience of on-demand programming available from any device, and we’ve …
Hulu Plus is continuing its slow journey towards being available everywhere, with the announcement that the paid streaming television on demand service is now available on Vizio Internet-connected HDTVs, and will soon be available on Vizio Blu-Ray players and select Android phones. Hulu CEO Jason Kilar announced the partnerships at CES …
America is no longer big enough for Hulu. Having successfully launched Hulu Plus, the paid-subscription model for the streaming video-on-demand service, the company – co-owned by NBC Universal, Fox parent company News Corp. and The Walt Disney Co. – wants to expand internationally.
Talking to the Wall Street Journal, chief executive …
Hulu Plus is now widely available to the general public for $8 per month, down from the beta-phase pricing of $10 per month. The online video service is jointly owned by ABC, NBC, and Fox, and features full episodes from many of the shows currently airing on the networks as well as access to a back catalog of shows from previous …
Oh, the humanity. In another reminder that TV service providers don’t have your best interests in mind, Dish Network executive Bruce Eisen recently said streaming TV sites (like Hulu) that allow you to watch new episodes of shows the day after they air should instead delay new shows by 30 days.
According to GigaOM:
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Earlier reports that Roku boxes would be getting Hulu Plus access have now been confirmed, and it looks like TiVo’s getting in on the action as well.
The venerable DVR company announced that subscribers will be able to access the current- and back-episodes of popular TV shows from ABC, NBC, and FOX when subscribed to the $10-per-month
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The Roku streaming media set-top box appears to be close to offering Hulu Plus support, which would mean unlimited streaming TV shows from ABC, NBC, and FOX for $10 per month.
One person claims to have confirmed “with two of Hulu’s content partners that Roku owners will soon be able to get Hulu content,” while NewTeeVee claims to …
Apparently CBS is in talks with Hulu to feature its shows on the new $9.99 per month premium Hulu Plus plan. Said CBS CEO Les Moonves,
“Are we having discussions with the Hulu subscription service? Yes we are. Our goal is to get paid for our content in as many different ways as we can without hurting the mother ship. The key here is
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Hulu’s pay-for-play service launches today on Sony’s PlayStation 3 platform. However, only a small group of PlayStation Plus subscribers will have access to Hulu Plus. Everyone else will have to request an invite after they’ve downloaded the app. General availability for all other PS3 owners is “expected in the coming …
One of the main questions that arose with Hulu’s announcement of its premium service, Hulu Plus, was whether or not the $10 per month subscription fee would provide for a commercial free viewing experience. It does not. The monthly fee basically gives subscribers access to entire back catalogs of shows from participating networks.
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It was originally reported last month that Hulu Plus for the PlayStation 3 would require a PlayStation Plus subscription but it turns out that only applies for the preview period. It’s unclear when said preview period will end but at least we now know that Hulu Plus on the PS3 will not require a PlayStation Plus subscription.
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