Bhairitu, I'm just grateful our public library has such a good collection, not
only of movies but also of TV series. (I did notice that they don't have Tru
Blood. They have the entire Twilight series so I'm not sure what the difference
is.)Anyway, great to watch those shows without ad interruption.
On Friday, September 26, 2014 11:56 AM, "Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net
[FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I cut the cable last October but for several years after I got a DVR I used the
30 second skip to avoid watching commercials and keep the viewing time to the
actual show content. Hulu+ was a step backward but a year ago they often only
had 15 second ad breaks. The funny thing is they try to custom serve ads based
on your demographic so it hilarious what they think I will buy. Worse yet
those custom ads can stall on my Chromecast because they aren't DASH.
On 09/26/2014 09:18 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
>Bhairitu, because I haven't had TV hookup for decades, when I go visit my
>family, who have the TV on all the time (!), I am often shocked by what they
>advertise on TV now. Of course, such a statement makes me feel a little old (-:
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>On Friday, September 26, 2014 11:02 AM, "Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net
>[FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>Dan, Hulu's business model is different form Netflix. Netflix does not show
>>ads and people expect this with their Hulu+ subscription. You get no ads on
>>Hulu+ with movies and they have the Criterion Collection. The problem with
>>TV shows is sometimes the studio will place them for "buy" at sites like
>>Amazon, iTunes and VUDU. These are the ad free versions. So there would be
>>a problem (i.e. conflict of interest) if the shows were ad free on Hulu+ too.
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>>The main thing Hulu needs to
do is keep with short ad
breaks or ones no longer than
1 minutes. The current model
is 6 ad breaks per 44 minute
show (they actually call them
6 act shows). The broadcast
versions can have up to 4
minutes of commercials on a
break. I've heard that some
networks losing OTA viewers
are trying to make up for lost
revenue by shoving more ads on
streaming. That won't work as
people will drop the
subscriptions. And millennials
who don't like to watch TV
shows at all just like to
watch clips on places like
Hulu. The worlds is changing
right out from under the feet
of the network execs.
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>>Because of the ads + cost, I
don't think I will ever pick up
Hulu again. In fact, I am now
having a hard time with network
television shows because the ads
are just so irritating. I much
rather use my VPN and download
shows like Manhattan, The Good
Wife, The Blacklist, etc. via
torrent than to watch live or
dvr with the ads in place. Too
many ads and so annoying.
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>I have a problem with "network
television" period since most of the
shows are insipid. Most of any series
viewing is not broadcast shows and I
tend to favor foreign shows made in less
commercialistic environments. One of
the great things about the Utopia BD was
the featurette on shooting the
controversial episode three because it
covered the constraints of shooting with
a limited budget. US networks make
shows that are mostly gloss with little
content. That gloss costs money so no
wonder they have to sell a lot of ads to
balance the spreadsheet. And then no
one watches. We're all waiting to see
what new shows get canceled first.
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>Maybe less gloss, more story might
please viewers but I'm sure the research
the networks do tells them gloss is the
key. But then why did FOX redo BBC's
"Broadchurch" especially after most of
us have seen the original on BBC
America? More story? Network TV execs
seem like a bunch of baboons flailing
away in their cages. And yes, I have
been enjoying "Manhattan" especially
because I grew up near the Hanford
Project and know the weirdness
surrounding it.
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>I actually prefer movies over series
because they are easier to fit into my
schedule. If a series falls into the
soap opera cliche then I am likely to
drop it because I don't like to be
"strung along". And contrary to popular
belief I'm actually not a TV junkie
either.
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>And then the ads. I turn the sound off
on Hulu+ which makes ads more insipid.
US businesses are desperate (just look
at the layoffs and doors closing) but
hard sells aren't going to help and in
fact probably make us NOT want to buy
the product. I think the business caste
deserves where they are in the Indian
caste system. ;-)
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>>I also find that more and
more of my listening and
viewing is taken up with
podcast that scratch a
certain itch. Narrowcasting
as opposed to broadcasting
is capturing my interest.
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