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Brent "Mr. Worf" <[email protected]> writes: >As the prediction foretold, it has been done... > > >Hulu starts paid subscription TV service > >Jennifer Saba >NEW YORK >Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:39pm EDT > >Related News > >[ http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65O07S20100625 ]Sony's >PlayStation near deal with Hulu: report >Thu, Jun 24 2010 >[ http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2423075420100625 ]Sony >'s PlayStation near deal with Hulu-report >Thu, Jun 24 2010 >[ http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65M0OU20100623 ]Hulu in talks >with CBS, others for paid TV shows: report >Wed, Jun 23 2010 >[ http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE65M04L20100623 ]Hulu in talks >with CBS, others for paid TV shows - Bloomberg >Wed, Jun 23 2010 >[ http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65D4XP20100616 ]Microsoft Kinect >arrives November 4th >Tue, Jun 15 2010 > > >NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hulu introduced a new paid subscription service for >watching TV shows and movies on mobile devices, game consoles, television >sets and computers, and joined other media companies trying to strike a >balance between paid and ad supported models. > > > >[ http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment ]EntertainmentÊÊ|ÊÊ[ >http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad ]ipadÊÊ|ÊÊ[ >http://www.reuters.com/news/technology ]TechnologyÊÊ|ÊÊ[ >http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/television ]TelevisionÊÊ|ÊÊ[ >http://www.reuters.com/news/media ]Media > > > >Until now, Hulu has been free over the web supported by advertisements, >but offered only selected TV shows and movies. That service will continue >to exist after the launch of Hulu Plus. > > > >Hulu's subscription service, called Hulu Plus, gives users access to more >than 45 full programs of everything from "Glee" to "The Office" for $9.99 >a month. > > > >Like all media companies, Hulu has its work cut out in trying to get >people to pay for programing they are used to watching for free from the >broadcast networks. > > > >Hulu Plus is hoping to lure consumers to pay a monthly fee for the >convenience of watching shows whenever they want. > > > >Hulu has the backing of some of the most powerful media brands, with Fox >owner News Corp, General Electric Co's NBC Universal, ABC owner Walt >Disney Co holding equity stakes in the company. Providence Equity >Partners also is a stakeholder. > > > >Hulu said it is making its service available on Apple Inc's iPhone, [ >http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad ]iPad and iTouch, Samsung >Electronics Co Ltd's television sets and Blu-ray players. Soon, Hulu Plus >will be available on Sony Corp's PlayStation 3. > > > >Next year, the service will be available on Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360, >Hulu said in its announcement on Tuesday. > > > >Netflix Inc already runs a subscription service, while Comcast Corp and >Time Warner Inc are developing "TV Everywhere," which will allow people >to watch shows on demand for free and on any device provided they are >already paying customers. > > > >In another case, Time Warner's HBO service Go lets subscribers download >episodes of "True Blood" or "Big Love" as a free ad-on. > > > >The Hulu subscription plan and partnership with device makers was a >widely anticipated move, reported by Reuters and others earlier this >month. > > > >In a blog post, Hulu chief executive Jason Kilar described Hulu Plus as >"incremental and complementary" to the existing Hulu service. He said the >subscription plan would make available full seasons of current TV shows, >as well as back seasons of hit programs like "Arrested Development" and >"The X-Files." > > > >"We believe that any lasting solution to the challenge of making TV show >discovery and viewing dramatically easier has to work for all three of >our customers, and those are our end users, our advertisers, and our >content suppliers," Kilar wrote. > > > >CBS Corp is the only major broadcast network without an ownership stake >in Hulu and currently does not make any of its programs available on the >video website. The company declined to comment on whether it would >participate in the paid service. > > > >(Reporting by Jennifer Saba, editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Carol >Bishopric) > > > >-- >Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >Mahogany at: [ >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
