They will only be offering NBC's stuff. This needs to flop or we'll have to pay for everything online.
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Adrianne Brennan <[email protected] > wrote: > > > If they supply True Blood, it'll be cheaper than an HBO subscription and > would gladly go for it. > > ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ > http://www.adriannebrennan.com > Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon > Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath > The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html > > > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> 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 >> >> - Sony's PlayStation near deal with Hulu: >> report<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65O07S20100625> >> Thu, Jun 24 2010 >> - Sony's PlayStation near deal with >> Hulu-report<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2423075420100625> >> Thu, Jun 24 2010 >> - Hulu in talks with CBS, others for paid TV shows: >> report<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65M0OU20100623> >> Wed, Jun 23 2010 >> - Hulu in talks with CBS, others for paid TV shows - >> Bloomberg<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE65M04L20100623> >> Wed, Jun 23 2010 >> - Microsoft Kinect arrives November >> 4th<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65D4XP20100616> >> 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. >> >> Entertainment <http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment> | >> ipad<http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad> >> | Technology <http://www.reuters.com/news/technology> | >> Television<http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/television> >> | Media <http://www.reuters.com/news/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, >> iPad<http://www.reuters.com/subjects/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/ >> >> >> > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
