The worlds of TV and technology are all abuzz about Hulu Plus, the new subscription model that will offer a greater variety of television shows to Web users willing to pay $9.99 per month. The New York Times has the details; try to keep up:
The subscription service, called Hulu Plus, will open the door to more episodes of current and classic shows, including entire seasons in many cases. Both flavors of the Web site will have ads; Hulu has signed two sponsors, Nissan and Bud Light, for the introduction of the paid site.
In a first for Hulu, the shows will be accessible to subscribers on the iPhone, the iPad and some Samsung television sets and Blu-ray players, with more platforms expected to be added later.
Access through the PlayStation 3 and Xbox video game consoles is also planned. Hulu Plus will consist of over-the-air shows like “The Simpsons” and “Brothers and Sisters.” Cable shows will not be included.
In other words, Hulu Plus as it as it exists now is a complete waste of money unless you have an iPad but no television. However, with a few small tweaks — adding cable shows would be a good start — this could well be the model for a la carte television that satellite and cable providers have been fending off for years. And THAT I could be down with. I’d pay 10 bucks a month just to not have TLC.
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People still watch over the air channels for something other than sports? Huh…
Why the hell would anyone pay for shows when they are a completely free torrent away. Or if you are not too impatient one Tv rerun away
No TLC? What about midgets? And cakes? And midget cakes?
Wait a minute. Midget bakers that only make cupcakes!
Delete this post! This is my idea!!!
Torrents it is, then.
I’m actually all for this. If it keeps the apple-douches’ heads down, focused on their pads or pods or whatever the fuck they have, it makes it that much easier for me to Terry Tate their hipster asses.
nice selection of cheri for the ipad photoshop
Uff, can’t you sort of “delete” channels from your guide. I did it with BET years ago and haven’t looked back, honky.
@JHC
And I’d pay $9.95 a month to watch video of you doing that.
*cough* Android? *cough*
Just a word of advice to the torrenters out there; I once got a cease and desist letter from HBO (through Comcast) when torrenting the Sopranos, and it has truly scared me off of pirating a lot of TV via bittorrent. I was using PeerGaurdian at the time, and being the worst kind of bittorrent user (downloading and then pretty much immediately killing the torrent app), and yet I was still “caught” and threatened.
So, ya know… just a heads up.
Yeah, don’t download HBO shows. I got the DMCA notice for downloading Curb Your Enthusiasm a few years back, and I killed the torrents when they were done too. HBO is pretty hardcore about it.
HBO is hardcore about a lot of things. Except for Anna Paquin’s tit-taes!!! I’ve watched 2 whole episodes of True Blood this season and I ain’t seen those glorious devils yet. I feel like a dog chasing a rabbit.
torrenters another piece of advice don’t kill the torrents remove them, if you just close the program they are still there, remove them no problem. I got a letter once also but haven’t had any letters since removing when they complete.
Torrents? Wait? whats that? You guys need to stop using sources that allow people to track what you are doing.
The beginning of the end for cable? The model for a la carte television that “satellite and cable providers have been fending off for years”? All because of this change to Hulu? Um…..I must respectfully disagree.
Hulu is owned by NBC Universal, which is in the process of being purchased by Comcast Corp, which is the largest cable operator and the largest home internet service provider in the United States.
The driving force behind the lack of a la carte channel options really has little to do with your satellite and cable providers. Don’t like TLC? Well how about The Discovery channel, The Science Channel, Animal Planet or any other learning themed channel? They’re all owned by Discovery Communications. So if you want them available a la carte, go convince Discovery Communications to sell it’s channels individually without placement stipulations at the same price or less, reducing their profit to accommodate you. Until they do that, your satellite or cable provider can’t help you.
The new Hulu options are one small step, but far from heraldic to massive change. The day will come, but not before there is cheap broadband internet connections in veritably every home in the country.
Who’s the skinny hobo?