Besides the fact that you can watch Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon (and even NBA highlights) … The commercials (on Hulu) are not louder than the shows. No government intervention needed. Internet TV FTW.
Tagged Hulu, Internet TV, TV on the InternetOn TechCrunch Mark Suster compares Hulu to the oil cartel OPEC. I’m not sure what this point number 2 has to do with the cartel comparison, but I think it’s one of the more interesting points of the post: 2. Limited “Targeting” of Advertisements: The great promise of the Internet for advertisers was that they [...]
Tagged Hulu, TechCrunchAnd I was more than willing to take part… Too bad when I hit the second question their survey broke. From looking at the source code, apparently they were trying to show a video on a page that asked for my country, and either they didn’t like the version of Flash I have installed, or [...]
Tagged Hulu, SurveysSo, I know the thing on everyone’s mind is the whole Twitter Replies scandal, but really, that’s already been overdone, and it’ll be over and gone in a day anyway. But it does sort of relate to to this post in the whole K.I.S.S. #FAIL way… you see… Not too long ago, I was watching [...]
Tagged Diatribes, Hulu, The New Web, The Office, TVSo, I’m catching up on Dollhouse tonight (thankfully/mercifully, someone had the bright idea to extend the expiration dates so I could actually keep up), and I notice this: Availability Notes: The 13th Episode of Dollhouse will not be available for online streaming. Back To The Stone Age I can almost guarantee you that the person [...]
Tagged Diatribes, Dollhouse, Eliza Dushku, Hulu, TVThe Big Story is obviously that Disney has bought into Hulu meaning that by the time I get around to watching this season of LOST, it may be on Hulu! (ABC’s streaming video player is very good, but I am really hoping to one day have all the TV shows I want to watch on [...]
Tagged ABC, Disney, Hulu, The New Web, TV, User Experience, User InterfaceAccording to TechCrunch, Hulu gained 10 million viewers in Feburary, which is an impressive number, but if you look at their chart, what I think is more impressive is the 64.5 minutes per viewer which is second in the top 10 behind only Google Sites (aka YouTube) which had 134 minutes, and 3.6 times more [...]
Tagged ABC, CBS, Google, How I Met Your Mother, Hulu, LOST, NBC, TechCrunch, TV, YouTubeSo I went to catch up on some TVonTheInternet earlier this week and was offered the option of either watching a long ad and then the show straight through with no ads, or to watch with shorter ads interspersed as usual. Of course I went with the long ad at the beginning. I think I [...]
Tagged Advertising, Hulu, Marketing, The New Web, TVThanks to the RSS feeds Hulu provides, I was notified that there were a new Heroes videos available (I’m subscribed to what I guess you could call the Heroes Channel). I like this one with the Dylan song, but there were a couple others with different artists. This is evidently an ad for the Heroes [...]
Tagged Heroes, Hulu, TV, Video