Comments on: The End of Free Hulu

By: Fellow Winger

Fellow Winger — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:48:00 +0000

This is the kind of journalism that could only come from a former Pelican editor. You make me proud Vicky!

By: Diggory

Diggory — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:23:07 +0000

As Kimberly M. said, this rumor was thankfully debunked: http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/10/29/hulu-free/ . I wonder what sorts of “premium” content they’ll introduce!

By: Charles C. Johnson

Charles C. Johnson — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:51:37 +0000

The best site is clearly Ninjavideo.net.

Not that I would ever violate copyright or anything, but it is seriously amazing.

By: Kimberly M.

Kimberly M. — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:12:26 +0000

The FBM is right. Although Hulu is going to start charging for some content in 2010, they aren't going to abandon the free model. After the original article was published, EW published an article clarifying this.

A source close to Hulu, however, tells EW that the site remains steadfastly committed to free content, explaining that any possible subscription or pay-per-view service has no set timeline and would only build upon what Hulu offers, not replace it.

It is still worrying since Hulu has been removing a lot of their content recently (What happened to all the Arrested Development?), but we still have a couple years of free Hulu ahead of us.

By: the flying basghetti monster

the flying basghetti monster — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:33:30 +0000

Whatever. Before we start spouting about the free internet apocalypse, has anyone noticed that HULU has commercials in all of their content. A subscription option could simply eliminate commercials by passing the per-view cost of advertising on to the users. You’d have to be incredibly naive to believe that a company as smart as Hulu would ever walk away on the model that has made them so successful.

By: Ching

Ching — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:14:54 +0000

LAME