Hulu is NBC Universal and 20th Century Foxes joint venture designed to shut Apple out of the online video market. NBC Universal pulled all it's content off iTunes for it, and Fox will likely follow suit.
Which is interesting, as studios obviously get paid for each iTunes download. It's been reported in the press they get about 50% of the proceeds from each download, which is usually about $2 per episode. If they're happy with streaming media, you have to imagine they're getting at least a dollar per stream per episode -- otherwise they wouldn't go in that direction.
Kevin, you obviously don't understand how business works. Business isn't about
profit,
or even
customer satisfaction,
business is all about
screwing the competition.
It doesn't matter if the studios make good money from the iTunes store, or even if customers like using it, what's most important is that Apple gets shut out of the market.
The same logic is at the root of the HD DVD/Blu-Ray war, and ultimately, it's why there is a writers strike. Those pesky writers need to be put in their place.
Tom speaks for me re: Hulu. It's not a business model, it's a pissing match.
Oh, I do think it's a business model. But (surprisingly, actually) they're thinking long term. Don't matter if they make less money now on online streaming. It's about regaining control of the distribution channels so that they can screw the people later with their monopoly.
Buffistas, they are everywhere: [link]
BTW, I have leftover bags, if anyone (anywhere) wants to do another drop-off.
Wow! Tim really does rock.
Tim's getting all the kudos, but toss some love John Gray's way for braving the freeway at rush hour to deliver them.
We're gonna need a bigger Sharpie.
