Project: Shadow

Share this post

Could Hulu Be in Trouble?

www.projectshadow.com

Discover more from Project: Shadow

Are you ready for an adventure beyond your wildest dreams? Dive into my electrifying space opera, mystical urban fantasy, and epic fantasy stories, and discover the unseen wonders of Writing, Fandom, and Fiction as seen through metamodern eyes.
Continue reading
Sign in

Could Hulu Be in Trouble?

Brian Logee
Dec 7, 2009
Share this post

Could Hulu Be in Trouble?

www.projectshadow.com
Share

Some sad news out, GE is moving forward on a deal between Comcast and NBC.

Hulu, LLC

Image via Wikipedia


Under the terms of that deal, Comcast would own 51 percent of the new entity, which would combine NBC Universal’s broadcast network, theme parks, movie studio, and cable-television channels USA, Bravo, CNBC and MSNBC with Comcast cable networks E! Entertainment, Versus and Golf Channel.


What does this mean for Hulu?

Hulu would then have 2/3 of their owners more interested in the company going away rather then succeeding.

Comcast is interested in keeping the public watching appointment TV and paying for a cable bill, putting their interests against Hulu.

Disney owners of ABC have a long history of ownership issues which is only furthered by the odd change in Hulu’s direction with their acquisition this year.  This season’s lessening of Hulu with many shows on a one week delay and the things going down with yanking Eastwick.

I’m not so concerned that Hulu would get shut down overnight.  What I do see as a possible future is a slow corruption in the quality of the product.  Lessening and restricting Hulu from making the advances necessary to grow it’s audience share.  This would allow it to become insignificant and to fade away.

With hope I want to believe that Hulu’s success will keep them from taking this great product away from everyone.  Hope is not enough.

How do we move forward?

What steps do you recommend we take to help the big studios see the value in offering shows streaming online and the value in services like Hulu which can aggregate those shows into a good player?

(via NewTeeVee)


Reblog this post [with Zemanta]
Share this post

Could Hulu Be in Trouble?

www.projectshadow.com
Share
Previous
Next
Comments
Top
New
Community

No posts

Ready for more?

© 2023 Charlie Dorsett. CC BY-NC-SA
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing