Hulu, one of the most popular video streaming sites in America has announced it will begin testing a $10 per month premium subscription starting on May 24th.
The service, called Hulu Plus, will allow users to watch additional episodes than those that are currently made available to free users. Free users can, for the most part, watch the last five episodes of a current season of a show.
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$10 isn't that much and if international users could get the same deal i would gladly pay $10 for hulu. At the moment i have being using vpn for it =(.
This is entirely different service than what satellite companies deliver. With hulu you can watch what they have right to show instead of just choose a channel and watch what your satellite company wants to broadcast.
I would rather download my tv, Or hook up my 92 sony vcr. Then sit and watch a full 10 minutes of commercials with my shows. Its a shame hulu is a good site. But corporate greed has sunk another good site.
I still use my TV, but I record in advance and skip all the commercials...and I even have to do that on PBS!
If Hulu did the following, I would be happy to pay them $20 a month for it:
1.) Provide live streaming versions of all the channels, in HD and not some crummy, overcompressed HD...it should look good on a big TV.
2.) [optional] Provide a past-dvr, allowing users to watch anything that has been on any channel at any time during the last month (more than a month would be even better).
3.) I understand that some networks like Showtime or HBO would want to charge a lot extra for their programming, I don't blame you if you don't carry this, or if it costs a bit extra. However, normal channels that you would get in a typical HD cable package should all be there, and without extra fees. Failing this, charge a low monthly fee per channel, so that I can pick the few channels that I want, and not have to pay for about 100 channels that I will never even channelsurf through.
