Category: Hulu

• April 24, 2012

  Chitchat: Battleground is one of the year’s best new series [that you’re not watching]

  

  I talk television with a lot of people. Friends, family, other critics on Twitter, vagrants on the street. I just love talking about TV. Because I don’t have the time and resources to do a podcast like I used to in college, I’m going to sort of replicate that experience in textual form in a…
• June 24, 2010

  Should Hulu be in more of a hurry?

  

  I’ve been following the development of Hulu Plus since before I had these digs — check past pieces here, here, here, here and here — and here we are, June of 2010 and there’s still no access to the supposed version of our favorite streaming video web site that we have to pay for. So…
• April 29, 2010

  More on the Hulu Plus move

  After much speculation, reports surfaced this week that Hulu will begin beta-testing Hulu Plus, a $9.95 monthly subscription at the end of next month. Some critics think the move is too late, others just in time. Some suggest $10 is too expensive, others too cheap. In a way, they are all correct.
• April 24, 2010

  Hulu attempts to monetize — My reaction

  The time has finally come. This week, Hulu brass announced their intentions to start charging for certain bundles of content.
• March 7, 2010

  Hulu and monetization: A prospective pay model

  Despite what we all want, we are eventually going to have to pay to use Hulu.
• February 20, 2010

  Streaming video news part one: Hulu to the iPad?

  There have been a few interesting developments in streaming video this week, all of which should have long-term implications for the television industry. I’m hoping to write about all three over the next day or so. First up: Rumors are swirling that Hulu could come to the iPad. But will we have to pay?