Disney-Hulu Deal Is Ominous For YouTube 133
Hugh Pickens writes "Dow Jones reports that Hulu scored a big victory when Disney agreed to take a nearly 30% stake in Hulu and put full episodes of its ABC TV shows on the site, enabling users to see shows like Lost, Scrubs, Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives for free. Disney views the move as a way to reach a new audience that isn't coming to the network's own website. Although the ABC.com website has attracted regular viewers of its shows, Hulu offers the opportunity to tap into a new group of viewers. Now Google is under mounting pressure to add more professional content to YouTube in order to attract more advertisers. According to Dow Jones' Scott Morrisson, the equity structure of the Disney-Hulu deal suggests that content creators want greater involvement in online distribution than Google has offered with YouTube. 'Content providers don't want to give (YouTube) content because the advertisers aren't there yet,' said Edward Jones analyst Andy Miedler."
Re:Available outside U.S. ? (Score:1, Funny)
Wake me up when Hulu is available outside the U.S.
Can't do it. It's like exporting software - we, the USA, have to make sure certain technologies do not get exported out of the country. The US Congress, in their wisdom, put these export restrictions on software and other media because we all know that the USofA is the only country in the World that is capable of developing technology.
Why, just think of what could happen if the terrorists got a hold MS Excel or Hulu! They could bombard every city in the US with shitty TV programming and keep track of the damage!
Re:Available outside U.S. ? (Score:4, Funny)
There is an other provider. It's called Torrent and it's available everywhere. I wonder what Hulu-ABC will do if they hear about it. Change their business model or something?
Re:"On-Demand" for FREE (Score:5, Funny)
I care - here's why:
Maybe it's just me, but if I was an Ugly Betty fan and needed her on-demand, I'd probably post anonymously.
Re:Available outside U.S. ? (Score:4, Funny)
You mean the cost of the Iraq War right? Wait am I trolling or being trolled?