Comments on: Learning from Hulu’s Example http://profy.com/2007/12/18/learning-from-hulu/ Internet news and commentary Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:47:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: JasonT http://profy.com/2007/12/18/learning-from-hulu/#comment-98701 JasonT Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:53:52 +0000 http://profy.com/2007/12/18/learning-from-hulu/#comment-98701 They certainly are responsive. The newly added complete run of Firefly was initially listed in the original order that FOX aired them in... which in keeping with TV networks' tendency to destroy great shows was completely wrong. I sent in a bit of feedback and within 24 hours the episodes were resorted into the proper story order. They certainly are responsive. The newly added complete run of Firefly was initially listed in the original order that FOX aired them in… which in keeping with TV networks’ tendency to destroy great shows was completely wrong. I sent in a bit of feedback and within 24 hours the episodes were resorted into the proper story order.

]]> By: Carl http://profy.com/2007/12/18/learning-from-hulu/#comment-97681 Carl Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:50:34 +0000 http://profy.com/2007/12/18/learning-from-hulu/#comment-97681 I received my invite for the Hulu private beta over the weekend and I must say I am shocked at how good it is. I fully expected the project to be a failure, which is so common with online ventures such as this. Look at the online movie services which have failed to gain wide adoption. The interface is clean and simple, the video library is growing, and it just plain works as advertised. I am very impressed. If they could get wider adoption from the other networks such CBS and ABC, as well as other channels such as the Discovery Channel, the Travel Channel, etc. on board it could be a game changing service. Why game changing? Because I wouldn't need DirecTV anymore. I wouldn't need cable either. As it is I am downloading more and more television content via bittorrent and watching it that way so it would certainly be something I would explore. I could do without my $100 per month DirecTV package in favor of Hulu if it had a wide enough library and was updated on a daily basis with new shows. I received my invite for the Hulu private beta over the weekend and I must say I am shocked at how good it is.

I fully expected the project to be a failure, which is so common with online ventures such as this. Look at the online movie services which have failed to gain wide adoption.

The interface is clean and simple, the video library is growing, and it just plain works as advertised. I am very impressed. If they could get wider adoption from the other networks such CBS and ABC, as well as other channels such as the Discovery Channel, the Travel Channel, etc. on board it could be a game changing service.

Why game changing? Because I wouldn’t need DirecTV anymore. I wouldn’t need cable either.

As it is I am downloading more and more television content via bittorrent and watching it that way so it would certainly be something I would explore. I could do without my $100 per month DirecTV package in favor of Hulu if it had a wide enough library and was updated on a daily basis with new shows.

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