Comments on: Hulu Dances to the Forefront http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/02/25/hulu-dances-to-the-forefront/ What's Hot & What's Cooking in Scholarly Publishing - from the Society for Scholarly Publishing Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:01:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Hulu Desktop Beta - Making it easier to eat our mushy brains! http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/02/25/hulu-dances-to-the-forefront/#comment-3346 Sat, 30 May 2009 05:15:30 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=3071#comment-3346 [...] Hulu Dances to the Forefront (scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org) [...]

]]> By: Ann Michael http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/02/25/hulu-dances-to-the-forefront/#comment-2476 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:34:30 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=3071#comment-2476 The other thing about Hulu that I like is that the commercials are short – some of the commercials on NBC.com and other network sites get ridiculously long.

I think Vinod has a great point too – that is, it built on the knowledge gained from other attempts. Can anyone say Netscape?

]]> By: Carol Meyer http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/02/25/hulu-dances-to-the-forefront/#comment-2455 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:16:01 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=3071#comment-2455 The reason hulu works for customers is that it’s free. Why pay $12 a month to TiVO or another DVR service for the privilege of time shifting, when you can get it for free on Hulu? Why pay $50 a month to a cable or satellite company when you can get so much programming for free on the internet.

Yeah, you can fast forward through the commercials on Tivo, but you have to actually watch them on hulu. That works for me, and it obviously works for the advertisers as well.

]]> By: Nick http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/02/25/hulu-dances-to-the-forefront/#comment-2438 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:26:29 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=3071#comment-2438 It’s bizarre that neither you or the Economist mentioned that it’s limited to US viewers currently.

]]> By: Vinod Khare http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/02/25/hulu-dances-to-the-forefront/#comment-2432 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:02:22 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=3071#comment-2432 I think hulu is winning because they’re building up on a tried and tested business model — that of offering video advertising on TV shows and movie — and adding user benefitting services to it. It gives the user the freedom to watch TV anywhere and at anytime and any number of times along with the traditional familiarity of already pervasive TV technology. I think it’s an example of how incremental improvement proves to be better (at least more successful) than radically new ideas.

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