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Hulu has probably the best advertising model for web video content ever devised. And now that Disney has agreed to place their content on Hulu, I think the fight for premium content may be over and done with. Sorry Google, you lose this one.

Try http://www.hulu.com/ and come back and let us know what you think of this revenue model over anything that Google has tried so far.

We're sorry, currently our video library can only be streamed within the United States...blah...blah...blah.

Hulu has probably the best advertising model for web video content ever devised. And now that Disney has agreed to place their content on Hulu, I think the fight for premium content may be over and done with. Sorry Google, you lose this one.

Try http://www.hulu.com/ and come back and let us know what you think of this revenue model over anything that Google has tried so far.

The best way to stay behind after you are dead is to prepare an audio visual logic bomb in a top secret computer controlled government helicopter:

Airwolf: Moffett's Ghost

Working at home has lots of benefits, one of which is Hulu access. I was in tears just reading your comment, never mind watching it again :) It's at 4:50 of this clip. http://www.hulu.com/watch/60457/saturday-night-live-celebrity-jeopardy-cosby-osbourne-connery

An Exoplanet? Send in the Exosquad!

Do only evil

Seriously? Creating new sources of food is evil? Patents last for a few years or a couple decades (at most). New sources of food will continue to pay dividends for generations.

A small taste of monsanto's evilness.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food

They are not just trying to create new food sources, they are trying to become the ONLY food source.
They are playing god, and they lack any conscience.

Monstanto developed a seed that makes the plant infertile. That can cross contaminate other plants. The goal of this seed? To make it so farmers cannot use seed from the previous harvest and they have to buy more seeds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto#.22Terminator.22_seed_controversy
Monsanto is quite possibly the most evil company on the planet.

Observing that England is socially bias against the middle east is racist to you? you are the kind of knee-jerk racism-seeker that makes awesome skits like this one impossible today.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/1477/saturday-night-live-word-association

That already sounds too much like Chuck:

...a one-hour, action-comedy series about Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent....

[from the link]

Like the booming change-making bank industry.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/2315/saturday-night-live-first-citywide-change-bank-2

Anyone who thinks Ruby on Rails can't scale is as dogmatic in their anti-hype as the original hypers were. The right tool for the right job and all that.

Isolate the Hulu guys to providing US content only.

That's the whole thing, Hulu (and Google) doesn't own the content. They can only play it where they are licensed to.

Because Hulu is owned by NBC/Universal it may actually be easier for them to get international permission (at least for the NBC/U content).

ROOTKIT has its own site anyway: crackle.com
Not sure what they'd get out of a youtube partnership.

Anyway, anything having to do with distribution of content across national borders is a huge cluster-fuck thanks to decades of media cartel rule.
So it will be a royal pain for Youtube/Google to pry content from the MAFIAA's cold dead hands.

[flame-retardant-suit]Besides, outside the US/UK, how much good content is there?[/flame-retardant-suit]

Grab Fox Studios and maybe Lionsgate, get New Line Cinema and it's game over.

Fox already has TV, TV Movies and regular Movies on Hulu.
As does Lionsgate.
Plus plenty others.

Game over indeed.

Isolate the Hulu guys to providing US content only.

That's the whole thing, Hulu (and Google) doesn't own the content. They can only play it where they are licensed to.

Because Hulu is owned by NBC/Universal it may actually be easier for them to get international permission (at least for the NBC/U content).

ROOTKIT has its own site anyway: crackle.com
Not sure what they'd get out of a youtube partnership.

Anyway, anything having to do with distribution of content across national borders is a huge cluster-fuck thanks to decades of media cartel rule.
So it will be a royal pain for Youtube/Google to pry content from the MAFIAA's cold dead hands.

[flame-retardant-suit]Besides, outside the US/UK, how much good content is there?[/flame-retardant-suit]

Grab Fox Studios and maybe Lionsgate, get New Line Cinema and it's game over.

Fox already has TV, TV Movies and regular Movies on Hulu.
As does Lionsgate.
Plus plenty others.

Game over indeed.

Isolate the Hulu guys to providing US content only.

That's the whole thing, Hulu (and Google) doesn't own the content. They can only play it where they are licensed to.

Because Hulu is owned by NBC/Universal it may actually be easier for them to get international permission (at least for the NBC/U content).

ROOTKIT has its own site anyway: crackle.com
Not sure what they'd get out of a youtube partnership.

Anyway, anything having to do with distribution of content across national borders is a huge cluster-fuck thanks to decades of media cartel rule.
So it will be a royal pain for Youtube/Google to pry content from the MAFIAA's cold dead hands.

[flame-retardant-suit]Besides, outside the US/UK, how much good content is there?[/flame-retardant-suit]

Grab Fox Studios and maybe Lionsgate, get New Line Cinema and it's game over.

Fox already has TV, TV Movies and regular Movies on Hulu.
As does Lionsgate.
Plus plenty others.

Game over indeed.

Isolate the Hulu guys to providing US content only.

That's the whole thing, Hulu (and Google) doesn't own the content. They can only play it where they are licensed to.

Because Hulu is owned by NBC/Universal it may actually be easier for them to get international permission (at least for the NBC/U content).

ROOTKIT has its own site anyway: crackle.com
Not sure what they'd get out of a youtube partnership.

Anyway, anything having to do with distribution of content across national borders is a huge cluster-fuck thanks to decades of media cartel rule.
So it will be a royal pain for Youtube/Google to pry content from the MAFIAA's cold dead hands.

[flame-retardant-suit]Besides, outside the US/UK, how much good content is there?[/flame-retardant-suit]

Grab Fox Studios and maybe Lionsgate, get New Line Cinema and it's game over.

Fox already has TV, TV Movies and regular Movies on Hulu.
As does Lionsgate.
Plus plenty others.

Game over indeed.

Isolate the Hulu guys to providing US content only.

That's the whole thing, Hulu (and Google) doesn't own the content. They can only play it where they are licensed to.

Because Hulu is owned by NBC/Universal it may actually be easier for them to get international permission (at least for the NBC/U content).

ROOTKIT has its own site anyway: crackle.com
Not sure what they'd get out of a youtube partnership.

Anyway, anything having to do with distribution of content across national borders is a huge cluster-fuck thanks to decades of media cartel rule.
So it will be a royal pain for Youtube/Google to pry content from the MAFIAA's cold dead hands.

[flame-retardant-suit]Besides, outside the US/UK, how much good content is there?[/flame-retardant-suit]

Grab Fox Studios and maybe Lionsgate, get New Line Cinema and it's game over.

Fox already has TV, TV Movies and regular Movies on Hulu.
As does Lionsgate.
Plus plenty others.

Game over indeed.

Isolate the Hulu guys to providing US content only.

That's the whole thing, Hulu (and Google) doesn't own the content. They can only play it where they are licensed to.

Because Hulu is owned by NBC/Universal it may actually be easier for them to get international permission (at least for the NBC/U content).

ROOTKIT has its own site anyway: crackle.com
Not sure what they'd get out of a youtube partnership.

Anyway, anything having to do with distribution of content across national borders is a huge cluster-fuck thanks to decades of media cartel rule.
So it will be a royal pain for Youtube/Google to pry content from the MAFIAA's cold dead hands.

[flame-retardant-suit]Besides, outside the US/UK, how much good content is there?[/flame-retardant-suit]

Grab Fox Studios and maybe Lionsgate, get New Line Cinema and it's game over.

Fox already has TV, TV Movies and regular Movies on Hulu.
As does Lionsgate.
Plus plenty others.

Game over indeed.

You should have asked Dr. Smith. He would have believed you.

It's little-known that Bush also found some critical errors in Fermilab calculations.

Oh but seriously, Jimmy Carter's background as a nuclear physicist and engineer became somewhat useful during the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor partial-meltdown.

On April 1, President Jimmy Carter arrived at Three Mile Island to inspect the plant. Carter, a trained nuclear engineer, had helped dismantle a damaged Canadian nuclear reactor while serving in the U.S. Navy.

That Onion story also reminded me of this SNL sketch from 1986 or so. Some jokes are eternal...

W

http://www.hulu.com/watch/62978/battlestar-galactica-battlestar-best-surprise-moment-this-is-earth#x-4,cClips,1 I stand corrected. Ron Moore, hats off. you fooled the shit out of me.

Maybe the best thing is to just ditch this whole television model entirely. Have a couple of rich geeks create a new website similar to Hulu except dedicated to original, real, science fiction. No ECW. No campy shiat. Really good, well-produced shows like Stargate SG-1, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, etc. Isn't Paul Allen kind of a geek like us? Maybe we can convince him to invest in something like this?

Go back and watch "Our Mrs. Reynolds. You may feel differently. Or not. I would agree that the pilot wasn't as good as the rest of the series. But the series is damned good.

Dollhouse started off slow but has turned out a couple of fantastic episodes (try ep 2, "The Target," or ep 4, "Grey Hour." Word on the street is that episodes 6 onward are fantastic television, although I personally am not important enough to have seen them.

Joss fans hated Firefly at first too. They though the premise was weird and the first few episodes ("Train Job"? "Shindig"?) were not exactly amazing. And then it got good, but it was too late.

Give Dollhouse a fighting chance - WATCH.

http://www.hulu.com/dollhouse

Jason Kilar, CEO of Hulu, admitted on the company's blog that the content owners demanded that Boxee stop displaying Hulu content.

This isn't really "news" considering it had been broadcast even before it happened. Never the less, you can watch the two episodes here ->

http://www.hulu.com/watch/60651/the-colbert-report-tue-mar-3-2009

http://www.hulu.com/watch/60861/the-colbert-report-wed-mar-4-2009

This isn't really "news" considering it had been broadcast even before it happened. Never the less, you can watch the two episodes here ->

http://www.hulu.com/watch/60651/the-colbert-report-tue-mar-3-2009

http://www.hulu.com/watch/60861/the-colbert-report-wed-mar-4-2009

Don't forget your robot insurance, especially if the little ones are going to be around their grandparents much...

http://www.hulu.com/watch/2340/saturday-night-live-old-glory

The media businesses will stay in business as long as they learn to adapt to new trends like the Internet.

Hulu was developed when too many TV shows got captured and posted on Youtube for free and hosted via file sharing networks. The videos got pulled from Youtube and Hulu.com hosts the old TV shows and some movies for free, with limited interruption advertising.

Hulu.com makes money off of advertising added to the videos, plus advertising on the web site to view the videos, all while providing free videos to its users. There is no need to pirate those TV Shows or host them on Youtube and violate copyrights.

The same with music, one can create a music station like last.fm or Yahoo Launchcast Music that plays free Internet music via a radio-like broadcast system catered to the listener's likes and dislikes. Inbetween songs can be put in commercials.

The same with books, after so many pages of reading, there are a few advertising spots before the next few pages are displayed, the same with newspapers. Along with advertising on those web sites that have the electronic version of books and newspapers and magazines.

Plus it allows people to get into the media business by themselves by starting up their own web site or use free resources to start their own media site for free. Then pay for putting in Google AdSense or some other advertising system on their paid or free web site to bring in the revenue.

Of course there will always be free and open source web sites for free and open source media. Be it Wikis, or CMS forums like Slashdot or CNet, blogs, other forums, or just web site with content on it.

Print is dead, but ePrint replaced it.

Newspapers are dead, but eNewspapers, Blogs, Forums, Wiki sites, etc replaced them.

The Music industry is dead, but the eMusic industry that sells songs via files or pays for them via advertising have replaced them.

The movie industry is dead, but Hulu.com, Netflicks, Blockbuster, etc replaced them.

Learn to adapt to changes in technology or die like the dinosaurs did. Grow, evolve, change, whatever it takes to modify your business model and technology to take advantage of new trends and new technology and new media containers.

I don't really see it as all that different from when we went from Color TV, to VHS video tapes, to DVD video, to Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Video, to Video files over the Internet. It is the same product, just different technology. In the case of the media file it is a pattern of bits which can be easily duplicated for pennies on the dollar instead of being a physical media container which costs more. So in theory, a media company putting their content on files, instead of a physical container, would save a lot of money by just selling files instead of audio CDs, Video DVDs, Paper Books, Paper Newspapers, etc.

The only issue is how to combat piracy when the media is in a format that is easier to copy than the physical matter format. One way to do that is keep prices low, another way is to offer it for free with advertsing ala Hulu.com and other web sites.

This is not brain surgery, this is really really simple. Ask any of us Computer Geeks how to create a file of information and host it on a web site with advertising, etc. Most of us are out of work and need jobs creating the new web sites for the media companies anyway, it is a win-win situation.

I partly agree with you - except that Flash has the best media playback available. It isn't all bad, but it is misused most of the time.

Some sites make really good use of Flash:
http://www.youtube.com/
http://www.hulu.com/
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/

Apparently you didn't look very hard: http://www.hulu.com/support/contact

Hulu has a forum area with a section on devices. A "Boxee" thread has already been started for the purpose of asking Hulu to not block Boxee.

Hulu > Discussions > Device Support Request

If you're as upset about this as I am, it wouldn't hurt to let Hulu know.

http://www.hulu.com/videos/search?query=contact

No it doesn't bring up a contact page, but scroll to the bottom and there's a little link "Didn't find what you wanted? Click here to let us know" which pops up a contact box.... use it to let them know how you feel.

I think you missed an episode or two. Angela already has a new cat and Dwight tried to burn the whole building down with it inside. You only have to watch the first few minutes, specifically 2:28-2:58.

>>>by making your computer do the impossible, and boot a website.

He didn't say he booted hulu.com. He said he booted TO hulu.com, meaning he wrote a script that automatically opens a browser window and loads http://www.hulu.com./

Duh.

Most of ReGenesis can be viewed at hulu if you live in the United States.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/18891/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-a-problem-for-dennis -- I think the submitter stole his story from a TV Show.

qz

The artist can choose the venue he performs at, it doesn't always have to be at the House of Blues in whatever city you're in.

The ones you are referring also are oftentimes closely connected with labels so if someone signs they have to perform at certain venues. Yea, if it's a really big venue it's going to cost more to get in and use, but there's also room for many more customers and more money for the band. Also, if you sign with a label for promotion, you're obviously going to lose a lot of your cut.

I can definitely get on the bandwagon of using law to improve the band's cut of live performance revenues though.

My problem is with, what I consider, the extortion that's been going on for years by record labels for a recording which is entirely over valued. And now their tirade against their customers.

In the end, they're just going to fail... recordings are just too easy and too cheap to produce and securely distribute. They need to adapt and provide us with super easy and inexpensive access or flounder and die.

http://www.hulu.com/
http://www.pandora.com/
http://www.netflix.com/

This is the ONLY example of a major media outlet actually taking advantage of new technologies to expand their offerings.

You must not have heard of Hulu

Really? How much bandwidth does it take to run a cracking script? I'd bet most bandwidth is "lost" to peer-to-peer downloads.

I host a few servers at a local, regional ISP. I was out there the other day taking care of a power problem with the net ops, and he mentioned all the network upgrades, OC this, fiber that, and I asked him what was driving all the upgrades.

He didn't hesitate, even for a second. "Online Video!". Turns out that everybody is discovering sites like hulu.com, youtube.com, wtso.net, Netflix instant play, and on and on.

Yeah, Bit Torrent isn't anything to sneeze at. But the change is in the air, and my household is living proof. We moved to a nicer house (that cost less!) on the 1st of this month. First on our list was DSL service with a 3.0 Mb plan. Our dual-TV dish DVR? Sent back. We have no intention of bothering with cable.

The TV (we brought over only one) in the living room is only used for the Wii and the PS2. Everything else is done online, on a computer, or on my HTC Mogul - awesome phone.

We really haven't missed the "normal" TV much at all.

Yeah, but really all those white people in the church are all played by Eddie Murphy.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/10356/saturday-night-live-white-like-me

Space Olympics FTW!

Identify the problem and FIX IT!

That being said, their ISP-subscription model, while better than a customer-based subscription model (nickel-and-diming the customer for content?), still sucks. I'd much prefer the more open-access advertiser-based model that sites like Hulu and Joost are using. Then again, even those sites, in reality, are just a bigger version of this ISP-subscription model -- they're only accessible to US-based ISPs, not international. Hopefully, this will change so that people outside the US stop bitching,...

And how do you simulate this ?

...save the liver!

If the mods are without honor, and should be stripped of their karma, and should lose their titles, and should face discommendation, and should be sent to work the mines on Rura Penthe, it may be time to find a new empire to serve.

This is long overdue. Seriously. They need to identify the problems and FIX IT!.

You know you want to.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

http://www.hulu.com/watch/28343/dr-horribles-sing-along-blog

I wasn't referring to Bittorrent. Ever hear of Hulu? Youtube? MTVmusic.com? Or just about any of the websites of the major television networks? I suppose I should get off your lawn, now.