Comments on: Hulu launches private beta, faces challenge

By: Unbelievable: YouTube tries to compete with Hulu? « Life in the Bit Bubble

Unbelievable: YouTube tries to compete with Hulu? « Life in the Bit Bubble — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:33 +0000

[...] course) wonderful content. When Hulu was first about to leave private beta in October, I wrote up a quick story about it for VentureBeat arguing that Hulu’s only competitive advantage was the (sometimes) [...]

By: From Angel to Private Equity » Blog Archive » The Hulu Dance

From Angel to Private Equity » Blog Archive » The Hulu Dance — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:27:37 +0000

[...] model ( and in all models where the content providers have ownership) . Unlike Venture Beat here http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/26/hulu-launches-private-beta-faces-challenge/ which clearly did not. Well it seems we were right. Hulu, according to Nielson is now among the [...]

By: Hulu prepares for prime time launch tomorrow » VentureBeat

Hulu prepares for prime time launch tomorrow » VentureBeat — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:37:31 +0000

[...] previously written here and here. Silicon Alley Insider successfully predicted the launch last [...]

By: Saumil Mehta

Saumil Mehta — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:38:40 +0000

Very cool…interestingly enough, someone in the private beta also created http://www.openhulu.com to allow people without invites to view all the content. Not sure how long the site will stay up, though.

By: Leonard Thomson

Leonard Thomson — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:36:48 +0000

Hulu has done a really good job, it’s a good viewing experience. Someone made a cool Facebook app to watch hulu through Facebook and chat with your friends while you’re doing it: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=6443058041
An interesting experience.

By: Eric Eldon

Eric Eldon — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:41:44 +0000

Thanks, Gerald. We’ve clarified the Hulu beta launch timeline.

By: Gerald Zuckerwar

Gerald Zuckerwar — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:58:25 +0000

Launched last week? I thought that it was in beta for several months now. Got my invite a month ago.

I really like Hulu. But can it make money? The real challenge to internet television broadcasting is the high cost of streaming – especially unicast. Hulu does inject advertising into the programming, but is it enough to cover their cost?

The real future is in paid television delivered over ip. Zipityzap is an internet television portal which will aggregate hundreds of programmers all under one roof (on a common platform). This will allow CDN streaming services to be purchased in bulk. At build-out, this should equate to about $.05 per hour.