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Hulu to stay free – for now

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According to Disney EVP Kevin Mayer , Hulu isn’t transitioning to a paid model of any kind any time soon. Hulu, a video content distribution website partnership between Fox, NBC and Disney, has rocketed in popularity. Mayer did add that Hulu will be asking it’s customers to pay, though it is unclear how that will work or when it will happen.

Mayer suggested it will come in the form of subscriptions, one-time rentals, or perhaps movie rentals. The company hopes to augment it’s ad-supported free content with a revenue stream to capture dollars as some consumers consider transitioning to an online TV entertainment scheme. The perhaps dangerous question for Hulu quickly becomes: will forcing consumers to choose between traditional cable and satellite TV subscriptions and online subscriptions hasten the transformation of their current business model?

It is interesting to note that Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, is on the Board at Disney and is a staunch advocate for removing Flash (on which Hulu is based) from our future. Both the iPhone and coming iPad lack Flash support and that stance doesn’t look to change as more companies embrace HTML5.

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  1. ok so I been watching videos in hulu and now sometime they don't work or the sound goes on and the video stays frozen.

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