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   wifezilla, May 2nd, 2008 @ 4:04pm

   
   

   Kind of a shame the old Japanese tradition of sepuku in the face of failure is no longer practiced.

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   Hellsvilla, May 2nd, 2008 @ 4:11pm

   
   

   *fallsoutofchairlaughing*

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   Hulu

   

   Bobby P, May 2nd, 2008 @ 4:45pm

   
   

   Well, I have been enjoying Hulu for quite some time now and I hope it hangs around. Well designed site and the offerings of content while not perfect are certainly deep enough to provide the oppotunity to just sit back and relax and watch some classic television and (some) movies.

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   Anonymous Coward, May 2nd, 2008 @ 5:11pm

   
   

   Didn't even know what Hulu was until now. Not very good advertising for a company that helped write the book.

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   Hulubalu

   

   steveballmer, May 2nd, 2008 @ 5:56pm

   
   

   MSN MovieTime is coming!

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   Anonymous Coward, May 2nd, 2008 @ 6:46pm

   
   

   Where can I buy NBC Content for my AppleTV and iPhone and iPod
   
   I can rent and buy Disney movies, and it works great!

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   Hulu

   

   Rob, May 2nd, 2008 @ 9:01pm

   
   

   Hulu is actually pretty amazing, but for far different reasons than YouTube. I'm pretty sure that most people still just watch TV on (GASP) a TV - Plus NBC pisses me off with how slow they are sometimes with new episodes online... so for now I just use Hulu as my TV backup.
   
   If all Hulu content was available on YouTube, I wouldn't have to leave one site, it would be grand.

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   I like Hulu

   

   Eric the Grey, May 2nd, 2008 @ 10:33pm

   
   

   However, there isn't much there that I watch. Most of my TV watching comes from the Scifi network.
   
   My GF was telling me yesterday that she was happy to have found House episodes on Youtube since her TV has died recently and she cannot keep up with her shows. It's given her a way to keep up, somewhat.
   
   I didn't know Hulu was out of beta. I'll have to let her know.
   
   
   EtG

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   hulu

   

   Rev. Wright, May 3rd, 2008 @ 5:46am

   
   

   It does not help that Hulu videos are not available anywhere outside of America. It is a useless site if you live in Canada. Whereas YouTube is viewable anywhere in the world, Hulu is obviously losing tons of traffic right there.

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    Multi-tiered content distribution strategy?

    

    Iron Chef, May 3rd, 2008 @ 11:03am

    
    

    A co-worker recently told me about this show "Psych". The character of Shawn is awesome! I think it's going to be the next great show next season. If you haven't seen it, check out whole episodes at USA Network (owned by NBC).
    
    Yes, ads are surely necessary to cover bandwidth and distribution costs. But has a multi-tiered distribution strategy been hammered out by NBC yet? It's tough to watch TV when your on a computer multitasking- doing email, etc. I'd like to play the content on a uni-tasker- a media playing device. An iPod, perhaps?
    
    http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/video/fullep/

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    David McMillan, May 3rd, 2008 @ 5:07pm

    
    

    still nothing beets GBS.tv

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    Re: Hulubalu

    

    Anonymous Coward, May 3rd, 2008 @ 6:40pm

    
    

    >MSN MovieTime is coming!
    
    Did it need YAHOO?

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    Who owns what?

    

    kiki jones, May 4th, 2008 @ 10:34am

    
    

    Just because youtube owns eyeballs today doesn't mean that they'll own that audience forever. Anyone remember when Yahoo had 80% of the search market? Google's in the weird position of having their primary product (search) be exactly the reason that one of their secondary products (video content channel) will fail in the future. Tools for publishing content always get easier and more distributed. Heck, I'm taking primarily website content and republishing the info as video for small business advertising-- and I do it using the client site so there is no channel.

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    Re: hulu

    

    Anonymous Coward, May 5th, 2008 @ 10:01am

    
    

    Canadians have the internet now? what will they think of next.

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    Hulu

    

    Brandon, May 5th, 2008 @ 2:10pm

    
    

    There are so many things I could name about Hulu that I love, from the seamless streaming with great video and audio quality, to the ability to embed everything, even entire movies, onto another website (though who wants to watch a 2 hour movie in a little box on a blog?). But the biggest reason I think Hulu hasn't taken off is that there is a major lack of episodes of recent or current TV shows. Popular shows on their like The Office, 30 Rock, and The Simpsons only have the 4 or 5 most recent episodes available. Plus for other shows they may have an entire season available but somehow are missing 3 or 4 random episodes. There is a large number of movies available but again, about 75% of bad movies that you've never heard of. And none of them seem to be less than 5 years old.
    
    I'll still give Hulu a chance for a bit longer. It's nice to watch some old TV shows that aren't on DVD. And the video quality is so much better than anything YouTube offers. But hopefully the content gets a major upgrade soon!

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    youtube downloader, May 29th, 2008 @ 12:57am

    
    

    I think hulu did the right thing.Try to treat youtube as a friend is better than adding an enemy.

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