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by **habitual** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:31 pm

http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/04/30/2048230/hulu-to-require-viewers-to-have-cable-subscriptions

The NY Post reports that Hulu, the video streaming service with over 30 million users, has plans to force those users to prove they have a subscription to cable or satellite TV if they want to keep watching. Quoting: "The move toward authentication is fueled by cable companies and networks looking to protect and profit from their content. The effort comes as entertainment companies continue to face drastic shifts in home viewing habits. Overall spending on home entertainment edged up 2.5 percent to $4.45 billion in the first quarter as a surge in digital streaming — which rose more than fivefold to $549 million — offset a continuing collapse in video rentals, according to Digital Entertainment Group. ... Hulu racked up some $420 million in ad revenue last year and is expected to do well in this year’s ad negotiations. But the move toward authentication, which could take years to complete, will make cable companies happy because it could slow cord-cutting by making cable subscribing more attractive."

The entertainment industry is starting to irritate me to no end, much like the music industry did in the late 90's.

Not only is it pretty much impossible to develop a modern day version of the VCR without being sued basically they are proposing a tenet that people should be charged for major network TV.

Why was entertainment so much cheaper for my parents?

Hab

by **GLX** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:35 pm

by **kingbeavis** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:47 pm

Goodbye Hulu. Is this coming from Comcast?

by **habitual** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:52 pm

I would bet Comcast, AT&T, and DirectTV and various cable network production companies.

Record numbers of people are dropping cable and satellite subscriptions all together.

I blame our local socialist, Jude Terror for this.

Hab

by **SilverPhoenix** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:03 pm

You had a good run, Hulu. Seeya on the flipside.

by **SuperginraiX** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:09 pm

This does not make having cable more attractive. This makes watching Hulu LESS attractive.

by **guitarsmashley** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:26 pm

SuperginraiX wrote:This does not make having cable more attractive. This makes watching Hulu LESS attractive.

Glad I dropped Cable over a year ago and Hulu a few months ago.

by **misac** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:01 pm

That's ridiculous. It's bad enough they have commercials on Hulu Plus.

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:01 pm

Desperate efforts to prevent changing to adapt to new paradigms.

All the enterainment industries do this until they can't hold out any longer. Fuck cable.

by **guitarsmashley** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:33 pm

I read an article that if we actually paid ala carte for tv the industry wouldn't be in shambles and consumers wouldn't be paying up to $150 a month.

by **ReturnoftheMack** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:43 pm

It's the HBO Go model.

It makes sense IMO.

Hulu sucks.

by **habitual** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:46 pm

guitarsmashley wrote:I read an article that if we actually paid ala carte for tv the industry wouldn't be in shambles and consumers wouldn't be paying up to $150 a month.

Probably written by a lobbyist for Comcast or the like.

They've been saying that shit for close to a decade and it still smells.

Hab

by **habitual** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:48 pm

The President wrote:It's the HBO Go model.

It makes sense IMO.

Hulu sucks.

Does HBO Go have advertising?

Hab

by **ReturnoftheMack** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:48 pm

habitual wrote:
Does HBO Go have advertising?

Hab

No.

by **guitarsmashley** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:59 pm

habitual wrote:
Probably written by a lobbyist for Comcast or the like.

They've been saying that shit for close to a decade and it still smells.

Hab

no it was anti cable and on warming glow.