

Premium service will be iPhone/iPad ready






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Dispelling speculation with more speculation.
By invidious on 5/18/2010 4:02:35 PM , Rating: 5
And here was I was reading the title thinking we might actually be dealing with facts this time. Thanks Mick.

By rs1 on 5/18/2010 9:05:15 PM , Rating: 2
Yep, I was quite appalled by the following statement:

[...] and there seems to be no sign of a subscription service

Of course there isn't. In case anyone is unfamiliar with how companies generally deploy updates to live websites, the way it typically works is that the current/old version continues to run on the live server. At the same time, the new candidate release is deployed to an internal staging server, and thoroughly tested. If the testing finds no significant issues, then the deployment is given a green-light, and at some scheduled point in time the staged version is pushed to the live server (or sometimes they just switch places, with the stage server becoming the new live server, and the live server becoming the stage server for the next release).

As such, there will be no "signs" of a subscription service being worked on until the completed subscription service is deployed. If done correctly, its appearance will be seamless and near-instantaneous, with no prior evidence that it is under development. I mean, it's not like the standard practice is for developers to directly edit the live, running website as they implement new features.

RE: Dispelling speculation with more speculation.
By vcolon on 5/19/2010 7:56:46 AM , Rating: 2
Hulu plus 10 dollar subscription = epic fail

RE: Dispelling speculation with more speculation.
By beerhound on 5/19/2010 10:04:23 AM , Rating: 2
Not taking a shot here, I have a serious question. Why do you think that? Is Hulu a failure in it's current form? You are still going to have free access to the same content you have now. The paid subscription will just have access to more episodes. Basically, you get the same free Hulu with the same access to the most recent episodes but not the older ones. Or you pay the subscription and get an expanded library of the older shows too. If they stick to that model, I don't see the fail at all. Now if that works out and they start screwing with the free model, then I would ditch Hulu in a nanosecond.



Pure and utter "bait and switch"

By Jalek on 5/19/2010 12:55:09 PM , Rating: 2
I don't know many people that frequent it now, add in 30 second previews and nag screens to pay and it's not likely to garner more people.

I prefer my television for tv shows, and full 1080 resolution for movies. Perhaps if it means no commercials, but that was cable's initial pitch for paid viewing as well, and you see how many cable channels don't run commercials now.

