Comments on: YouTube to Hulu: “Game On” http://daisywhitney.com/blog/youtube-to-hulu-game-on/ By day, I am a producer, on-air correspondent, podcaster and raconteur in the new media business. By night, I write novels for teens and am the author of The Mockingbirds, to be published by Little, Brown in November 2010. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:22:37 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: RFSII http://daisywhitney.com/blog/youtube-to-hulu-game-on/comment-page-1/#comment-436 RFSII Sun, 24 May 2009 16:47:51 +0000 http://daisywhitney.com/?p=330#comment-436 Thanks to higher download speeds, the internets are finally in a position to challenge cable companies for customers. So yes, I would pay for awesome content on Hulu or YouTube or DaisyWhitney.Com, but to afford it I would drop my cable subscription. I understand that cable companies are often internet service providers, but the cable companies are so awful that there's a psychological difference, even if there's not a technical difference, to my mind at least. Maybe we'll see the reemergence of small, local ISPs who provide great content packages and good service without the big cable operator rip-offs. I would never pay for YouTube, however. Their quality is so awful. Thanks to higher download speeds, the internets are finally in a position to challenge cable companies for customers. So yes, I would pay for awesome content on Hulu or YouTube or DaisyWhitney.Com, but to afford it I would drop my cable subscription. I understand that cable companies are often internet service providers, but the cable companies are so awful that there’s a psychological difference, even if there’s not a technical difference, to my mind at least.

Maybe we’ll see the reemergence of small, local ISPs who provide great content packages and good service without the big cable operator rip-offs.

I would never pay for YouTube, however. Their quality is so awful.

]]> By: Glen Powell http://daisywhitney.com/blog/youtube-to-hulu-game-on/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Glen Powell Mon, 04 May 2009 12:58:12 +0000 http://daisywhitney.com/?p=330#comment-410 "User pay" for premium content will be tough. There seems to be a disconnect for people when it comes to paying on the internet, the overwhelming majority seem to think that they deserve content for free. Branded content, where the ads are integrated into the content fits this mindset. If YouTube can change this behaviour then I may applaud them. G “User pay” for premium content will be tough. There seems to be a disconnect for people when it comes to paying on the internet, the overwhelming majority seem to think that they deserve content for free. Branded content, where the ads are integrated into the content fits this mindset. If YouTube can change this behaviour then I may applaud them.
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]]> By: Jeremy Campbell http://daisywhitney.com/blog/youtube-to-hulu-game-on/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Jeremy Campbell Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:41:20 +0000 http://daisywhitney.com/?p=330#comment-375 I have heard that YouTube may lose $500 million this year so there is no doubt they are moving towards premium content and will surround it with micro payments for pay per view, subscriptions, and similar ad formats (choose your "favorite" pre-roll) seen on Hulu. The re-branding process is now underway for YouTube and with their penetration rate and audience leverage they will be hard to stop. I have heard that YouTube may lose $500 million this year so there is no doubt they are moving towards premium content and will surround it with micro payments for pay per view, subscriptions, and similar ad formats (choose your “favorite” pre-roll) seen on Hulu.

The re-branding process is now underway for YouTube and with their penetration rate and audience leverage they will be hard to stop.

]]> By: CJ http://daisywhitney.com/blog/youtube-to-hulu-game-on/comment-page-1/#comment-374 CJ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:33:50 +0000 http://daisywhitney.com/?p=330#comment-374 Sounds like a good idea. While I like the Hulu service competition is always good. And I would like to see the quality of YouTube rise up a little, when it's a production. Hand held video is fine, but in a 'production' environment it looks rather ... lame. I think it will be an interesting experiment. Sounds like a good idea. While I like the Hulu service competition is always good. And I would like to see the quality of YouTube rise up a little, when it’s a production. Hand held video is fine, but in a ‘production’ environment it looks rather … lame. I think it will be an interesting experiment.

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