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Youtube to start charging for content. Don’t panic.
3 Comments | Posted by Elijah in Random
Youtube has announced that it will begin streaming certain movies from the Sundance Film Festival for about 5 bucks. In this case switching to a paid model appears to be a good thing. Youtube is not moving their existing content behind a paywall (who would pay for keyboard cat anyways?), but are enhancing the site [...]
While nothing is set in stone, Hulu is considering charging for older episodes of popular TV shows. Hulu would allow viewers to watch the 5 most recent episodes and charging $4.99 a month to access back episodes. From the LA Times: The site has spent months studying how to strike a balance between what people [...]
Previously, many blogs covered a story about Hulu possibly becoming a pay site. Well, it looks like this is not quite true. A source from Hulu says that any pay features would be added to the existing site and would not effect your regular viewing habits. From EW: A source close to Hulu, however, tells [...]
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John McCain wants to slow down your internet
0 Comments | Posted by Elijah in Geeky, Political
From The Raw Story: Republican strategy is to paint Net neutrality as government ‘control’ of Internet Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced a bill in the Senate on Thursday that would effectively allow Internet service providers to slow down or block Internet content or applications of their choosing. The FCC has finally gotten around to making [...]
News Corp Deputy Chairman Chase Carey apparently doesn’t realize that TV is an advertisement supported medium. He claims that in order for broadcasters to survive they must start charging for their content online. Its interesting that my current TV doesn’t require money to watch Fox or any of the other broadcast networks. From BroadcastingCable: “I [...]
