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Youtube to start charging for content. Don’t panic.
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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 [...]
In a brilliant move, showing decisive leadership, the Obama administration has confirmed that the State of the Union (SOTU) will not coincide with the Lost premier on February 2nd. Previously, the administration had been mulling either a Jan 26th or a Feb 2nd date for the SOTU address. From Huffington Post: But the press secretary [...]
The Obama administration is considering delaying the State of the Union until either January 26th of February 2nd. As all dedicated Lost fans know, Feb 2nd is the date of the final season premier. The bottom line is that we all care about the union and all, but we can always watch that later on [...]
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Facebook Spam, Itunes TV, Cocoa Swine Flu and Google Pays out. Interesting links
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How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider’s Confession Did you know how Mark Zuckerberg supported Facebook in the early days, before he got venture funding? Casino ads. And how about those advertisers who were making over $100,000 a day selling Acai Berry and other weight loss products – they are friends of mine, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
