Comments on: Will ABC/Disney content be added to Hulu?

By: Weekly Update – Lost Cast Member Joins V; Hulu Could get ABC Shows; NBC Could get Downgraded « Axiom’s Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:47:38 +0000

[...] Could Add Shows to Hulu: The alphabet network’s parent company, Walt Disney, is currently in negotiations with online provider Hulu.com which could make shows from that network available to the site. [...]

By: NYC

NYC — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:57:36 +0000

I thought that Disney/ABC was going to do something with Fancast.com since they hosted early online premieres of two ABC Family shows. Maybe it was a trial or a negotiation point? They could get rid of the annoying “limited time viewing” windows ABC uses now on their website. (Not to mention the stalling and stopping.)

By: DaisiesDeathKnell

DaisiesDeathKnell — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:05:04 +0000

Just a joke, Julia.

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:44:56 +0000

Um, Daisies, everyone stopped talking about Pushing Daisies months ago. Bringing it up now just makes it seem like you have some sort of axe to grind, not like you are mocking PD fans.

By: DaisiesDeathKnell

DaisiesDeathKnell — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:38:12 +0000

This bodes well for Pushing Daisies. It can now become an internet sensation, allowing room for it to be renewed for a third (and probably fourth) season.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:16:07 +0000

Its not necessarily true that the quicker you jump on board the better the deal will be, if CBS is the only holdout and they continue to push TV.Com then in theory they’d likely be able to secure a much better deal a lot easier because Hulu will be keen to complete the set (as it were) and shut down TV.Com.

By: NN

NN — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:53:33 +0000

Great, movement in the right direction, perhaps the pessimists thinking the content providers would be stingy with content for Hulu are wrong after all and the networks agree on Hulu as an important secondary distribution channel.

“They are probably waiting to see the revenue numbers that are generated before adding their content.” Those that go in early will be able to negotiate better deals though

By: VlogHog

VlogHog — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:14:18 +0000

They are probably waiting to see the revenue numbers that are generated before adding their content.

I would.

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:03:22 +0000

CBS will keep pushing TV.com. They’ve been really pushing it lately, and it has been creeping up on hulu for views (though not for average time spent).

By: clutz

clutz — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:32:55 +0000

Hmmm, what will CBS do if they’re the odd-net out here? If ABC Family is included in the deal, I might finally get a chance to check out “Secret Life…” I keep hearing how wonderful that show is.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:30:47 +0000

Robert from what’s being said over here the immediate intention doesn’t seem to be to launch the US content into the international market but to build up some kind of international portfolio that would then allow them to launch an international version of Hulu, so UK users would be able to access shows from UK providers through the site but not the US shows. As things stand I would guess that baby steps are the way forward with international expansion of the service and that seems to be the route they’re taking.

Of course now Kangaroo has officially been killed off over here the UK commercial channels would likely jump at the chance to stream content on Hulu to a UK audience if they were given it or an international audience for that matter. The BBC on the other hand would likely be quite happy sticking with the iPlayer.

By: P@

P@ — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:27:52 +0000

I hope that they do join up. Because, seriously, ABC’s online viewer is the worst thing in the world, and having ABC programs viewable on Hulu would be a VAST improvement.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:17:51 +0000

Alex, because of the way the licensing works, I think it’s going to be far easier for Hulu to include more content from outside the US for people IN the US than it will be for it to provide shows from the U.S. to people who live outside of the U.S.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:04:28 +0000

I think it would be more interesting to see what if anything CBS does if ABC content ends up on Hulu – if all three of their main rivals end up on Hulu surely there would be a sense of, ‘why aren’t we part of this?’ doing the rounds?

On the subject of Hulu adding to their content the UK based Digital Rights Group just signed a deal to provide Hulu with content from C4i and Portman, which opens up a potentially huge range of international content that won’t have been seen anywhere else in the US. It also suggests that Hulu are making progress in their attempts to launch internationally.