A Hulu for Cable Networks? (Cable Networks DeathWatch™)

adage ^ | November 11, 2008 | By Andrew Hampp

[Kevin J waldroup]

A Hulu for Cable Networks? Not Any Time Soon How Free Online Video Threatens Pay-TV Model

By Andrew Hampp

BOSTON (AdAge.com) -- Now that Hulu is an out-of-the-box success story for broadcast TV, when will cable get its one-stop online video site? If two panels at the Cable Telecommunications Association of Marketing Summit in Boston on Tuesday are any indication, not any time soon. he prospect of major cable groups such as Viacom, Discovery and NBC Universal following the likes of NBC, Fox, ABC and CBS to streaming full-length episodes of current shows online has always seemed like a long shot, given that cable networks still receive half or more of their revenue from cable subscription fees. But an underdeveloped ad economy and a robust video-on-demand market has left cable networks feeling cautious at best about giving away their core product for free online.

Model doesn't need fixing just yet "The cable channel business is a good business model, and we want to continue to be partners with the distributors," David Zaslav, CEO of Discovery Communications, said in the summit's closing keynote panel. "We don't want to train [viewers] to watch our best shows on [free online] platforms. Most of our research shows if we move our content mostly in clips, we can create an environment where we can mostly satisfy our viewers with consumer content on other platforms but do it in a way that doesn't take away from our core business."

[bitt]

http://www.hulu.com/

[ken21]

your dead cable networks just helped elect a socialist to the u.s. presidency.

[Kevin J waldroup]

:your dead cable networks just helped elect a socialist to the u.s. presidency.”
We had a weak candidate running under the GOP banner.

[ken21]

you would not believe how many people i know that get their news from tv voted for obamao.

[ctdonath2]

I’ve long waited for a broadcast-style Internet TV site. Don’t care so much about what’s on when, I want continuous streaming that doesn’t require frequent intervention (that’s what TV is all about).

NetFlix provides the “what I want when I want” model. Sometimes I just want “here we are now, entertain us”.

[Kevin J waldroup]

your dead cable networks just helped elect a socialist to the u.s. presidenc

Will I need a new TV?

Not necessarily. You can purchase a DTV/HDTV receiver box and an antenna at a local electronics store (Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.)
http://www.iontelevision.com/dtv/index.php
I can get HDTV for free!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ken21]

if comrade obamao allows you.

you may be too busy with your democrat volunteer job

and, of course, your employment to watch hdtv!

si.