Comments on: Hulu Gets All Widgety and Facebook-y http://newteevee.com/2008/07/27/hulu-gets-all-widgety-and-facebook-y/ NewTeeVee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:45:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Liz Gannes http://newteevee.com/2008/07/27/hulu-gets-all-widgety-and-facebook-y/#comment-242194 Liz Gannes Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:40:14 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=5459#comment-242194 <p>David, I think this is just evident in a new way with Hulu, since people embed the content without knowledge that it'll disappear, and then there are blank little black boxes all over the place.</p> <p>Like so:</p> <p>http://newteevee.com/2008/06/17/hulu-embeds-down-across-the-web/</p> David, I think this is just evident in a new way with Hulu, since people embed the content without knowledge that it’ll disappear, and then there are blank little black boxes all over the place.

Like so:

http://newteevee.com/2008/06/17/hulu-embeds-down-across-the-web/

]]> By: David http://newteevee.com/2008/07/27/hulu-gets-all-widgety-and-facebook-y/#comment-242169 David Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:26:36 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=5459#comment-242169 <p>Ok, so we have at least 3 commenters who clearly don't seem to know very much about the entertainment business (aka the people complaining about the content "disappearing"). Google distribution windows and Hollywood.</p> <p>Or else, somebody else (other than Hulu) may own the online distribution rights as of a specific date.</p> <p>Every legitimate online video site with commercially produced content has the same problem, not just Hulu.</p> Ok, so we have at least 3 commenters who clearly don’t seem to know very much about the entertainment business (aka the people complaining about the content “disappearing”). Google distribution windows and Hollywood.

Or else, somebody else (other than Hulu) may own the online distribution rights as of a specific date.

Every legitimate online video site with commercially produced content has the same problem, not just Hulu.

]]> By: SR http://newteevee.com/2008/07/27/hulu-gets-all-widgety-and-facebook-y/#comment-242152 SR Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:46:54 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=5459#comment-242152 <p>I'm as annoyed as anyone that their content disappears, leaving dead embeds scattered around the web.</p> <p>But I assume the content that expires does so precisely because of various guild rules that limit their ability to distribute content online freely or cheaply. Hardly "at random," although the rules vary so much from show to show that they seem almost arbitrary.</p> I’m as annoyed as anyone that their content disappears, leaving dead embeds scattered around the web.

But I assume the content that expires does so precisely because of various guild rules that limit their ability to distribute content online freely or cheaply. Hardly “at random,” although the rules vary so much from show to show that they seem almost arbitrary.

]]> By: GigaNET: iPhone, Hulu, Passwords and Price - GigaOM http://newteevee.com/2008/07/27/hulu-gets-all-widgety-and-facebook-y/#comment-242147 GigaNET: iPhone, Hulu, Passwords and Price - GigaOM Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:59:17 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=5459#comment-242147 <p>[...] users embed full-length TV episodes and movies on their blogs and personal pages, is rolling out new widgets that expand those embedding [...]</p> [...] users embed full-length TV episodes and movies on their blogs and personal pages, is rolling out new widgets that expand those embedding [...]

]]> By: Brian Hogg http://newteevee.com/2008/07/27/hulu-gets-all-widgety-and-facebook-y/#comment-242142 Brian Hogg Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:39:05 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=5459#comment-242142 <p>So now I'm more likely to run across all sorts of cool free video content that I can't view? Awesome!</p> So now I’m more likely to run across all sorts of cool free video content that I can’t view? Awesome!

]]> By: ScribeMedia.Org | Of Hulu, Ads and User Experience http://newteevee.com/2008/07/27/hulu-gets-all-widgety-and-facebook-y/#comment-242135 ScribeMedia.Org | Of Hulu, Ads and User Experience Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:21:02 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=5459#comment-242135 <p>[...] relative infrequency and shortness of commercial interruption. Hulu CTO Eric Feng points out in an interview for NewTeeVee that a 22-minute network show with eight minutes of ads on broadcast or cable has two minutes of [...]</p> [...] relative infrequency and shortness of commercial interruption. Hulu CTO Eric Feng points out in an interview for NewTeeVee that a 22-minute network show with eight minutes of ads on broadcast or cable has two minutes of [...]

]]> By: Ben http://newteevee.com/2008/07/27/hulu-gets-all-widgety-and-facebook-y/#comment-242134 Ben Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:51:10 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=5459#comment-242134 <p>Great idea! Now if only their content would stop disappearing at random...</p> Great idea! Now if only their content would stop disappearing at random…

]]> By: Liz Gannes http://newteevee.com/2008/07/27/hulu-gets-all-widgety-and-facebook-y/#comment-242108 Liz Gannes Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:54:59 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=5459#comment-242108 <p>Andrew -- of course the premium content was important, but you've got to remember that even while the site was open to just a few thousand people, any user could embed anything. It was a pretty good way to build buzz. Remember OpenHulu?</p> <p>http://newteevee.com/2007/12/19/no-invite-no-problem-how-to-hulu-now/</p> Andrew — of course the premium content was important, but you’ve got to remember that even while the site was open to just a few thousand people, any user could embed anything. It was a pretty good way to build buzz. Remember OpenHulu?

http://newteevee.com/2007/12/19/no-invite-no-problem-how-to-hulu-now/

]]> By: Davis Freeberg http://newteevee.com/2008/07/27/hulu-gets-all-widgety-and-facebook-y/#comment-242101 Davis Freeberg Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:26:20 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=5459#comment-242101 <p>If the embedded videos are so important to them, why do they disable these videos? It's great that they want to use their viewers as a distribution platform, but they shouldn't yank their videos after a pre-determined amount of time. Of the 27,000 sites that they've been featured on, how many are now showing dead air instead of the content that someone originally posted? I'm reluctant to try any widgets when Hulu has already shown that they don't care about cutting off the content.</p> If the embedded videos are so important to them, why do they disable these videos? It’s great that they want to use their viewers as a distribution platform, but they shouldn’t yank their videos after a pre-determined amount of time. Of the 27,000 sites that they’ve been featured on, how many are now showing dead air instead of the content that someone originally posted? I’m reluctant to try any widgets when Hulu has already shown that they don’t care about cutting off the content.

]]> By: Andrew http://newteevee.com/2008/07/27/hulu-gets-all-widgety-and-facebook-y/#comment-242073 Andrew Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:54:36 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=5459#comment-242073 <p>"One of the reasons Hulu caught on so quickly was the ability for users to embed full-length TV episodes and movies on their blogs and personal pages."</p> <p>Really? Are you sure? Maybe it has something to do with their content? :)</p> “One of the reasons Hulu caught on so quickly was the ability for users to embed full-length TV episodes and movies on their blogs and personal pages.”

Really? Are you sure? Maybe it has something to do with their content? :)

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