Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sources say

Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by bpicolo on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:11PM (#14108264)

> most streamers have both Netflix and Hulu

That's not a true statement. Netflix has almost an order of magnitude more subscribers.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by josefresco on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:26PM (#14108432)

Correct, I should have stated "most people with Hulu probably also have a Netflix subscription"

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by Retric on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:04PM (#14108172)

Not when a HD DVR is ~20$/month on it's own. However, stopped using Hulu a long time ago. If you look at their paid customer numbers is relativity tiny @12 million for $7.99 per month. By comparison 25% of households in the US have 'cut cable' and many people have cable because it's cheaper as a bundled service.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by josefresco on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:29PM (#14108469)

DVR service (in any room) from Comcast costs me $10/month.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by Retric on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:40PM (#14108582)

http://cordcuttersnews.com/starting-2017-comcast-will-charge...

Now that fee is jumping from just $3.49 to $5.49 a month, which means that if you have three TVs in your house you will pay an extra $16.47 a month just for this fee. http://cordcuttersnews.com/starting-2017-comcast-will-charge...

So adding a new TV costs ~10$ + $5.49 a month. That sounds like it's costing 16$/month per HD DVR.

Here are some other 'fees' https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161213/09004336262/happy...

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by josefresco on Saturday April 15, 2017 @08:00AM (#14120412)

Until I see it on my bill, it's pure speculation.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by sixothree on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:18PM (#14108336)

Tivo is $15/month or less. And remote boxes are free.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by Retric on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:26PM (#14108427)

http://www.defefx.com/fios-tv-equipment/

Cable Card is 4$ / month, and there is an extra fee for HD TV but does not provide access to Video on Demand. The downside is that you’ll also need a TiVO subscription which is $12.95 per month 13 + 4 = 17$/month.

On top of this there is a fee for HD TV.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by deegles on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:40PM (#14108583)

As I get older I'm starting to consider other types of costs as well. My time and "brain space" are more valuable to me now, so if I'm going to spend an hour watching something with my wife, I don't want 15-20 minutes of that to be ads. I want to find something interesting quickly. This is also why I'm unhappy with the new Netflix rating system, since I feel it's going to lead to worse recommendations for me.

As always when these topics come up, I think video content licensing needs to be revamped, so that anyone can create a streaming service as long as they pay a fixed rate to the license owner. It would spur so much innovation!

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by z0r on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:56PM (#14108727)

I really wish that the content library subscription business model wasn't inextricably linked to a given provider's user interface. Our software could be so much better if the APIs for accessing content were open, especially for music. I really don't like using cloud software with shifting feature sets beyond my control.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by e1ven on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:29PM (#14108468)

I recommend buying individual shows, via iTunes/Google/etc. These are typically ~25/season, and don't include any commercials. No need to deal with DVR restrictions, fastfowarding issues/etc.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by JohnTHaller on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:15PM (#14108298)

It was cheaper for me to uncut cable. 90 a month for internet. 75 for internet and basic cable with a free Roku 3 with no contract. I don't use cable or the Roku.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by rconti on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:25PM (#14108409)

It's been cheaper for a long time. In fact, I "pay" for cable TV service because it doubles my internet speed and drops my price $5/mo, even though the cable box is sitting in my attic and I use my antenna for TV programming.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by ascagnel_ on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:47PM (#14108656)

I bought a cablecard-based TV tuner ($100) and "rent" a card from Comcast -- no box sitting in my attic, and I actually get a $2.50/mo bill rebate from Comcast for using my own equipment.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by gnopgnip on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:23PM (#14108389)

You didn't shop around enough then. If you can get internet+cable+taxes for less than the cost of internet only there is a better deal out there

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by rconti on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:25PM (#14108415)

nope. $5/mo cheaper for double the internet speed and "free" cable TV. Comcast is desperate to get their subscriber numbers up.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by scarface74 on Thursday April 13, 2017 @01:16PM (#14108948)

But with Comcast, I would also pay each month.

$50 - 5 extra set top boxes $10 - "HD Technology Fee" $5 - "Broadcast Access Fee" $5 - "Regional Sports Fee"

That's $70/month in fees.

I pay:

$10 - Netflix - I would have this anyway.

$19 - Sling ($30 normally. I get a $5 discount through TMobile and a $5 discount for being on the Orange Beta)

$11.99 - Netflix no commercials

$6 - CBS all access

I also have Amazon Prime. I probably would have that anyway but I do have Amazon Prime Video. Let's say it's worth $5.00 a month.

I pay less for all of the subscriptions services than I would just in fees for Comcast. On top of that, they are a lot less of a hassle to cancel.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by JohnTHaller on Thursday April 13, 2017 @01:15PM (#14108943)

Nope. Like most of the US, I have access to only one provider here in NYC (Unless you include slow, unreliable DSL or... shudder... dialup). And a friendly employee I know was kind enough to look through all possible deals

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by aeturnum on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:57PM (#14108749)

This is generally true if you buy internet from a cable provider. They'd rather sell you both services.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by JohnTHaller on Thursday April 13, 2017 @01:16PM (#14108952)

It wasn't true the previous 13 years in the same location.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by WalterSear on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:19PM (#14108340)

It's just Hulu that is becoming noncompetitive.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by josefresco on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:32PM (#14108490)

Agreed. Netflix will catch up - they can't (or won't want to) continue to pay top dollar for talent & content and be a low cost provider.

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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou... by awinder on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:06PM (#14108191)

This pricing seems to include live TV + traditional hulu which is not a nominal differentiation

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