Hulu puts itself up for sale

Re:Hulu puts itself up for sale by nitrogen on Thursday June 23, 2011 @02:05AM (#2686854)

I think Kings would be an excellent candidate for this approach, apart from the $x million per episode production costs... I watched all the episodes on Hulu, why not finish the show on Hulu?

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Re:Hulu puts itself up for sale by ssharp on Thursday June 23, 2011 @06:29AM (#2687367)

Apart from the entire reason why Hulu wouldn't get into this business, why not? If you approach it that way, it's more of a fantasy than a reality.

I'm not seeing a compelling reason why Hulu/Netflix would be able to produce million dollar+ episodes and make money off of them.

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Re:Hulu puts itself up for sale by jeffool on Thursday June 23, 2011 @08:22AM (#2687577)

I'm not arguing for Kings mind you, but I will say that it seems all publishers want to become content owners. And if the current content owners don't want to run the site, I find it difficult to imagine they're going to stay with it forever.

The roles of creators and broadcasters are blurring. Not because of a squeezing from CEOs either to turn more a profit, but the necessity of the Internet.

If I owned Crackle, Rev3, YT, Netflix, or Hulu? You can bet I'd be looking to pick up properties with a built-in following.

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