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Re:Hulu Still Going Strong, But Growth Is Dropping Off Sharply by gsmaverick on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @05:26PM (#640462)
Seeing as how most TV shows are now off for the summer this is not surprising. Also as noted they are quickly hitting the saturation point.
Re:Hulu Still Going Strong, But Growth Is Dropping Off Sharply by SwellJoe on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @05:47PM (#640497)
Yeah, if they're still showing any growth at all right now, they're doing better than I would expect. I stopped watching entirely a few weeks ago. Nothing new on.
Re:Hulu Still Going Strong, But Growth Is Dropping Off Sharply by paul9290 on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @06:49PM (#640629)
Yeah same here and recently went back to Fancast where I found they have larger library with cable channel content (batman/robin cartoons, showtime, hbo and other stuff not all on hulu i enjoy).
Re:Hulu Still Going Strong, But Growth Is Dropping Off Sharply by wastedbrains on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @07:36PM (#640675)
I think the main issue is Hulu used to have full seasons, now with TV networks / Cable operators fighting back Hulu only has the most recent 5 episodes of anything... Also, Hulu seems to be removing movies faster than adding them now... It was so successful that it kind of freaked the industry out and they are now shrinking it...
Re:Hulu Still Going Strong, But Growth Is Dropping Off Sharply by barredo on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @05:19PM (#640444)
Open it to other countries :-)
Re:Hulu Still Going Strong, But Growth Is Dropping Off Sharply by jhancock on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @05:05PM (#640408)
I played with hulu a month ago and really liked it. For about 2 weeks the streaming was good. The last two weeks, its useless stutter. Maybe too much growth too fast?
Re:Hulu Still Going Strong, But Growth Is Dropping Off Sharply by Silentio on Thursday June 04, 2009 @12:14AM (#640942)
I've had the same experience you have. My biggest problem with Hulu, though, is that I don't think they want you watching it on your TV. Or, they'd rather have you watching shows on TV (via cable, over the air, etc), and Hulu is only for the computer. This is unfortunate. I can see myself watching a lot more television if I could access Hulu on, for example, my Xbox 360.
Re:Hulu Still Going Strong, But Growth Is Dropping Off Sharply by laconix on Thursday June 04, 2009 @04:13AM (#641111)
My biggest problem is availability. I think opening it to Australia, and other countries would prompt growth.
Re:Hulu Still Going Strong, But Growth Is Dropping Off Sharply by staunch on Wednesday June 03, 2009 @07:06PM (#640653)
Two things killed Hulu for me: a) TheDailyShow.com has no ads. b) I'm paying for Netflix now and love streaming.