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Hulu plans to charge, expand to devices: sources
- From: Brian Warkoczeski
- Date: Wed Jun 09 11:10:09 2010
Hulu plans to charge, expand to devices: sources
By Sue Zeidler
June 8, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Free video website Hulu plans to soon begin
charging customers and is looking to expand its content to consumer
devices like the Xbox and iPad, according to two sources, as the site's
media owners experiment with platforms beyond an ad-supported TV model.
Those sources and another with knowledge of the matter said that Hulu,
the website for TV viewing owned by News Corp, General Electric's NBC
Universal and Walt Disney Co, was developing a subscription service to
be rolled out on multiple devices in the next month or two. It was not
clear if that service would be offered before Hulu is available on devices.
One of those devices is expected to be Microsoft Corp's Xbox, which also
features Netflix Inc's movie streaming service, one of the sources said
on Tuesday. Another one of the sources said Hulu was also working to
offer its service on Apple Inc's iPad.
Hulu, which generated an estimated $100 million in advertising revenue
last year, will continue to offer newer episodes of shows like Fox's
"Glee" free of charge, but it will also charge viewers a monthly fee to
see older episodes and other content, two of the sources said.
For the rest of the article, please see:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100609/tc_nm/us_hulu_paid
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