Huh? The owners of Hulu are the rights owners of those shows:
Fox owns New Girl
Disney owns Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, Grey's Anatomy, Once Upon a Time, Marvel's Agents of Shield
Universal owns Grimm
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Huh? The owners of Hulu are the rights owners of those shows:
Fox owns New Girl
Disney owns Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, Grey's Anatomy, Once Upon a Time, Marvel's Agents of Shield
Universal owns Grimm
Well played MacRumors. This is basically an ad for Hulu telling you about their ad-less option (that still has ads).
You say you don't notice them, but trust me, ads do change the way you think. They imbue subliminal messages and impact your subconscious thinking.
And all of those companies (Universal is owned by Comcast) are well known for how greedy they are with their content. Streaming rights aren't guaranteed to Hulu, look at what FOX did with requiring a cable log in on Hulu to watch shows next day. It's not a simple they own Hulu, they own the content. If Hulu is going to carry the shows, and the owners say there must be commercials, that's just the way it is. If you don't like it, don't subscribe. I have been a subscriber since they started Hulu Plus, and I will stay with them. It's cheaper than cable. (which still has commercials even though you pay for the service.)
Yes it did, Hulu was only ad based at first and then they introduced the pay model with no ads and 720p. Then they later on gave it ads and gave the free model more ads.
I'm now one step closer to getting rid of my Comcast Cable. 1 more year left on my "contract".
Hulu+Netflix+Amazon Prime+HBO Go+Digital Antenna $41 a month. No wonder Comcast wants to have data caps.
Hulu+Netflix+Amazon Prime+HBO Go+Digital Antenna $41 a month. No wonder Comcast wants to have data caps.
Just a 15 second pre-roll and post-roll due to contractual issues apparently. (The networks probably signed a deal with another cable or digital provider that dictates that it can't be shown commercial-free anywhere else)
I don't watch any of those shows, but I ain't worried about no 15 second pre-roll anyway
Until they remove "exceptions" I won't even consider this. Netflix = no ads on any content. Make it that simple and I'll take a look at it.
I have it free until April 2016 but they won't let me charge me prorated instead I have to cancel my trail and start paying full price right away. Also you still get ads on two shows I watch Grimm and Agents of Shield. They can keep there pathetic "ad free" service. I will just wait until the seasons are over and Amazon Prime and Netflix adds the shows ad free.
Seriously? It's less than 1 minute of ads book ending a few shows.
Seriously? It's less than 1 minute of ads book-ending a few shows. No breaks in the shows themselves. I don't get the outrage over this. I really wouldn't care if every show had ads before and after as long as the show itself isn't interrupted.
It's contractual. They definitely wouldn't have exceptions if they didn't have to. Hopefully when the contacts renew, they'll be able to trim that list down.
Except that, aside from original Netflix content, there's nothing current on Netflix. Netflix and Hulu aren't really comparable. If you want to watch last night's episode of a show, you can't do that on Netflix. You can on Hulu.
The ad-free plan sounds great to me. I don't care if every show has commercials before and after. As long as the show itself isn't interrupted, I'm happy.
Of course there's no pleasing everyone...no matter how good the deal.
Yeah, they make me resent the companies soiling my viewing experience so that I don't buy their products!
It's 15 seconds before the show (and the one after the show can be ignored since no one cares about it and can easily avoid it) and only for a few shows. Nothing during the shows themselves. Mostly "outrage" for the sake of outrage.
Stop whining. The studios offer all those exception shows without ads right now. Open iTunes and buy them. Problem solved.
No, it's because they are selling an ad-free subscription that isn't ad-free. Very misleading.
On like five ABC and Fox shows. Ads come before or after the show, not during the show, for what that's worth.
Anyway Hulu makes it pretty clear your beef is actually with the content owner, not with Hulu.
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When it's more convenient to play a file than any of these services then I'm out. I don't mind a few but I want to be able to find what I want press play, resume, skip around pause, watch offline on all my devices and generally use the content as if it were my own ad free video. The service should be able to offer that or I'll continue to auto download my content for use in my home nas/server and Apple TV collection. Streaming should be like buying is currently. Adverts are the devil when they actually ruin the shows they're paying for. I don't get why they interrupt shows anyway so often.
They explain it all in the details. Still no ads during the shows, which is the primary thing. Yes, it's not technically ad-free, yes, it could perhaps be named even better, but hardly an outrage that it is being made out to be in some of the posts.