Hulu prepping Apple iPad app, sources say

[alansmallen]

tv shows + ads (like now) either free or $0.99 = i'm onboard, however, paid subscriptions = no thanks!

Really?? So let's say you watch 5 shows at one episode a week at 99 cents an episode is about 20 a month. I personally watch more thann5 and wouldn't mind paying 15 a month for it on the iPad

 

[Eye4Desyn]

Really?? So let's say you watch 5 shows at one episode a week at 99 cents an episode is about 20 a month. I personally watch more thann5 and wouldn't mind paying 15 a month for it on the iPad

Hmmm...I think you misunderstood. Did you read my post #59 on page 3 of this thread??? It will explain clearly why I'm not in favor of paid subscription model for Hulu. Let me respond to this first and I'll send you to that post hereafter. What I meant was either free or a one time cost of $0.99 for the Hulu app itself modeled just like its flash-based counterpart for the desktop. If the app itself is free and there is an "in-app purchase" for a subscription that is ad-supported then there's NO-WAY-IN-HELL I'd want it. You can now proceed here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/901061/

 

[darngooddesign]

... On the road, 3g, would'nt have enough bandwidth...

I disagree.

I've watched Hulu on my MBP tethered to my iPhone. The 3G iPad will be able to handle it.

 

[Vic-Viper]

They don't care if it fails. The networks' first priority is to get people to watch on TV. The brief ads on Hulu cannot support these big budget TV shows.

Hulu was created to deter people from downloading torrents. They make nowhere near as much money from Hulu viewers as live television viewers. But they realized that they would make no money at all if people downloaded torrents.

What incentive would they have to offer Hulu for free on a device that can't download torrents anyway? Not only that, with 3G models, the iPad is more convenient than TV. Instead of getting revenue from people that would otherwise pirate, they would now be losing real TV viewers, their real source of profit.
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By your logic, people will return to torrenting. Giving people what they want is always good business.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

If you are not a TV viewer, their ratings go down and their advertising rates go down. Look at Heroes. One if the most pirated shows of the year yet it will be cancelled because it has only 4 million live viewers.

Well, since I'm not a member of the Nielsen family (and haven't been one since the '70s) networks have no idea what I'm watching (however, that may change in the future!)

 

[CrAkD]

nuts to that. hulu is supposed to be FREE. maybe like up to $5 for the actual app but if they think people are pay monthly for that crap their nuts. charge for the app to cover development costs and then rake in the $ from all the advertising of the 50m+ new devices are seeing these ads on iphone, ipad,itouch

 

[From A Buick 8]

Flash forward a few months, have folks subscribed to Hulu plus. I am currently trying the 1 week free trial and so far I like.

Do any of think it will ever get airplay so we can send the video to an appletv

 

[anthonymoody]

I am a cord cutter (I.e. Cancelled cable) and full time ipad user, so i subscribed to hulu+ and use it happily both on my PS3 as well as on the iPad. To be honest I use it way more on the PS3 (hooked to my home theater) but it is nice to have on the iPad, especially while on the road.

 

[From A Buick 8]

We picked up two of the apple tv's back in October and shortly after we also canceled cable. Playing the hulu+app on my new iPad and if we could use airplay to send hulu to the ATV then I would sign up for the whole year.