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Thought to have been brewing for sometime, Hulu has finally unveiled a paid subscription service. “Hulu Plus” charges Americans $10 monthly for access to full seasons of television shows from ABC, FOX, and NBC on your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Xbox 360, PS3, and select Samsung/Sony HDTVs and Blu-ray players. More »


Apple TV is about to get even better with the newly introduced $30 TV subscription service that Apple is currently working on. Peter Kafka of All Things Digital recently talked to some industry executives who have been negotiating with them about a $30 a month on-demand TV service through Apple TV. This would make the Apple TV similar to that of a cable like service, completely ignoring the DVR market at this point. Kafka also said that there are currently 65 million iTunes accounts which Apple can use in order to get their new subscription service out to the public. More »


By now it’s already made the newswires across the internet, but Hulu, the free video service, is planning to go with a subscription model. I heard the news last night as I was watching the baseball game on FOX and couldn’t believe that Hulu, already supported through ads, was planning to charge for broadcast television content, which most of have been watching for free since the dawn of television.

Chase Carey, the News Corp. Deputy Chairman, uttered the now famous words, “It’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online.” I think Mr. Carey forgot one thing, you already have ads on your videos, ads that pay so that viewers can watch it for free! More »


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