Hulu Still Going Strong, But Growth Is Dropping Off Sharply

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/03/hulu-still-going-strong-but-growth-is-dropping-off-sharply/

by vaksel • 17 years ago

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jhancock• 17 years ago

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?

Silentio• 17 years ago

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.

laconix• 17 years ago

My biggest problem is availability. I think opening it to Australia, and other countries would prompt growth.

barredo• 17 years ago

Open it to other countries :-)

gsmaverick• 17 years ago

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.

SwellJoe• 17 years ago

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.

paul9290• 17 years ago

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).

staunch• 17 years ago

Two things killed Hulu for me: a) TheDailyShow.com has no ads. b) I'm paying for Netflix now and love streaming.

wastedbrains• 17 years ago

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...

Hulu Still Going Strong, But Growth Is Dropping Off Sharply

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