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Introducing Hulu Plus: More wherever. More whenever. Than ever.

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13 pointsrufo9 comments

Not being able to ditch ads is quite disappointing. Especially for $10 a month.

That was the only thing I wanted out of Hulu Plus to be honest - I just want an uninterrupted viewing experience. Up the damn thing to $30 a month and I'll pay for it if I never have to see that 5 hour energy ad on Hulu again.

The way Hulu seems to repeat ads seems a little absurd, especially given that a web service can track identity and ad views in a way that broadcast cannot. A couple impressions of a funny ad can have the desired effect, while 20 views of the same ad can backfire and end up creating a negative impression of the brand. Seems like it would be in the interest of both Hulu and advertisers to make a better effort to mix it up, especially if they want to replace traditional broadcast rather than merely supplement it.

Don't worry, the footnote says that it's only simulated, the actual physical effects may vary.

For me it is kind of a toss up. FBI warnings on DVDs from Netflix or adds on Hulu. Though Netflix streaming is blessedly free of both.

The FBI warnings come at the very beginning, while you're still settling in, turning off lights, passing around food, or whatever, not while you're in the middle of watching.

has to work for all three of our customers, and those are our end users, our advertisers, and our content suppliers

I'm not sure how I feel about end users not being their primary customer... I can't see the split in effort working well in the future (too much of a difference between end users and content suppliers). However, it's nice to see them being upfront about it.

My intuition about slogans is that I shouldn't have to read over them several times to make sure I'm reading/parsing them correctly.

I have been waiting for Hulu to gain a more Netflix like mentality to get their service onto everything. Ten dollars a month isn't bad either especially when stacked up to cable and satellite.

Hopefully in the future they will add more tiers of service like premium movie channels and sports.

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