Comments on: Disney wins the race to be third on Hulu http://themediawonk.com/2009/04/30/disney-wins-the-race-to-be-third-on-hulu/ Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:51:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dutch http://themediawonk.com/2009/04/30/disney-wins-the-race-to-be-third-on-hulu/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Dutch Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:49:52 +0000 http://themediawonk.com/?p=36#comment-98 I have been using Hulu for quite a while because Comcast site Fancast is also part of the Hulu model. Fancast brand started pretty much as a TV screen connected to a Hulu cable - VOD for web. Now the funny part is the cable company's deal with providers such as HBO, Showtime, TNT, USA, SciFi and other so called cable channels. When at Hulu, CBS, WB, ABC viewing result in a redirect to their site. When at Fancast, ABC (include Showtime (aka CBS) as a 2nd example) does not redirect, however, the full length show count follows the wired-to-tv OnDemand or are zero. Again I suspect distribution rights holder twilight zone. I watched Hulu mutate due to distribution rights holder arm twisting. Disney is allowing Hulu to be the portal to ABC/ABC FAM sites. NBC is doing the same with it's A-list TNT channel content also. The point seems to force viewer to endure all the crappy over designed marketing their flash sites have. Hope Hulu rides the storm and lives. Fancast has Comcast as it's benefactor and has different problems than Hulu which I will skip for now. I have been using Hulu for quite a while because Comcast site Fancast is also part of the Hulu model. Fancast brand started pretty much as a TV screen connected to a Hulu cable – VOD for web. Now the funny part is the cable company’s deal with providers such as HBO, Showtime, TNT, USA, SciFi and other so called cable channels.

When at Hulu, CBS, WB, ABC viewing result in a redirect to their site. When at Fancast, ABC (include Showtime (aka CBS) as a 2nd example) does not redirect, however, the full length show count follows the wired-to-tv OnDemand or are zero. Again I suspect distribution rights holder twilight zone.

I watched Hulu mutate due to distribution rights holder arm twisting. Disney is allowing Hulu to be the portal to ABC/ABC FAM sites. NBC is doing the same with it’s A-list TNT channel content also. The point seems to force viewer to endure all the crappy over designed marketing their flash sites have. Hope Hulu rides the storm and lives. Fancast has Comcast as it’s benefactor and has different problems than Hulu which I will skip for now.

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