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GadgetReview:  Hulu Is About To Screw You…By Charging You

AppScout:  Hulu May Soon Charge for Content: Report

Gadgetell:  Hulu to start charging next year

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RT @LATimestech "New adventures in pay walls http://bit.ly/14pqiM" Oh, oh...including Hulu? Uh, thanks, but no thanks, Hulu. 10/23/2009

New adventures in pay walls: Disconcerting news, Hulu users: Broadcasting and Cable reports .. http://bit.ly/U9WnI khlinteractive.com 10/23/2009

New adventures in pay walls: This isn'ta huge surprise; my colleagues Dawn Chmielewski and Meg James report.. http://bit.ly/U9WnI 10/23/2009

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Hulu Is About To Screw You…By Charging You
GadgetReview — ... in no position to kill my cable subscription for fear of losing touch with reality (I never leave my place and require CNN and other skewed news sources to be on at all times). So, Hulu users, what’s your plan?  Would you drop some greenbacks to watch content online on what was once a free service?  If you ask me it never really panned out for Napster, although they did get bought, but at what profit, if any, I don’t know. Read ...

Hulu May Soon Charge for Content: Report
AppScout — ... Well, it was good while it lasted. New Hulu board member Chase Carey said that Hulu must start charging for at least some of its content as early as next year, according to the Los Angeles Times. ...

Hulu to start charging next year
Gadgetell — ... per episode or full season, but unlike Hulu which doesn’t let you save content to your hard drive or mobile device, they do.  That’s a big deal to a lot of folks.  There are some third party programs that claim to let you download and save Hulu content but they aren’t free and likely violate Hulu’s ToS. Offering such a download and save feature might be just what Hulu needs to make their transition to a pay service have a better chance at success. Read [LA Times] Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for ...