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NewTeeVee Live: Hulu CEO Says Success is About Being Obsessive
NewTeeVee Live: Hulu CEO Says Success is About Being Obsessive
Jason Kilar, the CEO of Hulu — everyone’s favorite way to watch studio shows online — discusses the three forces that are driving Hulu: the big wave of the online video trend, obsession (give ‘em what they want and be neurotic) and the positive results of the service ...
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ft.com — YouTube is in danger of being upstaged commercially by a smaller upstart backed by News Corporation and NBC Universal as the video-sharing site struggles to make its massive global audience appeal to advertisers. Hulu, a video site showing only ... (more) FT.com / Companies / Media - Rival forecast to catch YouTube
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Hulu To Be Bigger Than YouTube Next Year?
Hulu To Be Bigger Than YouTube Next Year?
alleyinsider.com — In a sign of just how little success Google has had at monetizing YouTube, a research firm is predicting that Hulu will surpass it in US revenue next year. Screen Digest estimates that YouTube will make $100 million in US revenue this year compared ... (more) Hulu To Be Bigger Than YouTube Next Year?
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NewTeeVee Live: Jason Kilar, CEO of Hulu Talks Infrastructure and Metered Broadband [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... After his keynote at NewTeeVee Live today in San Francisco, Jason Kilar, CEO of Hulu, took some time to talk with Om about infrastructure issues for the network-supported online video distribution platform. ...

What can Fred teach us about video?
mathewingram.com/work — ... Fred or they hate him — and no doubt plenty of older viewers will argue that all Fred’s success proves is that any old piece of crap can get millions of views. I disagree. Young Lucas has done one thing that even big networks do fairly infrequently: he has tapped directly into the heart of his target market, which is probably easier for him because he is the target market. But he is also obsessive and passionate, and as Jason Kilar of Hulu says, that is a big part of being a success. ...

Why Yahoo Should Buy Hulu [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... spoke to quite a few people who know Kilar well, and most of them described him as that rare content guy with technical chops. A good team builder, he is said to inspire. Others waxed eloquent about his sense of design and his passion for media. Remember, he ran the DVD store for Amazon. His defining quality is hyper-competitiveness — something that would be important to fire up the troops. During his keynote speech at our NewTeeVee Live conference back in November, Kilar said: ...

Why Does Everyone Heart Boxee? [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... The approach reminds me of Hulu CEO Jason Kilar’s talk at NewTeeVee Live, in which he described his staff’s near-constant vigil with the Hulu community, solving and responding to even minor technical issues at all hours of the night. ...

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