Hulu should require viewers to have a cable subscription, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes suggested in an investor call following the company's Q1 2012 earnings report this morning. "We think Hulu authenticating makes sense," Bewkes said. "We think Hulu is
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May 02, 2012 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
Time Warner’s CEO: “Hulu authentication makes sense”
Posted in: Noted (News Feed) | Tags: HBO, HBO Go, Jeff Bewkes, Netflix, streaming video, SVOD, Time Warner, UltraViolet, Uncategorized, VOD
November 17, 2011 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
Flixster hands out iTunes codes to unhappy UltraViolet users
How bad are things for Hollywood's UltraViolet initiative right now? So bad that Warner Bros., the studio behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, is giving away coupon codes for the movie to Apple's iTunes store to placate
October 24, 2011 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
UltraViolet might be too little, too late
Hollywood is finally starting to make good on its promise to allow consumers to buy a movie once and watch it anywhere. But in my latest piece on GigaOM Pro, I argue that UltraViolet does little to combat a visible
Posted in: Noted (News Feed) | Tags: access vs. ownership, Blu-ray, DVD, electronic sell-through, Netflix, UltraViolet 
2011 Has Been a Landmark Year for Online Video
As 2011 comes to a close, it is hard to deny that it was a definitive year for online video even against the backdrop of the assertive pace that the industry has been on for the past few years. The