Comments on: The Simpsons Meet Steve Jobs, and Hulu Captures the Moment

By: Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:49:53 +0000

Interesting, Mark. I haven’t seen an problems with embedded clips, either. I don’t think there’s a difference in transmission methods, but I don’t know, either.
As far as movies: You’re right, movies are less than ideal on Hulu. And for that matter, other streaming sites, like Netflix’s new streaming feature. On the other hand, they’re free.

By: Mark Lipsky

Mark Lipsky — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:32:49 +0000

Hi Peter –

First time I accessed a clip off-site. Haven’t had much difficulty on-site. And the site is generally great for TV where commercials are accepted. But for film, where video ads are simply thrown on and where stream quality (resolution) is generally low as they can reasonably go, not so much. As a film distributor myself I’m saddened that filmmakers are beginning to think of Hulu – and other ad-supported sites – as an acceptable alternative to theatrical. But that’s another topic.

Mark.

By: Sam Harrison

Sam Harrison — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:56:24 +0000

surely there’s more “meaty” news out there???

By: Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:56:30 +0000

Chris, isn’t Hulu now available in some non-US markets? In any case, figuring out how to license content for international Web users, let alone sell ads against it, is a challenge the networks aren’t ready to tackle yet.
Mark, I find Hulu to be pretty consistently good about this stuff. Is this a recurring problem?
Sam, I guess not. Except to the people who didn’t know about it.

By: Sam Harrison

Sam Harrison — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:45:09 +0000

is this news?

By: Mark Lipsky

Mark Lipsky — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:40:11 +0000

From the Forest for the Trees department: The clip from Hulu skipped constantly. My *available* bandwidth: 10MB

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:13:05 +0000

Well, don’t forget Hulu (and the other network TV sites) don’t allow you to view anything outside the US. (The embedded player above just gives me an apology and link to Hulu’s explanation.)

So for now I’ll settle for quicker, higher quality bit torrent files instead.

By: Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:01:40 +0000

Haven’t got my check from Hulu yet, Marley. And yes, you can watch it at Fox.com; I’ll note that above. But the point is the same: The networks have gotten very good, very fast (for them) about putting their best stuff up on the Web. Do note, though, that Fox.com site hard to navigate and doesn’t allow embedding.

By: marley beezle

marley beezle — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:26:34 +0000

Did Hulu pay for this post? You can watch it directly at fox.com