Hulu, Hulu, Hulu.
January 27th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Hulu is in trouble again, poor kid. According to a story in the Wall Street Journal, picked-up by the SmartBrief people, his parents are at odds over how much TV is good for you. Hulu has become such a couch potato that the grown-ups are afraid it will start to take away from responsible programming behaviors like cable and satellite.
The Journal story says the child’s parents “are grappling with a dilemma facing all entertainment companies: how soon to release movies or shows online without destroying their value in other lucrative “windows” such as DVDS or reruns on cable TV—and at what price.”
Hulu, of course, seems to take the pressures on the family to make ends meet and raise a responsible citizen in stride. Reportedly, he has a modified refrigerator in his room that can hold a beer keg, presumably to take the edge off all the hand-wringing.
It has the neighbors talking: “It remains unclear what the business model is” for Hulu, says Bruce Rosenblum in the Journal’s story, who lives up the street as the head of the television arm of Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros. studio.
Kids will be kids. One day they’re going to strike out on their own, maybe even grow-up to be just like Mom or Dad. And, if the parents are lucky, take care of them when they’re old.
