
Is Hulu Plus worth $10 a month? It all depends on the programming you like to watch, how much of it you want to access and how often. I’ve been using the long-anticipated subscription service from the joint venture of Disney (NYSE: DIS), News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) and NBC Universal...
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Best Buy will launch its own mobile broadband data service on July 11 for some of the devices it sells in many of its big-box retail outlets. The story has been dribbling out over the past few weeks with Best Buy leaking the details itself in an ad that was picked up Read more »
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The latest in a line of reports stretching back several months about Hulu’s plans to try a subscription service comes courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, suggesting that tests could start by the end of June for the so-called Hulu Plus service reportedly priced at $9.99 a month. Notice all the qualifiers there?...
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Telegraphed for weeks, the FCC’s vote on an inquiry into Title II classification of broadband (and other options) came as no surprise. As a result, reaction came thick...
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The first big leadership change in Hulu’s young career: Eric Feng, the founding CTO and SVP of audience recruited by CEO Jason Kilar from Beijing to help create the vi...
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In the department of good timing, on the same day AT&T (NYSE: T) announced an end to new unlimited mobile data access accounts, Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) is asking the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to extend its Optimum WiFi network to Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North commuter rail trains...
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Wolfgang’s Vault has already extended its streaming archive of classic rock and Newport concerts to mobile; today it enters the living room via Boxee. Users of the internet-to-TV app will be able to listen to 10 hours of the Vault free each month, same as users of the iPhone...
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The state of U.S. broadband is mediocre compared to countries like South Korea. Things are even worse in China. But the U.S. has some great online video sites, and China continues to innovate in the P2P video space. What does that say about broadband and innovation? 
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I would love to hop on the Google TV bandwagon. It sounds like a fun ride with lots of great company and exciting plans. But it’s a hard jump to make given how many internet/web/connected TV bandwagons I’ve seen crash and burn or simply fizzle between the cable and consumer tech industries. The constellation...
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