In what could be "the fastest start of any online video subscription service," Hulu's premium service is on track to top 1 million paying customers in 2011, CEO Jason Kilar says. Hulu should make about $500 million during the year, vs. about half that in 2010, he said. Chump change in the TV business, but an impressive showing in online TV, an … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2011
‘Mad Men’ brand to Netflix
AMC's retro-hip hit "Mad Men" will start streaming via Netflix as of midsummer. Lionsgate and Netflix cut a multiyear deal for the Emmy-winning series under which the first four seasons will start streaming on the Watch Instantly service as of July 27, with subsequent seasons to follow. Netflix dubbed it an "exclusive syndication deal," but … [Read more...]
TW iPad channels yanked
After complaints from TV and cable networks, Time Warner Cable has pulled the plug on MTV and other popular channels that were being fed to subscribers' iPads. Time Warner wasted no time in launching more than 20 national channels for its iPad app over the next two days. The additions range from the essential -- AMC, CNBC, Disney -- to the … [Read more...]
‘Glee’ in tune with Netflix
Netflix's streaming video programming wheel continues to spin, with "Glee." Twentieth Century Fox and Netflix announced April 1 that their programming deal now includes the first season of Fox's "Glee" as well as the first two seasons of FX's "Sons of Anarchy." They will run on the Watch Instantly streaming video service, free of additional cost … [Read more...]