Hulu: or, how network television lost me
March 12th, 2008 by Benjamin KuoThere’s been more than enough written on the public launch of the NBC/News Corp. venture Hulu today, and perhaps I’m in the minority; but looking over the titles streaming out of Hulu, I’m suddenly realizing that network television lost me long ago. Out of the dozens of TV shows available — either as episodes, or even only with clips — on the site, I realize I’ve maybe (maybe) watched a couple of shows, and even then probably in passing at the airport waiting for a flight. Albeit, I’m probably a fraction of the population, since I very rarely watch TV, but the networks have a big job in front of them to attract back folks who they’ve lost long ago to cable/satellite, the Internet, and elsewhere.
