This article is talking about how the popular website hulu (where you can usually get access to popular tv shows for free) is considering charging viewers to watch certain shows. It says in the article, that the website would be willing to charge for their three most popular shows ("30 Rock", "Modern Family", and "House"). They mentioned a plan that's being considered is view the more recent episodes for free, but then charge $4.99 to watch older episodes. While nobody from hulu confirmed it yet, it's still being talked about.
The reason why I chose this article is because hulu is really a popular website that many people (myself included) go to seek entertainment. It's a great website to go to if you missed a show, or to just watch something you enjoyed over again. The qualitly of the videos is great, there's only one advertisement every 20 minutes or so. It beats youtube's sometimes poor quality, and it also beats having to watch on tv with commercials. Charging users of this website will let a lot of people down, and they will also lose a lot of "customers".
It relates to my group's webisode purely because it's tv content online. My chapter is all about television entering the world of internet. This website provides almost every show you could imagine to watch at your finger tips. This is definitely something that will turn people away from tv, and onto their computers.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/21/business/la-fi-ct-newhulu21-2010jan21
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