Hulu Free Status Attacked By CBS Executive
Yet another attack on free internet tv by a greedy tv exec. Quincy Smith of CBS in a leaked email has stuck the knife into free tv website Hulu – In the email he says :- “We should think about how hard it would be to prove that some ratings declines are a result of reckless Hulu streams.”
He then proceeded to exude the virtues of the TV Everywhere concept, the Time Warner and Comcasts initiative that CBS has signed up to that will require viewers to ‘authenticate’ that they already subscribe to a cable or satellite service before being able to watch content online for free. Hulu requires no such authentication from its users and they do not like this.
CBS has made it clear that they will not allow its content to be streamed via Hulu, obviously blaming any fall in ratings conveniently on the online tv website. Strangely though CBS streams some of its own shows on its CBS.com and its TV.com websites.
He is also quoted as saying :- “We should also think about if we want to talk the walk on packing more ads and our findings thus far.”
So the fact that Hulu offer great content and for free is getting this particular networks mouthpiece aggitated. And of course all the big networks are starting to round on the internet tv sites and criticise them for not charging.
The leaked email comes just days after another exec said the BBC should charge for its iPlayer service. CBS did confirm the email was indeed sent but declined to comment further. So do not expect to see too much CBS shows online anytime soon, at least not for free and if they do show you can bet they will be full of ads.
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