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Who'd want it, unless someone is looking to launch an inferior Netflix competitor.

by seanp2k 15y ago

phlux 15y ago
Why wouldnt netflix want it? Other than Adrian is pretty damn smart in saying that netflix will only be a cloud consumer - so if Hulu is heavily reliant on their own HW infrastructure for their current delivery - then I can see netflix stating its not a good fit for their model.
- jerf 15y ago
  'Why wouldnt netflix want it?" I'm pretty sure the correct question is "Why would Netflix want it?" (companies don't generally acquire other companies "because why not?", at least not ones that hang around long), and I can't say I see a good answer to that. The only thing that Netflix could win with would be licensing deals, except Hulu doesn't actually have them, as they are all short term deals. If Netflix and NBC want to get together, or not get together, Netflix's possession of Hulu isn't going to affect anything either way in that case. It isn't even worth buying them to squash them; they're doing a very good job of that on their own, and the list of buyers who stands a realistic chance of reversing that is very short.
  - americandesi333 15y ago
    Just to play devil's advocate here, if you step back and see, Hulu is not a bad acquisition for Netflix and why? Its because Hulu will bring Netflix the 'scale' and additional premium customers. I know a lot of people who purchase Hulu or Netflix, but cannot justify buying both.
    - chopsueyar 15y ago
      Netflix already has the scale. Why would Netflix want a bunch of 'users' that want free streaming? Netflix needs to license more current tv episodes and they could crush Hulu. Wouldn't you rather the company spend money to license content instead of acquiring physical infrastructure considered obsolete after 6 months?
    - jerf 15y ago
      I do not recall recently reading stories about how Hulu traffic is now 30% of the internet traffic during peak times. I do recall reading this: http://www.telecompetitor.com/report-netflix-represents-30-of-peak-internet-traffic/ http://www.telecompetitor.com/report-netflix-represents-30-o... I don't think Hulu has much scale to offer Netflix.

Who'd want it, unless someone is looking to launch an inferior Netflix competitor.

by seanp2k 15y ago

Who'd want it, unless someone is looking to launch an inferior Netflix competitor.

phlux 15y ago

Why wouldnt netflix want it? Other than Adrian is pretty damn smart in saying that netflix will only be a cloud consumer - so if Hulu is heavily reliant on their own HW infrastructure for their current delivery - then I can see netflix stating its not a good fit for their model.

jerf 15y ago
'Why wouldnt netflix want it?" I'm pretty sure the correct question is "Why would Netflix want it?" (companies don't generally acquire other companies "because why not?", at least not ones that hang around long), and I can't say I see a good answer to that. The only thing that Netflix could win with would be licensing deals, except Hulu doesn't actually have them, as they are all short term deals. If Netflix and NBC want to get together, or not get together, Netflix's possession of Hulu isn't going to affect anything either way in that case. It isn't even worth buying them to squash them; they're doing a very good job of that on their own, and the list of buyers who stands a realistic chance of reversing that is very short.
- americandesi333 15y ago
  Just to play devil's advocate here, if you step back and see, Hulu is not a bad acquisition for Netflix and why? Its because Hulu will bring Netflix the 'scale' and additional premium customers. I know a lot of people who purchase Hulu or Netflix, but cannot justify buying both.
  - chopsueyar 15y ago
    Netflix already has the scale. Why would Netflix want a bunch of 'users' that want free streaming? Netflix needs to license more current tv episodes and they could crush Hulu. Wouldn't you rather the company spend money to license content instead of acquiring physical infrastructure considered obsolete after 6 months?
  - jerf 15y ago
    I do not recall recently reading stories about how Hulu traffic is now 30% of the internet traffic during peak times. I do recall reading this: http://www.telecompetitor.com/report-netflix-represents-30-of-peak-internet-traffic/ http://www.telecompetitor.com/report-netflix-represents-30-o... I don't think Hulu has much scale to offer Netflix.