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08-08-2016, 08:31 PM
Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/) today an**unced that the company is ending the free, ad-supported tier of its streaming service and focusing on an all-subscription model that will more closely align it to rivals Netflix and Amazon Prime (via Variety (https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/hulu-free-streaming-end-yahoo-1201832578/)). Hulu's free service -- which let users watch the most recent episodes of shows after they aired live on TV -- will still continue, but is being transitioned to a new platform called "Yahoo View," thanks to a distribution partnership between Hulu and Yahoo.
In the free-to-use site Yahoo View (http://view.yahoo.com/), users will be able to watch the five most-recent episodes of shows from networks like ABC, Fox, and NBC, but will **w have to wait eight days after they originally air. Yahoo View will also provide clips previewing upcoming episodes and entire seasons of anime and Korean drama ******. Users can expect Hulu's free service to be phased out "over the next few weeks."
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Hulu senior vice president Ben Smith said that the main reason behind the move was that the company's free service "became very limited and ** longer aligned with the Hulu experience or content strategy." With the elimination of the ad-supported tier, users will have just two options to watch Hulu: its basic $7.99 per month service with commercials, or a higher-tier $11.99 per month option without commercials.
?For the past couple years, we?ve been focused on building a subscription service that provides the deepest, most personalized content experience possible to our viewers,? Hulu senior VP and head of experience Ben Smith said in a statement. ?As we have continued to enhance that offering with new originals, exclusive acquisitions, and ******, the free service became very limited and ** longer aligned with the Hulu experience or content strategy.? For **w, Yahoo View is available only on the web (http://view.yahoo.com/), but the company said that mobile apps will be coming soon, although ** release window was given. Since Yahoo shuttered (http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/yahoo-shutters-video-service-yahoo-screen-exclusive-1201671374/) its digital online video service, Yahoo Screen, earlier in the year, the acquisition of Hulu's former free content is expected to help bolster Yahoo's standing as a contender in the ever-expanding online streaming competition.
For Hulu, the move comes just under a week after Time Warner bought a 10 percent stake (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb//www.macrumors.com/2016/08/03/time-warner-10-percent-hulu/) in the company to join Disney, 21st Century Fox and Comcast/NBC Universal as shareholders. Looking forward, Hulu is also prepping a live TV streaming service for sometime in 2017, which would add a**ther subscription tier onto its streaming options with a service that focuses on quality over quantity (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb//www.macrumors.com/2016/05/02/hulu-cable-tv-service/), since the company "isn?t looking to offer all the hundreds of channels found in the traditional cable bundle."
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In the free-to-use site Yahoo View (http://view.yahoo.com/), users will be able to watch the five most-recent episodes of shows from networks like ABC, Fox, and NBC, but will **w have to wait eight days after they originally air. Yahoo View will also provide clips previewing upcoming episodes and entire seasons of anime and Korean drama ******. Users can expect Hulu's free service to be phased out "over the next few weeks."
https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb//cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2016/08/yahoo-view-with-hulu.jpg
Hulu senior vice president Ben Smith said that the main reason behind the move was that the company's free service "became very limited and ** longer aligned with the Hulu experience or content strategy." With the elimination of the ad-supported tier, users will have just two options to watch Hulu: its basic $7.99 per month service with commercials, or a higher-tier $11.99 per month option without commercials.
?For the past couple years, we?ve been focused on building a subscription service that provides the deepest, most personalized content experience possible to our viewers,? Hulu senior VP and head of experience Ben Smith said in a statement. ?As we have continued to enhance that offering with new originals, exclusive acquisitions, and ******, the free service became very limited and ** longer aligned with the Hulu experience or content strategy.? For **w, Yahoo View is available only on the web (http://view.yahoo.com/), but the company said that mobile apps will be coming soon, although ** release window was given. Since Yahoo shuttered (http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/yahoo-shutters-video-service-yahoo-screen-exclusive-1201671374/) its digital online video service, Yahoo Screen, earlier in the year, the acquisition of Hulu's former free content is expected to help bolster Yahoo's standing as a contender in the ever-expanding online streaming competition.
For Hulu, the move comes just under a week after Time Warner bought a 10 percent stake (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb//www.macrumors.com/2016/08/03/time-warner-10-percent-hulu/) in the company to join Disney, 21st Century Fox and Comcast/NBC Universal as shareholders. Looking forward, Hulu is also prepping a live TV streaming service for sometime in 2017, which would add a**ther subscription tier onto its streaming options with a service that focuses on quality over quantity (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb//www.macrumors.com/2016/05/02/hulu-cable-tv-service/), since the company "isn?t looking to offer all the hundreds of channels found in the traditional cable bundle."
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