At Streaming Media West conference, Dish Network‘s Online Content Development VP, Bruce Eisen voiced his opinion that Hulu is making it too easy for people to watch new tv network programming, thus giving them less incentive to pay. In fact, Hulu is bad for the future of tv.
“If I can watch Glee tomorrow morning and I don’t have to pay a pay TV service –- I think that’s bad,” Eisen said, the Hulu way is to let viewers watch content as soon as they want, there needs to be 30-day wait after a new show airs on tv. “If people decide that they don’t have to pay for pay TV, then one of the pillars (of the TV industry) starts crumbling,” he continued.
The results of a survey carried out by Altman Vilandrie & Company show that viewers are ditching pay TV subscriptions. The survey shows that 3.9% of people aged 25-34 have dropped their subscriptions, and 20% were looking at doing the same due to online streaming.
It is no surprise that the big pay tv broadcasters both cable and satellite are ‘wetting themselves’ now that the tv arena is becoming more competative and in some cases free. But should they be allowed to change the rules to suit themselves?
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