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If they want it to be worth $10 (or more), there's one big thing they'd need to do: live streaming (or, at least upload shows right when the episode ends).

Like Dustin Curtis said, "Netflix killed Blockbuster, but Hulu is going to kill Netflix. So much death, and I still can't watch fucking live TV on the internet."

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Why would Hulu kill Netflix? Hulu may be a bit better on TV content, but Netflix blows them out of the water on the rest. I'd put my money on Netflix.

I totally agree. Most TV shows appear on BitTorrent networks within an hour of airing. Why can't hulu beat those delivery times when they have a partnership with the content producers?

fan subed anime is up within an hour... local distribution is 12+ months behind.

That's an awesome quote, hadn't seen it before! Pretty much sums it all up, doesn't it?

live TV? What is your definition of that? LIve broadcasts of sporting and entertainment events? Or just a contiguous stream of shows? If you want the latter Justin.tv offers that.

As for Hulu Plus I think it's a great start and shocked by all the monkeys and trolls who left reviews re: hulu plus iphone app. They completely diss it because it cost $10 bucks and has ads. How much you pay for cable TV service with ads?

Live TV, as in whats playing on the TV right now. As in, an internet broadcast of a TV channel.

I don't.

Wait, why would I want to pay to watch whatever's on right now? I have a TV and an antenna for that.

Because most live sporting events don't broadcast for your antenna to receive. Maybe that doesn't matter to you but it does to me.

I just want a service that will stream all of the sports I currently get on basic cable (local teams and nationally televised games), along with what I can get from Hulu. It would also be nice to be able to get a daily or monthly stream of a channel on an a la carte basis.

Fair enough. But hulu doesn't carry any sport right now, does it?

Personally I'd pay to see the Formula 1 live, but that's about it. I don't think even cable carries that in the US.

I don't believe they have any sport, which is why it can't replace cable for me.

Just checked on Formula 1 and it looks like Fox is broadcasting the next race live. Subsequent races appear to be live on SPEED.

Then you're not exactly their target audience... and not everyone has free OTA access to the shows they want to watch, if it's even aired that way.

For instance: I haven't seen Bill Nye since PBS stopped airing his show.

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