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Hulu Plus Opens Up, Doesn't Go on Sale

November 4, 2010 at 10:10 am PT

If you’ve been waiting to pay $9.99 a month for Hulu Plus, but haven’t been able wrangle an invite, your wait is over: The service is now open to the public. If you’ve been waiting to pay half that price for the video service, which gives you a deeper catalog and access to devices like Apple’s iPad and Microsoft’s Xbox 360–keep waiting. While CEO Jason Kilar has pushed to cut the price of the service by 50 percent, not all of his network partners/owners–Disney’s ABC, News Corp.’s Fox and GE’s NBC–are on board. So it’s full price, for now. Have at it.

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Anonymous

I’ve been streaming video from all the major networks for some time now. The video quality has been getting better and better. My Netflix HD stream is great and I get DVDs sent to me all for 8.99 a month. Hulu Plus is a good service, however for 9.99 a month, they can keep it. You can’t offer less for more and expect to compete. Sounds to me that Hulu Plus’s partners are just being greedy. They won’t get my business until the price drops.