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Sly · 11-17-2012, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by crockett

I'm looking a Hulu right now..

Nothing from Discovery Chanel..

History Channel has 11 series and are all old and very limited amount of episodes. American Pickers for example is a popular show on that channel and they don't even have a full season. Pawn stars is the same..

National Geo is a bit better in the fact at least they offer a full season but again very limited amount of shows compared to what they air on cable.

This is what I'm saying, Hulu is doing what they can I'm sure, but the TV networks aren't going full in and by treating the net like they do cable and that is why they are failing.

Netflix is buying the rights to those shows. Everything you just mentioned is available on Netflix, prior seasons. I'm looking at them right now. For $20 a month you can have Netflix and Hulu.

Cable TV is more protective of their content because they don't make as much money. They need to license it out to the highest bidder so that they can pay for their shows. In this case, Netflix won. Also, in order for cable channels to get airtime from the large TV networks (Time Warner, etc.) they need to make the large TV networks happy. Time Warner is not going to be happy if Discovery Channel starts giving away all of their content online. They will get cut off, just like HBO would.

The networks, like ABC, etc. have more bargaining power because they are already free across the country. They can more or less tell the TV networks to shove it because they don't matter all that much.