Callahan, Renee Hopkins ~ Hulu Is A Big Hit

A short history of Hulu, why it succeeded and why everybody was sceptical about it: “Asking two incumbents to work together to create a disruptive business seemed like a recipe for disaster.”

“Last March, Innosight said that if Hulu was to succeed, it must forget the lessons of its core businesses. Seems as if it forgot those lessons.”
Basically they are arguing that Hulu only succeeded, because the parent companies NBC Universal and News Corp. allowed Hulu not to care about their existing business models. Furthermore an external CEO was chosen who then chose external staff.

But Hulu still uses their “old” model of offering good content and selling ads. Only they are selling far less and cheaper ads than the parents.

Now the advertisement-market is collapsing and Hulu is losing its business model. It has to forget even more.

Therefore Hulu should forget even more and find really new ways of making money.

Hulu Is A Big Hit

About the author

Woitek Konzal

Producer, Consultant, Lecturer & Researcher. I love working where technology meets media in novel ways. Once, I even won an Emmy for digital innovation doing that. Be it for a small but exciting campaign about underground electronic music collectives or for a monster project combining two movies, various 360° videos, 72 ARG-like mini puzzles, and a Unity game, all wrapped up in one cross-platform app – I have proven my ability to adapt to what is required. This passion for novel technologies has regularly allowed me to cross paths with tech startups – an industry and philosophy I am all set to engage with more. I intensely enjoy balancing out my practical work with academic research, teaching, and consulting. Also, I have a PhD in Creative Industries, a M.Sc. in Business Administration, and love to kitesurf.

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