Video portal Hulu launches with payment model
The well-known video streaming portal Hulu has announced that it will introduce a paid subscription model. The new service, called «Hulu Plus,» is designed to give users access to a comprehensive selection of full-length TV episodes—some even in HD—on computers, mobile devices, internet-enabled TVs, and Blu-ray players.
Access costs users a monthly fee of 9.99 dollars. In future, the service will also be offered on video game consoles such as the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. However, Hulu Plus is currently only being launched in the form of an initial test run. In addition, it will only be available to users who are expressly invited to participate, as Pressetext.ch writes. Experts assume that the service could be available to the general public as early as fall 2010.
