Comments on: No Moment of Zen: Viacom Takes Daily Show off Hulu

By: Hulu Eyeing An IPO

Hulu Eyeing An IPO — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:02:51 +0000

[...] been a big contributor to Hulu’s success with cable programming from MTV and Comedy Central, pulled episodes and clips from flagship properties The Daily Show and The Colbert Report from the site earlier this year [...]

By: Hulu: Don’t Worry About Us, We’re Doing Just Fine, Thanks

Hulu: Don’t Worry About Us, We’re Doing Just Fine, Thanks — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:04:34 +0000

[...] for instance, recently pulled The Daily Show and Colbert Report videos from Hulu, saying that it wasn’t happy with the revenue that those properties were bringing [...]

By: Spike Brings UFC Video Archive Online

Spike Brings UFC Video Archive Online — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:34:31 +0000

[...] made headlines recently when it pulled the Daily Show and the Colbert Report off of Hulu in favor of its own online destinations, a move that the media giant said was the result of being [...]

By: A Belated New Year’s Resolution: No Walled Gardens! | AniChaos.com

A Belated New Year’s Resolution: No Walled Gardens! | AniChaos.com — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:08:02 +0000

[...] The recent Comedy Central-Hulu announcement made me recall my New Year’s resolution, one that I wanted to share publicly, and encourage you to embrace as well. It is simple in its concept, but epic in scope. It involves eliminating something from your routine, something unhealthy –- not for your body, however, but for your wallet, and the world at large. In short, I’m asking you to join me in giving up Walled Gardens. [...]

By: A Belated New Year’s Resolution: No Walled Gardens! – GigaOM

A Belated New Year’s Resolution: No Walled Gardens! – GigaOM — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:50:55 +0000

[...] Jim Louderback Mar. 9, 2010, 5:00pm PST 6 Comments 0 The Comedy Central-Hulu announcement last week made me recall my New Year’s resolution, one that I wanted to share publicly, and [...]

By: Hulu, Vevo Take A Hit As Video Views Stall

Hulu, Vevo Take A Hit As Video Views Stall — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:22:39 +0000

[...] Video views across the board were down 2.5 percent in January, but Hulu’s views fell a whopping 11 percent. Some of this can be explained by seasonal viewership behavior, with popular TV shows like Glee going on break. However, one shouldn’t expect Hulu’s ratings to get better any time soon, given the fact that the immensely popular Viacom shows The Daily Show and The Colbert Report will be leaving the site this week. [...]

By: A&E Exec: Having Less Ads Online Than on TV “A Huge Mistake”

A&E Exec: Having Less Ads Online Than on TV “A Huge Mistake” — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:17:36 +0000

[...] Having Less Ads Online Than on TV “A Huge Mistake” Viacom’s decision to pull The Daily Show off Hulu was on everyone’s mind at InteractiveTV Today’s TV of Tomorrow Show that began today in [...]

By: Ryan Lawler

Ryan Lawler — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:10:44 +0000

I find this really surprising, if only because in the past Viacom has been pretty aggressive about making all of its content available in an on-demand fashion online. MTV Networks and Comedy Central were some of the first cable properties to put the entire run of its shows online with South Park Studios, The Daily Show, and Colbert websites. To now see it back down from hyper-distributing its videos doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

By: Thoughts

Thoughts — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:35 +0000

As part of the greater "TV Everywhere" initiative the MSOs are trying to lock all cable content behind authentication gateways. As it stands, Comedy Central's assets are some of the more highly regarded cable assets both for analog and digital distribution. While not ideal for the consumer, from a business lens Viacom probably used leverage they had from Time Warner/ Comcast/ Etc. negotiations and asked Hulu for the same terms. As Hulu is (today) a purely ad supported business, they cannot match the notion of a per-sub fee or other revenue model which includes fixed (per sub fee) & variable (ads) payments for content.