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Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split

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Hulu is the leading player for streaming television. Frankly, I’m surprised Netflix doesn’t buy Hulu. In my opinion it’s the most natural fit and it would give Netflix a very strong presence in Los Angeles and in TV (obviously subject to getting the right writes from the studios).

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Learning The Ropes Of Internet Video With Michael Tringe and CreatorUp

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An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. I started writing, doing production, and wrote a winning student short, and also worked at Creative Artist in film distribution and sales. He's been working Hollywood, too, and is a real Cinderella story. What's your background?

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

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You must find ways to get some distribution through other online partners like Hulu or package up shows for distribution on Roku or Xbox. To produce content that people want to watch takes unique skills: Writing. But you must work hard to develop alternate distribution at websites like Yahoo!, MSN & AOL. Set design.

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Why Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Communicate More Like George Bush Than Al Gore

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This does not mean you shouldn’t solve big, complex problems or write complex code. ” Many people in Internet TV talk to me about “ Torso TV ” or “ Why Hulu is like OPEC.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

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So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. These are all creative processes.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo! And if they can monetize their follower base then they have an incentive to grow their base, Tweet more, engage more and write better quality Tweets. The same debate always occurs with the pharmaceutical industry. Everybody gains. I used to.

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How to Save MySpace

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Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale. Leverage a worldwide community to enable a perfect market for outsourcing activities like online research, writing, & content review. Movies – no website has more Hollywood DNA.