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My Apology to Maggie

By Dan O'Connor on March 24, 2008

So, last week, Maggie posted about Hulu, the ad-supported streaming TV/Movie website engendered by NBCUniversal and Newscorp, going live from Beta testing.

And I was like ‘meh, whatevs’. Indeed, I believe my exact words were:

Being sans-TV myself at the moment, I’m watching most of my fave shows online at the networks’ own sites; how does Hulu improve on these? I mean, I can watch all of season 2 of ‘30 Rock’ on NBC.com – what does Hulu bring me that NBC doesn’t?”

Well, I’ll tell you: the first three seasons of ‘NewsRadio’, that’s what. Which makes me inordinately happy.

And there are dozens and dozens of other great old shows on Hulu, all streaming for free, with an average of about 90 seconds of add time per 22minute show. It’s bloody brilliant, I love it and thus, I apologise to Maggie profusely for my skepticism. Next time she reccomends anything, I’ll take it up instantly.

If the other networks, ABC and CBS get on board with Hulu, or do something similar (oooh, they could base it in Connecticut and call it CTHulu!) then a) my TV bliss will know no bounds and b) TV really could have found a good way out of the revenue slump wrought by teh interwebs.

All hail mighty Hulu.

(and I apologise to everyone else for using the phrase ‘sans-TV’. I mean, what kind of asshat does that? Who’s editing this thing?)

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Dan O'Connor

Dan is responsible for translating social media research into the analytic and conceptual frameworks which underpin the team’s product and service development. He is particularly interested in how social media has changed the ways in which people exchange information within networks, and the impact that these changes have had on traditionally top-down information systems, such as those prevalent within the health, education and NGO sectors, where he leads RMM’s activities.

Dan’s focus upon health and education stems from his background in academia: He has a PhD in History and, as well as being Head of Research at RMM, he is a member of faculty at the Berman Institute of Bioethics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. He has published and lectured widely on the ethics of social media use within healthcare systems, and is involved in the application of social media in medical education at Johns Hopkins hospital.

Dan likes cooking, martinis, and irony. Frequently at the same time.

2 responses to “My Apology to Maggie”

  1. Maggie Walsh
    Maggie Walsh
    April 6, 2008 at 18:07 | | Reply

    I must have missed this while on my European escapade. No apology needed of course…but I’ll be sure to exploit this “next time she reccomends anything, I’ll take it up instantly” now that I have it in writing!

  2. Dan O'Connor
    Dan O'Connor
    April 9, 2008 at 01:45 | | Reply

    It’s not in writing, it’s in blogging, which is entirely different, legally.

    I hope.

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