Comments on: Rupert Murdoch Wants You To Pay To Watch Hulu | Subscription-Based Model On Way? http://www.webtvwire.com/rupert-murdoch-wants-you-to-pay-to-watch-hulu-subscription-based-model-on-way/ The Business of Internet Television and Video Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:12:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris Tew http://www.webtvwire.com/rupert-murdoch-wants-you-to-pay-to-watch-hulu-subscription-based-model-on-way/comment-page-1/#comment-133548 Chris Tew Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:27:43 +0000 http://www.webtvwire.com/?p=8029#comment-133548 Just as the media industry is slowly making progress, and monetizing online demand (taking it away from online pirates) Rupert Murdoch will help switch people back to torrents and piracy. In the meantime other more innovative forward looking companies will grow their dominance over the online space. Murdoch's reactions to fighting to keep the old business model, rather than embracing the new disruptive technologies which are set to win will just cause him to lose market share in the long run, trading short term profit for long term growth and sustainability. Just as the media industry is slowly making progress, and monetizing online demand (taking it away from online pirates) Rupert Murdoch will help switch people back to torrents and piracy.

In the meantime other more innovative forward looking companies will grow their dominance over the online space.

Murdoch’s reactions to fighting to keep the old business model, rather than embracing the new disruptive technologies which are set to win will just cause him to lose market share in the long run, trading short term profit for long term growth and sustainability.

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