The reason Hulu is interesting is that it is co-owned by a number of studios. It is the studios that produce and control much of the content that you want to watch.
Local channels became largely irrelevant years ago when they stopped making local content. Today, you are lucky if they even have a local newscast. Most local channels are just conduits for network content and large syndication companies.
My question is if we head in the direction of content on demand, what happens to the local? Will there be enough demand to create local content? Is it a bad thing to not have a local newcast? Has television gotten better or worse with the loss of local content? In Canada, the networks were often legally mandated as part of their license to use the airwaves, to create x number of local hours per week.
If we head in the direction of VOD... what then? Are we willing to give up local stories? Would you pay for local content if it cost more and didn't look as good as a large studio production?
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