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TV Producers May Start Making You Wait For New Shows Online

As services like Netflix and Hulu boom, he said, television companies are looking for ways they can hold onto more of those streaming revenues themselves.

The changes are especially noticeable at Hulu, which is owned by parents of the very television networks — Fox, ABC and NBC — threatened by changes in the way we watch TV. Hulu has set itself apart by offering new TV episodes faster than its rivals; making viewers wait longer could limit its appeal.

“Hulu’s DNA has been recent episodes of TV shows,” said Glenn Hower, an analyst at the research firm Parks Associates.

From the article "TV Producers May Start Making You Wait For New Shows Online" by Associates Press.

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