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One Billion Video Views Later, Hulu’s Still Considering Premium Pricing

We know that Hulu’s free glory days are numbered, but the question that always follows talk of premium pricing for the video streaming site has been whether people actually use it all that much. Well, to me one billion video views seem like a resounding YES. https://gizmodo.com/hulus-free-glory-days-are-officially-numbered-5387909 From the sounds of it, plenty of people…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Feb 2

Fox and Time Warner Reach Agreement: Your Guilty Pleasure Shows Are Saved

Late last night, Time Warner Cable and Fox Networks Group reached an agreement on subscription fees, ending their very public stand off and guaranteeing Time Warner subscribers their American Idol, Glee, and House fixes in 2010. https://gizmodo.com/time-warner-cable-takes-subscription-fee-fight-to-the-p-5436599 The spat over carrier fees that had Time Warner threatening to drop Fox’s stations altogether has been resolved.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jan 2

Time Warner Cable’s Genius Solution to Possible Fox Outage: The Internet!

PSSSSST! Hey, Time Warner Cable! If you tell everyone how to watch Fox shows from their PC, they’ll probably start doing it for all your other programming, too! Self-defeating bitterness really is the perfect way to say goodbye to 2009. The spat between Time Warner and News Corp has been escalating steadily this week, with…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 31

Time Warner Cable Takes Subscription Fee Fight to the People

This ad campaign from Time Warner Cable is making the battle over Fox’s demands for subscription fees very public. But unless one side flinches, a lot of folks could be starting 2010 off without the country’s most-watched network. Right now, News Corp is asking Time Warner Cable to pay $1 per month for each subscriber.…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 29

Apple and EMI Roll Out iTunes Pass Mini-Subscription For…Depeche Mode?

The iTunes Pass is a baby-step toward the fabled iTunes all-you-can eat subscription: plonk down $18.99 to download everything new (including a new album) by a single artist for a limited time. But, Depeche Mode? https://gizmodo.com/businessweek-apple-doesnt-give-a-flying-f-about-all-370959 Apparently Depeche Mode is still making music, and Dave Gahan is still alive. And while the Mode isn’t necessarily…

Tech News John Mahoney Feb 24

Zune Pass Subscription Service Adds Ten Free Keeper Tracks a Month

Microsoft’s $15 Zune Pass subscription service—a pretty sweet deal already—has just porked up their offer by giving you 10 free songs that you can keep every month. We’ve talked about Zune Pass in our Zune reviews before, but it’s basically access to all of the Zune Marketplace for only the price of a CD a…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 20

Question of the Day: Do You Use an All-You-Can-Eat Subscription Music Service?

I’ve never really understood music subscription services. Despite the conveniences, to date I have never, ever felt the need to lease something that can get imprinted on your heart like only music really can. It needs to be mine. But this week rumors kicked up again regarding an iTunes all-you-can-eat subscription-based model coming as early…

Tech News John Mahoney Aug 22

You Put Your Gizmodo All Over My Email!

There’s an easy way to get Gizmodo top stories updates in your inbox without paying a 19-year-old college kid to manually do it. It’s the Gizmodo email subscription, and will alert you to our top stories via Email (or if you like, Skype, AIM, Twitter, MSN, private Twitter or Yahoo Messenger). Pick your favorite and…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 21

System of Proof Brings Phone Tapping to All With Subscription Service

This is one of those press releases that makes you go “Sorry… what?” in disbelief: System of Proof is a service that lets you covertly record a conversation on any phone. It sounds very CIA: dial a special number from the phone, and a distant computer then records the conversation and emails you the final…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Aug 8

FyreTV Update: Subscription-based IPTV Porn at DVD-Quality

We’ve got some more details on the FyreTV IPTV porn box that brings DVD-quality porn into your living room (where it belongs). If we’re reading the site correctly, the FyreTV box will be subscription-based, meaning it’s essentially an “all you can eat” type of porn instead of an a la carte—think Zune Pass vs. iTunes.…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 17

TiVo HD Lifetime Service Transfer: $199 For a Limited Time

This is a semi-good deal if you’ve already purchased a lifetime subscription on your old Series 2 units and want to upgrade to a TiVo HD. For the medium, medium price of $199, you can transfer your old sub to the new unit if and only if you purchase an HD unit between October 11…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 11

Virgin Kills US Music Subscriptions

Tough luck if you were subscribing to Virgin Digital music, as the company is shelving their US operations and giving users some free Napster content instead. If you’re one of the affected, you can grab your free Napster player and three free months of Napster To Go service as a consolation prize. Both Napster and…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 5

Dealzmodo: Free Subscription to Games for Windows

An updated, larger, and wider version of the iZ3D Three-Dimensional gaming monitor we reviewed in September is being launched at CES. Along with an improved look—they went black from silver—there are slightly less nerdy-looking glasses as well. The new specs look like goggles from that weird undersea part in Star Wars Episode I. We’ll check…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 4

Verizon Wireless Drops Subscription Plan For VCAST, Starts Pay-As-You-Go Download Pricing

Verizon Wireless announced on Monday that they’ve eliminated the VCAST subscription plan that used to be required for subscribers to download music to their phone. Instead of the old flat-rate plan, Verizon Wireless has switched to an iTunes-like pricing plan, where VCAST-enabled phones can download a song to their phone for $1.99 plus data fees.…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 31

Another Free Year’s Subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly

For those that didn’t get in last time we ran a free EGM sub, here’s your chance to cash in on free magazines. https://gizmodo.com/free-electronic-gaming-monthly-subscription-176145 I personally signed up and got all three magazines—April, May and June—at the same time. How generous of you guys to save me two trips down to the mailbox! The free…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 11

Microsoft Zune Update

More Zune news courtesy of various people in various places of product development. This time our tipster says the Zune is only the flagship product of a new line of portable devices. Think the iPod Video in relation to the iPod Nano and the iPod Shuffle. Important, but not the only kid on the block.…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 11

Free Electronic Gaming Monthly Subscription

Wife won’t let you take your new VAIO to the porcelain gallery to read Kotaku while you do your business? How about a free subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly sponsored by World Cyber Games instead? True, there’s an essential lack of Crecente and Ashcraft, but you gotta doo what you gotta doo. Offer lasts through…

Tech News Jason Chen May 24

Amazon to Offer Music Player and Subscription Music Download Service

Amazon is in talks with four major music companies about starting its own music download service this summer, according to The Wall Street Journal. The online retailing giant is also talking about selling an Amazon-branded portable music player. The four music companies Amazon is talking to are Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI. Amazon is…

Commerce Charlie White Feb 16

One Billion Video Views Later, Hulu’s Still Considering Premium Pricing

Fox and Time Warner Reach Agreement: Your Guilty Pleasure Shows Are Saved

Time Warner Cable’s Genius Solution to Possible Fox Outage: The Internet!

Time Warner Cable Takes Subscription Fee Fight to the People

Apple and EMI Roll Out iTunes Pass Mini-Subscription For…Depeche Mode?

Zune Pass Subscription Service Adds Ten Free Keeper Tracks a Month

Question of the Day: Do You Use an All-You-Can-Eat Subscription Music Service?

You Put Your Gizmodo All Over My Email!

System of Proof Brings Phone Tapping to All With Subscription Service

FyreTV Update: Subscription-based IPTV Porn at DVD-Quality

TiVo HD Lifetime Service Transfer: $199 For a Limited Time

Virgin Kills US Music Subscriptions

Dealzmodo: Free Subscription to Games for Windows

Verizon Wireless Drops Subscription Plan For VCAST, Starts Pay-As-You-Go Download Pricing

Another Free Year’s Subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly

Microsoft Zune Update

Free Electronic Gaming Monthly Subscription

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