CBS Interactive president: ‘We love Hulu’

Cory Bergman November 15th, 2007

“People constantly ask us at CBS Interactive about Hulu,” said CBS Interactive President Quincy Smith at the NewTeeVee conference. “Off the record? We love Hulu, and we talk a lot with Hulu. Our objective isn’t to slam them. If we can’t work together in contract then we can work together in philosophy.” Smith also talked up the value of short clips when offered along with full episodes online. “Seventy percent of volume is in clips,” he said. “Just because you click on an episode, doesn’t mean that you’re going to finish the whole thing.” (True, but I bet more people will watch full episodes on Hulu than on CBS.com or NBC.com because of Hulu’s unmatched quality and user experience.) You can read more interesting tidbits from Quincy’s keynote here.