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Time Warner is about to make a lot of Hulu users mad

With so much variety and choice of streaming services in today's day, more and more homes are "cutting the cord" on regular cable subscriptions. For many, the hardest part is not being able to watch television shows in the current season. Hulu addressed that by offering viewers a next-day streaming option for certain shows.

However, this might come to a halting stop. Time Warner is currently considering purchasing 25% of Hulu which will give them the ability to cut off shows airing on Hulu the next day. According to The Wall Street Journal (via slashfilm):

Time Warner believes that the presence of full, current seasons on Hulu—or anywhere else outside the bounds of pay-TV—is harmful to its owners because it contributes to people dropping their pay-TV subscriptions, or “cutting the cord.”

In the discussions about taking a 25% equity stake in Hulu, Time Warner has told the site’s owners that it ultimately wants episodes from current seasons off the service, at least in their existing form, although that is not a condition for its investment, according to the people familiar with the discussions.

If this deal goes through there could be a lot of angry Hulu users. If Time Warner does end up getting 25% of Hulu's equity, there's a slight possibility that the current Hulu sales might make them understand how important streaming services are and decide to leave it alone, but nothing is concrete as of yet.

How would you guys feel about Hulu getting rid of their next day streaming options? Let us know in the comments below!

Jordan Biazzo

News writer from New York, super fan of the Mass Effect trilogy and has finally got to play through Metal Gear 5: The Phantom Pain. Follow me on Twitter @TheJordanBiazzo

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