Q&A WITH TIAN LIM

Hulu CTO On Facing Live TV’S Challenges

Hulu is barely two weeks into the launch of its new live TV product and CTO Tian Lim says that so far, so good. But the process of building the service, taking on all the challenges associated with live TV and redesigning Hulu’s platform has been extremely challenging. Lim talks about the new UI, wrangling an unwieldy world of metadata and getting programmers and broadcasters on board with a new way to present live TV.