Hulu set to launch tomorrow

NBCU first announced the venture back in October of 2007, and now Hulu is finally set to launch tomorrow. For those unfamiliar, the service is a join venture between NBCU and News Corp and will offer free ad-supported TV shows and motion pictures.

The site will offer thousands of free videos from Fox, NBC, and 50 other content providers. Hulu is also in talks with Lionsgate and Warner Bros. to add more content to the Hulu library with those partnerships expected to be announced soon. Notably however, the service has not reached deals yet with CBS or ABC, two major broadcasters.

Hulu went into beta testing in October of last year and has been described as a rival to the much larger YouTube video sharing site. Besides its TV content deals the site also has video licensing deals with the NBA and NHL and will have its content also appear on AOL, MSN, Comcast, MySpace and Yahoo.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 11 Mar 2008 18:57

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4 comments

dragnandy

i never heard of hulu before. this sounds cool. great way to watch eps i missed. what website is it on?

11.3.2008 19:19 #1

tripplite

seet!! i'll ripp all the videos of there site!! nice...feeding the pirates!!

-tripplite

11.3.2008 19:26 #2

oscarin

i think its www.hulu.com

11.3.2008 21:18 #3

nobrainer

A rival to youtube, don't make me laugh when will corporate suits ever stop spinning lies.

youtube = user generated content
hula = propaganda and dumbing down of the populous with mindless shows & a stream of constant adds and tracking cookies.

& Is it not limited to the USA?

more corporate rubbish designed to send advertising into your home every 3 minuets!

Make sure you're using firefox with these plugins:

Adblock Plus: http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
NoScript: http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722
Tor: http://www.torproject.org/
QuickJava: http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1237
CookieCuller: http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/82

Handy one not essential though.
Firebug: http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843

The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.

The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.

The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!

The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.

How do you stop anti consumer = its easy purchase only second hand media and avoid their propertarian hobbled by DRM hardware! http://www.boycott-riaa.com/

12.3.2008 04:07 #4

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