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Company CEO, Jason Kilar, trotted out Hulu to reporters last week and unveiled it to small number of users Monday, showing off what their calling “the web's most comprehensive selection of premium programming.”
Hulu will allow those with computers access to their favorite television shows, and some movies, steaming 24/7. The site is being called revolutionary, offering high quality studio programming free to online users.
Shows come mostly from the two networks, NBC and FOX, (FOX under the umbrella of News Corporation) but Hulu will also offer 40 programs from Sony and 15 from various US cable channels. Hulu will also stream selected movies from MGM.
The on demand site will provide television shows new and old -- the networks top programs of present, stretching back to the 1980's. Hulu also offers TV shows in their entirety, unlike Youtube, which mainly features short clips.
Rumors of Hulu rivaling Youtube at first seemed laughable, but initial reviews are showing the joint venture as a serious contender.
“It's like YouTube before the copyright cops cracked down,” says a blogger on Salon.com “actually, nevermind, scratch that comparison, because in many ways Hulu is completely different from and better than Youtube ever was.”
The sites beta version, for the time being, is only available on a first come first serve basis, but screen shots are posted on hulu.com for those wanting a sample peak.
Posted October 29th, 2007 by Ian McGuffick
