Online Streaming Television Programs - Hulu.com
Posted on February 23, 2008
Hulu is a free, ad supported, streaming video site that is currently in beta testing in the US. The company is based out of Los Angles and has partnered with some major studios (Sony, MGM, Fox, NBC, Universal, and more…) to bring high quality television programs online in one centralized place. 
The ads are 15 to 30 second spots and they one show one ad per ‘commercial break’. The interface shifts seamlessly between video and ads, requiring no user interaction. Sites like ABC.com require you to ‘click to continue’ back to your program, which I find to be a nuisance.
There are a lot of great shows on Hulu. Arrested Development, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Office, and the list goes on. There are a ton of current shows and classic shows and the list keeps growing everyday. I do wish they would concentrate more on Full Episodes rather than Clips. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of full episodes, I just don’t get the clips.
The player is easy to use, and the video looks good, even when it’s in full screen mode.
From Hulu’s fact sheet distributed with their press kit:
Hulu gives users the flexibility to enjoy content across the Web via its distribution partners: AOL, Comcast, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!. These partners will feature videos in a customized video player for a seamless viewing experience
on their websites. Additionally, users can embed videos on their own websites to further extend distribution online.
In other words they are partnered with some major players on the web. They have also secured a private investment of $100 million. This all ads up to a solid platform to deliver television and movies over the internet with a familiar and non-annoying advertising platform.
Hulu is currently in beta testing, so you will have to sign up and wait a few weeks for your invite. If you don’t want to wait, leave me a comment here and I will send you an invite via email.
Hope you enjoy.
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i have been using pandora for some time now and i love it!
i was going to download the temptations, but it doesn’t seem to be linked or whatever…