If you already have 5 million visitors in a month while still on semi-private beta launch then it is no-brainer that you should work on the public version as soon as possible.
Such is the case of the highly anticipated hulu.com, an ad-supported video-sharing site offering consumers a vast selection of premium video content for free. This so-called YouTube rival contains more than 250 TV series, 100 full-length movies, and thousands of video clips.
“Nobody stands a chance against YouTube, but luckily for Hulu, that’s not what they’re aiming for. Instead, they are just trying to build an online video experience that helps all their partner sites — AOL, MSN, Yahoo and so on — build an online TV audience,” said James McQuivey, a Forrester Research analyst, in a news release.
Unlike YouTube, the videos here are all legal since this is a joint venture of two major networks – News Corp and NBC Universal. It has entered into partnership with NBA, Warner Bros, NHL, Lionsgate, Television Group and 20 other leading video content providers.
Here’s a teaser of what you can watch at hulu – Arrested Development, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Miami Vice, The Big Lebowski, Me, Myself & Irene, Some Like It Hot, Mulholland Drive and Three Amigos!. Hulu also provides short clips from 150 more TV series like Saturday Night Live and In Living Color as well as 50 additional films such as Napoleon Dynamite, Little Miss Sunshine, Die Hard, Vertigo, and The Mummy. Oh, did I say teaser?
Originally posted on March 12, 2008 @ 10:29 am