Hulu Goes Live

Geekyfanboy · March 11, 2008, 03:21:48 PM

Hulu Goes LIVE Wednesday, Mar. 12, 2008

Source: Yahoo News

Hulu.com, a joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, plans to open its vast online library of ad-supported TV shows and movies to the public on Wednesday, the company announced.

Users of the service will be able to view more than 250 full-length episodes of shows such as "The Simpsons" and "The Office," as well as some 100 movies, including "The Big Lebowski" and "Ice Age."

Short clips from films and TV shows such as "Napoleon Dynamite" and "Saturday Night Live" are also available through the service, which is accessible at Hulu.com, as well as on America Online, Yahoo and other popular Web portals.

The public debut of Hulu, which has been available to a test group by invitation since October, comes as studios seek ways to make money providing online content.

The entertainment companies behind the service have been feuding with popular online video sites such as YouTube, where unauthorized clips from shows often appear.

The Hulu.com programming comes from 50 TV networks, movie studios and Web-based producers of content.

Viewers of some movies and TV shows are given a choice of advertisements to watch.

Rico · March 11, 2008, 04:24:43 PM

I've been trying this out for awhile. It's a very nice service and so far the shows have limited commercials. Been catching up on the cop show "Life" on it.

darthcooley · March 20, 2008, 06:00:36 AM

Hay guys have you heard of the new Web site Hulu. It is a new site where you can watch TV & movies for free. They have alot of new & old Scifi. Now There are commercials but for a half hour show you only watch 3 that are only 20 secounds long. Anyway you guys might want to take alook. So far I have been hooked on WKRP & Swamp Thing.

www.hulu.com

Geekyfanboy · March 20, 2008, 08:01:11 AM

There is an entire Thread about Hulu.. I'll combine this thread.

batmite · September 30, 2008, 06:34:32 AM

Is it just me, or is "Star Trek" TOS not working at Hulu?

Rico · September 30, 2008, 06:39:16 AM

Quote from: batmite on September 30, 2008, 06:34:32 AM
Is it just me, or is "Star Trek" TOS not working at Hulu?

Never knew it was on there. Why not just go here and watch them:

http://www.cbs.com/classics/star_trek/

batmite · September 30, 2008, 12:20:28 PM

Oops... I meant CBS.com, I usually watch an episode a week but yesterday I got "the content has expired" or it just won't load. I'm on "Errand of Mercy", that doesn't work for me. I also tried some random episodes as well and still nothing.

Rico · September 30, 2008, 02:02:52 PM

Quote from: batmite on September 30, 2008, 12:20:28 PM
Oops... I meant CBS.com, I usually watch an episode a week but yesterday I got "the content has expired" or it just won't load. I'm on "Errand of Mercy", that doesn't work for me. I also tried some random episodes as well and still nothing.

Working just fine for me. I'm watching "Errand of Mercy" right now.