Hulu.Com: NBC/Fox Video Site Goes Live with "Closed" Beta Release, TV Guide's Video Guide Another Resource Worth Knowing About
In March of this year we posted on NBC and News Corp. (aka Fox) launching a video site.
Yesterday, Hulu.com, the new site went live as a closed beta according to the AP. The Hulu home page allows you to register your email address to be added to the beta list.
The site, developed by News Corp. and NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co., offers free viewing of full-length films and TV episodes, supported by advertising.
It will host programming from the two networks, as well as TV shows and films from Sony Corp. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc...Hulu will legally offer hundreds of episodes of current shows such as NBC's "30 Rock" and Fox's "The Simpsons," as well as older shows such as "Lou Grant" and "Lost in Space."
Its movie offerings will consist of films that have already been edited for television broadcast, which will contain short ads online in the places where they would appear on TV.
The shows will be available at Hulu.com, as well as on distribution partner Web sites such as AOL, MSN, MySpace, Yahoo and Comcast.
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