Leaves BETA and now offers an enormous library of different movies and TV shows for FREE and LEGAL on-demand video streaming.
As many of you are well aware, streaming video online is growing increasingly popular as people get faster internet connection speeds and are looking for ways to time-shift their TV viewing habits or are simply looking to find content not available due to geographic restrictions.
“Today, Hulu.com is crossing a milestone in its mission to help people find and enjoy the world’s premium content, when where and how they want it,” said Jason Kilar, chief executive officer of Hulu. “With full-length episodes of current and archived television shows, feature films, sports and news, we believe the Hulu service is a step forward in giving consumers entertainment on their terms.”
From the famed TVLinks of yesteryear, R.I.P, to more contemporary favorites like QuickSilverScreen or SurfTheChannel, video streaming sites have become a popular way to bypass the traditional limits of broadcast TV or the motion picture industry.
For some, video streaming has been a means to watch video content at a place and time of your convenience and not that of broadcasters. For others, it’s also a means to watch movies before they appear at local box office theaters, or in the case of independent or “artsy” films, simply at all.
Today marks an interesting new step forward for the legitimization of such sites with the launch of Hulu.com. Aside from their own video streaming sites that each TV broadcaster has devised, from FOX to NBC, this is the first time that I’ve heard of it being done by a third party that is amassing content from a variety of different outlets and putting it all in one convenient place.
Hulu has content partnerships with the Warner Bros. Television Group, Lionsgate, NBA, NHL and more than 20 other top content providers. It offers feature films like “The Usual Suspects,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Alien3,” and “Garden State.”
It also has great selection of full-length episodes from more than 250 TV series like “Family Guy,” “30 Rock,” “The Simpsons,” and “Prison Break.” For old school favorites they even have “The A-Team,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Miami Vice,” “Airwolf,” and “Archie Bunkers Place!” How’s that for a collection?
What makes it so great though is that it’s perfectly legal and FREE. This means there are a few ads you have to watch every now and then, but all in all it’s a small price to pay for great content and of exceptional video quality.
“Hulu helps fans find great content wherever they are online,” said Peter Chernin, president and chief operating officer, News Corporation. “With tools that make sharing easy, Hulu encourages viral distribution. At the same time, Hulu’s distribution partners are some of the most visited on the Web, engaging consumers where they are already spending their time. This is a powerful combination.”
This is the more interesting part because it allows registered users to actually take the HTML code for each video offered and then embed content in your blog, website, forum post, whatever.
For example:
The Big Lebowski (PERSONAL FAVORITE)
….and “The Incredible Hulk”
“Hulu.com’s impressive content line up and user experience are equally important in bringing consumers back again and again,” said Jeff Zucker, president and chief executive officer, NBC Universal. “These are the same attributes that make Hulu attractive to major brands. Both groups see the value in a quality, clutter-free online service.”
I’m not a big fan of Mr. Zucker, especially after he tried to say that P2P was robbing poor corn farmers, who are currently raking in billions thanks to huge ethanol subsidies I might point point, but he may just have finally found the solution to illegal file-sharing that the rest of us have known about for some time. We don’t mind watching a few ads now and then, just make it convenient, and easy to watch online, and FREE and everybody will be happy.
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hulu’s ok but it doesn’t have everything, try Cavenger or Youtube
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Just love this whole 1980s retro scene at the moment. Hulu certainly helps me re-live those years. Hopefully Knight Rider 2008 will be picked up for the Fall (and they’ll give the car and The Hoff more to do).
In the meantime I’m enjoying the awesome new digitally remastered Airwolf soundtrack that they’ve just released called ‘Airwolf Themes’ which you can download off Apple iTunes Store or from their official website where there are great teaser samples http://www.airwolfthemes.com/ I think Hulu’s Airwolf pheneomenon is just the tip of the iceberg and really just setting us all up for an Airwolf revival movie too.
It’s a good start if it’s free AND “legal”. I mean who hasn’t recorded an old TV program and thrown it in a closet? Lots of old stuff you couldn’t GIVE away but let people have free access to it they’ll watch.
Definitely the Internet has changed the profit model for music movies information etc. Those companies that embrace the Internet and adapt to it will make money. UNTIL THEN we still need to contact our congressmen and senators and bitch like HELL re the current copyright laws.
This is a great service BUT you will not find ABC shows such as According to Jim LOST Jimmy Kimmel or anything else thats on ABC for that matter. You will find a few classic ABC shows such as Bewitched and Charlie’s Angels though. I’d like to know whats up ABCs ass and why they think they are better than everyone else most of their shows suck.
I’m in the states and have enjoyed using Hulu’s content on http://www.airwolf.tv cause I like the show. You can watch anytime and the ads are a minimal distraction when you consider the free on-demand access. Sorry to hear that it’s not yet overseas but I’ll bet this really catches on. The rest of the library is pretty cool too but I just thought it was awesome to see my favorite show from my formative years again.
If you liked it too here’s the direct url that I use: http://series.airwolf.tv/episodes
Same here I’m in Canada so no luck. The service does state that they are looking at expanding to other countries eventually but as it stands its a U.S. only service. Looks promising tho hope to see these type of websites pop up and give us what we want .
unfortunately its useless for me. Doesnt work in my country ( UK ) it says the video is not availbale in my country. I wish they made a legal service that everybody can enjoy. No wonder sites like quicksilverscreen are more popular.