Hulu hits the ground running
By Andrew Redfern @ 21st May 2008 11:29 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hulu, the video website owned by News Corp and NBC Universal, said on Tuesday its service will be distributed on seven new sites, making its archive of popular television shows more widely available.
The deals come as usage on Hulu and its partner sites exceeded all U.S. television network websites — including those owned by its founders — in its first month since launching publicly, Hulu said, citing Nielsen’s VideoCensus data.
Hulu videos will now be distributed on entertainment and social network sites TV.com, TVGuide.com, BuddyTV.com, Flixster.com, MyYearbook.com, Break.com and Zap2it.com, said Hulu Chief Executive Jason Kilar at the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit.
Hulu, which hosts free episodes of current shows such as “The Simpsons” and “The Office” as well as past hits like “WKRP In Cincinnati,” is showing early signs of success in a market dominated by Google.Internet based television seems to just grow and grow. Over here in the UK we have the BBC iPlayer , the ITV Cathup service and Channel4 on demand. If you remember the BBC iPlayer in particular caused a massive surge in interestin online television leading some ISPs to introduce fair-usage caps.
Read the Reuters article here : Hulu lands new partners as usages rises
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