Hulu makes public debut - The Los Angeles Times
The online video service will debut to the public Wednesday with 250 TV series available for free.
Hulu, the closely watched joint venture of News Corp. and NBC Universal, makes its public debut Wednesday, making available legally and for free one of the most expansive collections of television shows on the Internet.
The online video service, which has been in test mode since October, launches with more than 250 television series, including current shows such as “The Office” and “The Simpsons” and classics such as “Arrested Development” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Hulu also provides 100 free, feature-length films, including “The Big Lebowski,” “Me, Myself & Irene” and “Some Like It Hot,” along with short video clips from 150 television series including “Saturday Night Live” and “In Living Color.”
The videos can be watched on Hulu.com as well as on online hangouts where people already congregate and watch video, including America Online, Comcast’s Fancast.com, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo.
“Not only have they marshaled so much content, they’re going to distribute through all their partners,” said James McQuivey of Forrester Research Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. “That’s always been the master stroke for Hulu. . . . They’re going to put this content on the most popular destinations on the Web.”
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