If Comcast Purchases a Majority of NBC Universal, Will Viewers Have to Pay for Hulu?
Pesky 30-second ads could be the least concern for Hulu's more than 18 million global viewers choosing to catch their shows online. Comcast is currently bidding for a majority stake in NBC Universal, an endeavor that, if proven successful, could turn free Hulu programming into a long lost luxury.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsYouTube May Enter Movie-Rental Business
YouTube is reportedly in talks with major Hollywood studios to offer new-release feature films for rent on their site. If the deal goes through, the site would offer streaming movies for a per-viewing rental fee.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThank God, Troll 2 is Finally on Hulu!
In recent years, almost anyone who's seen the movie Troll 2 has probably done so via battered VHS or DVD copies loaned to them by friends eager to share the festering green trainwreck of a cinematic masterpiece with everyone they know. This has made for a huge, decades-late upswell of enthusiasm for the film, documented by its former-child-star Michael Stephenson in Best Worst Movie, which we've told you about before. That's all well and good, but there's a darker side to the Troll 2 phenomenon that no one seems to want to talk about.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBollywood Goes Hulu
Online streaming giant Hulu has signed a deal with Bollywood distributor Saavn. The five debut Hindi-language films on the web channel will include Sarkar, Hera Pheri, Deewana, Hulchul and Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsABC Will Join Hulu After All
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Found in: Movies, NewsDisney to show ABC, ESPN videos on YouTube
Recently, we reported that Disney Co. was allegedly in talks with Hulu about offering shows from its ABC network on the NBC Universal/News Corp-owned online-video distributer.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsDisney inches toward a deal with Hulu
The Walt Disney Co. is trying to get a leg up on that newfangled contraption known as teh internetz. The media conglomerate has allegedly restarted talks with Hulu about offering shows from its ABC network on the online video distributor owned by NBC Universal and News Corp.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsHulu wants to make Friends with you
The competition among social networking websites is getting intense and Facebook's future keeps getting threatened. First, Twitter, and now Hulu. According to Variety, Hulu has launched Hulu Friends, a new set of social networking features that will allow viewers to create a profile and network with other users.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsKill Your Television: Six Great Things to Watch on Hulu.com
I recently got Internet hooked up in my apartment after about a year-and-a-half of self-imposed technological paucity, and it's basically amazing. I can do all sorts of fun things that I never could before, not the least of which includes destroying hours of my life on Wikipedia (I mean, did you know that Oscar I, King of Norway, had a such a killer 'stache?) and writing blog posts at 8 PM on Valentine's Day from the comfort of my own bed. But definitely the best part about having Internet at home is being able to take advantage of the riches... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe 10 Funniest Commercials from Super Bowl XLIII
Hundred-yard interception returns and last-minute acrobatic game-winning catches aside, the best part of the Super Bowl is the commercials. We're suckers for animated potatoes, dudes getting hurt, attack ostriches and, especially, Richard Dean Anderson. When it looked like the Steelers were going to blow out the Cardinals, these are what kept us watching until the exciting end. Here are the 10 funniest commercials during Super Bowl XLIII: 10. Pepsi Max: I'm GoodFrom The Three Stooges to the zipper scene in There's Something About Mary, we love us some slapstick comedy. Like Mike's Hard Lemonade before it, Pepsi Max tries to... read more
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