Media giants and startups -- not to mention pirates -- are chasing an online-video audience of 158 million. Here's how key players connect to, and compete with, Hulu.READ»
1 Family Guy
You can get the five most recent episodes and more than 300 clips of Seth MacFarlane's crude cartoon. Hulu's most-watched episode as of September: "Stew-roids."
2 The Office
The show is also among NBC's ...READ»
We already know Netflix users are begging for easier ways to get streaming video to their TVs--Xbox, PS3, Roku, and Blu-ray players apparently aren't simple enough solutions. Instead, more and more
people watch TV and film on their ...READ»
Though Time Warner's CEO Jeff Bewkes has his own agenda to push regarding the future of TV, speaking to the Daily Beast recently he mentioned the future of free-to-air TV. He thinks it hasn't got one, and he may have a point.
Among ...READ»
Netflix's streaming movie service may be more popular--and perhaps more vulnerable--than anyone has realized.
Two-thirds of Netflix customers have used the service's "Watch Instantly" feature, according to new research by Praxi Group ...READ»
Apple rumors swirl practically every week, but there's rarely one that's as potentially game-changing as this one: According to insiders, the company's aiming to cut out the cable TV middle man, and serve up network TV to as many as ...READ»
Looks like the concept of paying for online content is getting a boost from a slightly unexpected quarter: Rumors are abounding that free Internet TV portal Hulu will erect at least a partial pay wall sometime next year.
As rumors ...READ»
Hulu's top 40 is teeming with shows that were too quirky ("Arrested Development"), epic ("Kings"), and out-there ("Firefly") to succeed on network television. Here's an in-depth look at seven exemplars.READ»
You might not be as familiar with it as the 60 million people living in the U.K. are, but local terrestrial TV station Channel 4 has just scored a World's first: It's the first broadcaster to get its full-length program archive shown ...READ»
What television programs are hitting it off with Hulu's online audience? From animated blockbusters to canceled sitcoms, here is what the site's users voraciously consume.READ»
Comcast is betting it does. The cable giant's online TV portal, Fancast, believes that Hulu's ads alienate and confuse women, and they're planning to use their massive new ad push to tap that demographic for themselves. But is the ...READ»
When MGM, Lionsgate and Paramount couldn't come to an agreement with Showtime for cable movie distribution, they went and created their own channel. But unlike the regular premium channels, which take about a year to get ...READ»
Hulu became the most popular TV viewing site on the Web in part by being free--but that model may change, reports a Frost and Sullivan analyst. The site is "working out all of the technical details" on a for-pay subscription service ...READ»
If you're one of the burgeoning group of people with a Mac or PC hooked up to your TV, you're not alone in your frustration. All you want to do is stream a little Hulu to your HD set, or watch streaming Netflix without one of these. ...READ»
AT&T, your friendly ISP and cellphone provider, just became an online TV-Show and Movie network with the introduction of a new Web site. But it's not in competition against Hulu--thanks to an agreement with Hulu.READ»
Last night, news leaked that YouTube was in talks with major movie studios like Lions Gate, Sony, MGM, and Time Warner to begin renting movies as soon as they were available on DVD. The full-length films would be available for rent ...READ»
There has been ample speculation that the Apple TV will get a long overdue refresh during the September 9 Apple press event. And yesterday news surfaced
that shipping time for the device has leaped to 1-2 weeks, which could be an ...READ»
As the fall TV season looms, the Big Four networks are furiously clamoring for attention. And since you're probably not watching live TV ads (because nobody watches live TV anymore), they're bombarding you with content wherever ...READ»
According to a new survey, Hulu, the online video TV channel, just beat the viewing statistics of Time Warner Cable for July. Does that mean Hulu's now the second most important TV "channel" in the U.S.? Nearly...READ»
Ah, summertime. There's no better time of year to shutter oneself indoors and watch videos on the Web--at least that's what the latest numbers released by comScore would suggest. In July, 158 million U.S. Internet users watched a ...READ»
The network has posted an exclusive look at the pilot for its new Thursday-night comedy Community on Facebook--with almost no feel for how social networking works.READ»
A new survey by Pew features a couple of very interesting stats about online video viewership: 62% of adult 'net users have watched video online, a figure that's risen from 33% two and a half years ago. Meanwhile a massive 89% of ...READ»
