Hulu

Hulu is a video-on-demand website, owned by NBC and FOX, that allows you to see entire episodes of your favorite shows like Heroes and Nip/Tuck, as well as entire movies.

Hulu was designed to compete with YouTube by offering free online video, and along with the iTunes Store, by offering premium video content. The only drawback is you have to watch a few short 15-second commercials that are shown in place of those longer commercials as shown on regularly broadcast TV.

Hulu seems to work best with short clips (like Saturday Night Live) rather than with longer videos. It faces other competing video-on-demand websites like CBS-owned TV.com and Joost (which recently eliminated its software-based viewing model).

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• Hulu Grows In New TV Season & Advertising Jumps | New Embed Policy A Backward Step

  
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• A Clicker To Watch TV Online

  
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• What Michael P. is thankful for

  
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• More watching TV online - Hulu ads near sellout for year!

  
  SEO and Tech Daily — Authority: 118
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• ABC Shows, New TV Season Boost Hulu Views by 47 Percent

  
  NewTeeVee — Authority: 722
  Hulu got a nice shot in the arm in October, according to the latest comScore numbers, indicating that newteevee is a lot like oldteevee in some ways. The premium content portal saw double digit growth in both streams and unique visitors, spurred by a new content partner in ABC and a new fall TV season, reports Ad Age ...
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