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Hulu Provides Schedule of Upcoming TV Episode Releases

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 3, 2009 - 10:31am.
Los Angeles - Hulu, the online video joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and Disney (NYSE: DIS), has launched a new feature that will let users know when new episodes of TV shows are scheduled to become available on the site. The new Coming Soon feature will offer a weekly schedule of when shows from ABC, NBC ad Fox are slated to go live on Hulu after their broadcast premieres.

News Corp. Exec: Hulu to Start Charging for Access

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 22, 2009 - 11:51am.
New York - Hulu, the online video joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and Disney (NYSE: DIS), plans to begin charging users for some content, possibly as early as next year, according to remarks from News Corp. president and COO Chase Carey, the Associated Press reported.

Record 161M U.S. Internet Users Watch Web Video in August

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 29, 2009 - 7:21am.
Reston, Va. - About 161 million U.S. Internet users watch a video online in August -- the largest audience ever recorded -- according to new figures from comScore.

Report: MySpace Working with Hulu to Expand Video Offering

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 22, 2009 - 11:01am.
San Francisco - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace plans to launch a new video service with the help of Hulu, the video site joint venture between News Corp., NBC Universal and Disney, CNET News.com reported.

AT&T Debuts Entertainment Site with Free TV Shows, Movies

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 10, 2009 - 12:01pm.
Dallas - AT&T (NYSE: T) on Thursday announced the launch of AT&T Entertainment, a new Hulu-like website that offers thousands of streaming TV shows and movies from partners including ABC (NYSE: DIS), NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and (NYSE: CBS)CBS. The free site is available to all consumers, not just subscribers to AT&T services. The company said it plans to add more programming from additional providers in the coming months.

tags: Video | TV | Movies | AT&T | ABC | CBS | NBC Universal | Hulu |

Report: U.S. Breaks Web Video Viewing Records in July

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 28, 2009 - 10:12am.
Reston, Va. - Over 158 million U.S. Internet users watched online videos during July -- the largest audience ever recorded -- and streamed a record 21.4 billion videos during the month, according to a report from Internet audience measurement firm comScore.

Report: U.S. Online TV, Movie Watching Up Dramatically

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 5, 2009 - 9:19am.
New York - Online Americans are watching more full-length movies and TV shows online, as 26% report having streamed a TV show and 14% a feature-length film in the past 30 days, according to a report from market research firm Ipsos MediaCT.

Report: U.S. Web Video Views Up 16% in April to 16.8 Billion

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2009 - 9:59am.
Reston, Va. - U.S. Internet users viewed 16.8 billion online videos during April, up 16% from the prior month, according to new figures from comScore, a provider of Internet audience measurement services.

Hulu Releases Desktop Video Player

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 29, 2009 - 10:45am.
Los Angeles - Hulu, the online video joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and Disney (NYSE: DIS), this week introduced a new downloadable desktop player, which lets users watch any Hulu content on a PC or Mac.
tags: Video | TV | Hulu |

Hulu to Stream Live Dave Matthews Concert

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 21, 2009 - 11:49am.
Los Angeles - Hulu, the video site joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and Disney (NYSE: DIS), plans to stream its first live concert with a Dave Matthews Band performance at the Beacon Theater in New York City on June 1. The webcast, which will be available on-demand following the live broadcast, will promote the release of a new album from the band, due out on June 2.

Hulu: Nielsen is Undercounting Our Site Visitors

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 15, 2009 - 6:32am.
New York - Hulu, the online video joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and Disney (NYSE: DIS), has raised objections to methodologies used to count Web video views, as Internet audience measurement firms Nielsen Online and comScore counted 8.9 million and 42 million visitors to the site in March, respectively, The New York Times reported.

Disney Takes Equity Stake in Hulu; Adds ABC Full Episodes

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 30, 2009 - 8:12am.
Los Angeles - Confirming earlier reports, Disney (NYSE: DIS) announced on Thursday that it has signed a deal to take an equity stake in, and provide full-length TV episodes to Hulu, the video website joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE). Coming to Hulu will be shows from ABC, SOAPnet and Disney Channel, including "Grey's Anatomy," "LOST," "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "The View" and "General Hospital."

Report: Hulu Tops Yahoo for Third Place in Web Video in March

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 29, 2009 - 12:06pm.
Reston, Va. - Hulu, the video site joint venture between NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), overtook Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) to become the third most-popular Web video site in March, according to Web audience measurement firm comScore. Hulu served 380 million videos last month, to Yahoo's 335 million. Google (NASD: GOOG) and YouTube still dwarfed all competitors, with 5.9 billion video views, with News Corp.-owned sites including MySpace taking second place with 437 million views.

Report: Hulu in Talks With Labels on Adding Music Videos

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 24, 2009 - 10:45am.
New York - Hulu, the Web video joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), is in talks with the four major labels on adding music videos to the site, in a bid to challenge YouTube's current dominance in the sector, Bloomberg reported, citing "four people with knowledge of the discussions."

Report: Hulu iPhone App Is Coming Soon

Authored by Jay Baage on April 17, 2009 - 12:04pm.

New York - Online video service Hulu is in the process of developing an app for Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and iPod touch, according to a report on the blog Silicon Alley Insider.

tags: Mobile | Video | iPhone | Hulu | iPhone App |

Report: Disney in Talks to Put TV Clips, Episodes on YouTube

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 30, 2009 - 11:46am.
Los Angeles - Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Google (NASD: GOOG) are in advanced talks on a deal that would see clips of ABC, ESPN and Disney programming on YouTube, while Disney is also considering a full-episode deal, PaidContent reported.

Report: Disney in Talks With Hulu; Could Get Equity Stake

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 27, 2009 - 10:58am.
Los Angeles - Disney (NYSE: DIS) is in talks to take an equity stake in Hulu, the online video joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), in exchange for licensing ABC programming on the service, PaidContent reported, citing a source familiar with the situation. It's not clear what other Disney-owned programming would be part of a prospective deal, but sources told PaidContent that Disney Channel content has been discussed; Disney also owns ESPN.

Digital Rights Group Puts U.K. TV Shows on Hulu

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 25, 2009 - 11:04am.
London - U.K. television distributor Digital Rights Group (DRG) has signed a deal with Hulu, the online video joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), that will bring U.K. TV series like "Queer As Folk," "Peep Show," "Rude Tube" and "Green Wing" to the site's U.S. viewers. The deal marks the first U.K. shows to be made available on Hulu. DRG said it plans to make additional series available on the site in the future.

Report: Hulu Now No. 4 Video Site in U.S.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 23, 2009 - 12:56pm.
New York - Hulu, the online video joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), was the fourth largest video site in the U.S. in February, serving a total of 332.5 million streams, TechCrunch reported, citing comScore data. Hulu leapfrogged Viacom and Microsoft-owned video sites during the month to land in fourth place, and is catching up with third-place Yahoo, which served 353.5 million streams in February.