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Hulu, the popular web site offering free, high quality
videos of several TV shows and movies, announced its offer enlargement by
adding, starting today, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with John Stewart and The
Colbert Report and also later this month a number of PBS shows such as NOVA,
Wired Science, Scientific American Frontiers and Carrier.
Comedy Central is part of the MTV Networks, owned by Viacom
and surely, if the format will be successful many more shows will be featured
on Hulu. "I think with success breeds success. It could open some other
doors," Erik Flannigan, executive vice president of digital media at MTV
Networks, said in a phone interview with Reuters.
Hulu’s decision to offer complete episodes was not received
very well by cable operators, considering the move very worrying for their
business.
The web site has several contracts with many other companies
including FOX and NBC Universal, MGM, Warner Bros. Television Group, Sony
Pictures Television and also collaborates with smaller networks. The new deal
brings the total programming content partners up to more than 70 and there is
still room for other additions.
Hulu also offers an online social networking feature, allowing
its users to share the content and unfortunately so far, the web site is only available
for users located in the United States.
The video quality offered by the web site’s Flash Video
format is better that the one available on YouTube but lower than the one found
on the standard-definition televisions.
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