What would happen if Television and the Internet decided to have a child? Hulu of course!
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 John Carmichael
What is Hulu you ask? Its a website. Some folks have coined it as “The YouTube Killer”, but essentially(according to the completely trustworthy sources of wikipedia) hulu.com is the joint venture of NBC Universal and News Corp that allows visitors to watch online video content in both segments and full formats. What’s most important is that you can watch what you want, when you want, for FREE. This includes recent and archived TV programming, SNL best of skits, Movies (Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, MGM, etc.), and drum roll please…. the LIVE feed of the Presidential Inauguration on 1/20/2009. All of this with limited commercial interruption.
I would love to dive into the advertising ramifications of all of this - how can PF clients utilize this site in order to derive lead flow, but I am keeping the blog short this month, as you should probably spend some time checking out the website instead:
Perhaps that topic will be covered in February!
And as a treat for those who like trivia - Hulu is actually derived from a Chinese Proverb meaning “holder of precious things” (again wikipedia)