LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hulu, an online video service, today announced the public launch of its Web site, Hulu.com (http://www.hulu.com/). Beginning today, consumers in the U.S. can go to Hulu.com to watch a large selection of hit TV shows, movies, clips and more in high-quality – anytime, for free. In addition, Hulu announced new content partnerships with the Warner Bros. Television Group, Lionsgate, NBA, NHL and more than 20 other top content providers. New content additions to Hulu’s library will include: feature films like The Usual Suspects and Ice Age, shows like Dirt, The Incredible Hulk, Babylon 5, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and The Dick Van Dyke Show, nightly highlights, top plays and full-length games from the NBA and the NHL, popular made for web programming such as Prom Queen and Onion News Network, and much more.
On Hulu.com, consumers can enjoy one of the largest selections of legal, free videos from more than 50 top broadcast networks, cable networks, movie studios and web-centric content providers. Hulu’s library offers full-length episodes from more than 250 TV series - from current hits like The Simpsons, The Office and Prison Break to classics like Arrested Development, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Miami Vice. In addition, Hulu offers 100 full-length feature films such as The Big Lebowski, Me, Myself & Irene, Some Like It Hot, Mulholland Drive and Three Amigos!. Hulu also provides short clips from 150 more TV series like Saturday Night Live and In Living Color as well as 50 additional films such as Napoleon Dynamite, Little Miss Sunshine, Die Hard, Vertigo, and The Mummy.
“Today, Hulu is crossing a milestone in its mission to help people find and enjoy the world’s premium content, when, where and how they want it,” said Jason Kilar, chief executive officer of Hulu. “With full-length episodes of current and archived television shows, feature films, sports and news, we believe the Hulu service is a step forward in giving consumers entertainment on their terms.”
“Hulu helps fans find great content wherever they are online,” said Peter Chernin, president and chief operating officer, News Corporation. “With tools that make sharing easy, Hulu encourages viral distribution. At the same time, Hulu’s distribution partners are some of the most visited on the Web, engaging consumers where they are already spending their time. This is a powerful combination.”
“Hulu.com’s impressive content line up and user experience are equally important in bringing consumers back again and again,” said Jeff Zucker, president and chief executive officer, NBC Universal. “These are the same attributes that make Hulu attractive to major brands. Both groups see the value in a quality, clutter-free online service.”
The Hulu.com Web site was created to bring together the widest selection of premium video with an elegant, easy-to-use interface. Focused on the video viewing experience, Hulu.com streams videos in high-quality and offers additional tools to enhance the viewing experience, including full-screen view, a pop-out window, a ‘lower lights’ feature and much more. Hulu.com offers features that enable users to easily clip, share and embed videos on other Web sites, including blogs and social networking sites. Additionally, Hulu.com’s search feature also helps users to find legal, premium video online even if it is not directly available on Hulu.com.
Hulu.com has been in private beta since October 2007. The response from users during the 18 week test period has exceeded expectations. Over 5 million viewers have watched videos in the past 30 days via Hulu.com or its extensive distribution network. This network includes Hulu’s partner sites (AOL, Comcast's Fancast.com, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!) and other Web sites where users have embedded Hulu videos. During this beta period, more than 50,000 Hulu video players have been embedded on nearly 6,000 sites across the Web. Additionally, Hulu has more than quadrupled the number of show and movie titles in its library since private beta testing began.
Hulu gives advertisers the opportunity to connect their brands with premium content online, interact with highly engaged consumers and extend their reach via Hulu’s broad distribution network. Additionally, Hulu offers and is committed to the continued development of new and innovative online advertising experiences. Hulu has received positive feedback from the advertising community and is renewing many of Hulu’s charter advertisers since the beta period. Currently, Hulu advertisers include: Best Buy, Chili’s, DirecTV, GM, Intel, Nissan, State Farm, Unilever, Wal-Mart and others.
Hulu TV shows (in both full-length episodes or clips) at launch or shortly thereafter include, but are not limited to:
24 |
K-Ville | |
30 Days | L.A. Dragnet | |
30 Rock | Land of the Giants | |
Academy, The | Las Vegas | |
Access Hollywood | Last Call with Carson Daly | |
Adam-12 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | |
Addams Family, The | Law & Order | |
Airwolf | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | |
Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Life | |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lipstick Jungle | |
All-For-Nots | Loop, The | |
American Dad! | Lost in Space | |
American Gladiators | Lou Grant | |
American Gothic | MadTV | |
Amnesia | Major Dad | |
Andy Barker, P.I. | Make Me A Supermodel | |
Archie Bunker's Place | Married...With Children | |
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? | Mary Tyler Moore Show, The | |
Arrested Development | Maury | |
Astro Boy | McHale's Navy | |
A-Team, The | Medium | |
Babylon 5 | Meet The Presidents | |
Back To You | Miami Vice | |
Bad Girls Club, The | Millionaire Matchmaker, The | |
Bad Girls Road Trip | Miss Teen USA 2007 | |
Barney Miller | Miss Universe | |
Battlestar Galactica | Moment Of Truth, The | |
Battlestar Galactica Classic | Monk | |
BCS NCAA Football Games | Murder One | |
Benson | My Bare Lady | |
Bewitched | My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad | |
Big Ideas for a Small Planet | My Name is Earl | |
Biggest Loser, The | Nanny and the Professor | |
Bionic Woman | NBA Basketball | |
Bob Newhart Show, The | NBC News | |
Bones | New Amsterdam | |
Buck Rogers | New Dragnet | |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer | NewsRadio | |
Burn Notice | Night Gallery | |
Captain and Casey Show, The | Nip/Tuck | |
Caught On Tape | Office, The | |
Celebrity Apprentice | Onion News Network (ONN) | |
Charlie's Angels | Outer Limits | |
Chelsea Lately | Paradise Hotel 2 | |
Chicago Hope | Partridge Family | |
Chuck | Picket Fences | |
Conviction | Pink Panther Cartoons | |
Cops | Practice, The | |
Crow: Stairway To Heaven, The | Pretender, The | |
Dana Carvey Show, The | Prison Break | |
Days of our Lives | Project Runway | |
Deadline | Psych | |
Deal or No Deal | Quarterlife | |
Decision House | Queer Eye for the Straight Guy | |
Dick Van Dyke Show, The | Raines | |
Dirt | Real Housewives of New York City, The | |
Doogie Howser, M.D. | Real Housewives of Orange County, The | |
Dr. 90210 | Remington Steele | |
Dr. Steve-O | Riches, The | |
Dragnet | Rockford Files | |
Dream On | Roswell | |
Dress My Nest | S.W.A.T. | |
E! News Now | Saturday Night Live | |
Emergency! | Scrubs | |
Equal Justice | She Spies | |
Eureka | Shear Genius | |
Exosquad | Simon & Simon | |
Fame | Simpsons, The | |
Family Guy | Snoop Dogg's Father Hood | |
Fantasy Island | So You Think You Can Dance | |
Firefly | Solitary | |
Firsthand | Soup, The | |
Flash Gordon | Spider-Man | |
Flipper | St. Elsewhere | |
Flipping Out | Stacked | |
Friday Night Lights | Standoff | |
Friday Night SmackDown | Starsky and Hutch | |
Futurama | Starter Wife, The | |
Galactica 1980 | Super Bowl XLII Ads | |
Ghost Hunters | Surface | |
Ghost Hunters International | Swamp Thing | |
Girls Next Door, The | Talkshow with Spike Feresten | |
Hart to Hart | Team Knight Rider | |
Hell's Kitchen | Temptation Island | |
Heroes | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | |
Hey Paula! | Three Sheets | |
Hill Street Blues | Tick, The | |
Highlander | 'Til Death | |
House | Tim Gunn's Guide To Style | |
I Dream of Jeannie | Tom Brokaw Reports | |
Iconoclasts | Tonight Show, The | |
In Living Color | Top Chef | |
Inside the Actors Studio | Top Design | |
Invisible Man, The | Tori & Dean: Inn Love | |
It Takes a Thief | Total Recall 2070 | |
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Tremors | |
Jack of All Trades | Unhitched | |
Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, The | Vanished | |
Jerry Springer | Victoria Beckham: Coming to America | |
John Doe | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | |
Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot | Weird Science | |
Journeyman | Welcome Back Kotter | |
Kathy Griffin | Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show | |
Keeping Up with The Kardashians | What's Happening Now!! | |
King Of The Hill | What's Happening! | |
Kitchen Confidential | Who's the Boss? | |
Kitchen Nightmares | WKRP in Cincinnati | |
Knight Rider | Woody Woodpecker | |
Kojak | WWE Monday Night Raw | |
Kojak 2004 | Young Hercules |
Hulu feature films (in both full-length or clips) at launch or shortly thereafter include, but are not limited to:
20 Dates | Into The Night | |
28 Weeks Later | Island of Dr. Moreau, The | |
40-Year-Old Virgin, The | Jerk, The | |
A Guy Thing | Joe Kidd | |
A Life Less Ordinary | Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie | |
Alien 3 | Juno | |
Alien Resurrection | Just Between Friends | |
Alien vs. Predator | Kagemusha | |
Aliens | Keep Your Eyes Open | |
All Dogs Go to Heaven | Killing Zoe | |
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | K-Pax | |
Alvin and the Chipmunks | Little Miss Sunshine | |
An All Dogs Christmas Carol | Lone Wolf McQuade | |
Big Lebowski, The | Love and a .45 | |
Big Trouble In Little China | Love Me Tender | |
Birds, The | Man On The Moon | |
Break-Up, The | Masquerade | |
Bring It On | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | |
Broadcast News | Me, Myself & Irene | |
Brokedown Palace | Miami Vice | |
Broken Lizard's Club Dread | Miracle on 34th Street | |
Bulworth | Moonstruck | |
CB4 | Moulin Rouge | |
Cheaper By The Dozen | Mulholland Drive | |
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers | Mummy Returns, The | |
Cheech and Chong's Next Movie | Mummy, The (1999) | |
Child's Play 2 | Napoleon Dynamite | |
Clay Pigeons | National Lampoons Movie Madness | |
Cleopatra | October Sky | |
Code of Silence | Office Space | |
Comebacks, The | Out of Sight | |
Darjeeling Limited, The | Parents | |
Date Movie | Permanent Midnight | |
Day After Tomorrow, The | Planet Of The Apes (2001) | |
Day The Earth Stood Still, The | Point Break | |
Day Watch | Predator 2 | |
Daylight | Psycho | |
Devil Wears Prada, The | Psycho (1960) | |
Die Hard | Pumpkin Head | |
Die Hard 3: Die Hard with a Vengeance | Quills | |
Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard | Raising Arizona | |
Do the Right Thing | Red Dragon | |
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Reno 911!: Miami | |
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | Requiem for a Dream | |
Dude, Where's My Car | Robin Hood: Men In Tights | |
End of Days | Robots | |
Enter the Ninja | Romeo + Juliet | |
Epic Movie | Seven Year Itch, The | |
Eragon | Shape of Things, The | |
Family Guy "Blue Harvest" | Sideways | |
Fantastic Four | Simpsons Movie, The | |
Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Skulls, The | |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Slums of Beverly Hills, The | |
Fever Pitch | Smokin' Aces | |
Field of Dreams | Sound of Music | |
Fierce Creatures | Speed | |
Flight of the Phoenix | St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The | |
Fly, The (1958) | Super Dave | |
Full Monty, The | Super Troopers | |
Garden State | Thank You for Smoking | |
Girl Next Door, The | That Thing You Do | |
Gridlock'd | There's Something About Mary | |
Hills Have Eyes, The | Three Amigos! | |
Hitman | Titan A.E. | |
Hot Fuzz | Usual Suspects, The | |
I Heart Huckabees | Vertigo | |
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Very Bad Things | |
Ice Age | Waitress | |
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown | Weekend at Bernie's | |
In Dangerous Company | Working Girl | |
In Her Shoes | X-Files | |
In the Mix | X-Men | |
Independence Day | X-Men 2 | |
Inspector Clouseau | X-Men The Last Stand |
About Hulu
Hulu is an online video service that offers a selection of hit shows, clips, movies, and more at Hulu.com and other destination sites online, including AOL, Comcast’s Fancast.com, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!. Hulu’s selection of premium programming is provided by leading content companies, including FOX, NBC Universal, MGM, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros. Television Group, as well as Access Hollywood, AST Dew Tour, BNET, Bravo, Broadway Video, CenterStaging, Chic.tv, Chiller, CHOW, CNET, Comedy Time, Davis-Panzer Productions, E! Entertainment Television, ExerciseTV, FEARnet, Ford Models, Fox Atomic, Fox Movie Channel, Fox Reality, Fox Searchlight, Fox Sports, Fox TV Studios, Fuel TV, FX Networks, G4TV, Gamespot, Gamespy, Hidden Universe, IGN, Image Entertainment, Lionsgate, LX.TV, MEN7, Mojo, Movieola, My Network TV, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Digital Shorts, NBA, NBC Sports, NHL, Oxygen, Paley Media, Reveille, Salient Media, SciFi Channel, Shout! Factory, Sleuth Channel, SpaceRip, Speed, Sundance Channel, Taste TV, The Fight Network, The Golf Channel, The Onion, The Style Network, TV Guide, TVG, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Century Fox Television, Twentieth Television, Universal Pictures, USA Network, Versus, Vuguru, WatchMojo, Wine Library TV and World Wrestling Entertainment®.
Hulu was founded in March 2007 by NBC Universal and News Corp and is operated independently by a dedicated management team with offices in Los Angeles, New York, and Beijing. Hulu closed a $100 million investment from private equity firm Providence Equity Partners in October 2007.