Hulu.com Opens to Public, Offers Free Streams of Hit TV Shows, Movies and Clips from More Than 50 Providers Including FOX, NBC Universal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Sony Pictures Television

 

 

Company Announces New Licensing Deals with the Warner Bros. Television Group, Lionsgate, NBA, NHL and More

LOS ANGELES - March 12, 2008- 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 30 Days 30 Rock Academy, The Access Hollywood Adam-12 Addams Family, The Airwolf Alfred Hitchcock Hour Alfred Hitchcock Presents All-For-Nots American Dad! American Gladiators American Gothic Amnesia Andy Barker, P.I. Archie Bunker's Place Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Arrested Development Astro Boy A-Team, The Babylon 5 Back To You Bad Girls Club, The Bad Girls Road Trip Barney Miller Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica Classic BCS NCAA Football Games Benson Bewitched Big Ideas for a Small Planet Biggest Loser, The Bionic Woman Bob Newhart Show, The Bones Buck Rogers Buffy the Vampire Slayer Burn Notice Captain and Casey Show, The Caught On Tape Celebrity Apprentice Charlie's Angels Chelsea Lately Chicago Hope Chuck Conviction Cops Crow: Stairway To Heaven, The Dana Carvey Show, The Days of our Lives Deadline Deal or No Deal Decision House Dirt Doogie Howser, M.D. Dr. 90210 Dr. Steve-O Dragnet Dream On Dress My Nest E! News Now Emergency! Equal Justice Eureka Exosquad Fame Family Guy Fantasy Island Firefly Firsthand Flash Gordon Flipper Flipping Out Friday Night Lights Friday Night SmackDown Futurama Galactica 1980 Ghost Hunters Ghost Hunters International Girls Next Door, The Hart to Hart Hell's Kitchen Heroes Hey Paula! Hill Street Blues Highlander House I Dream of Jeannie Iconoclasts In Living Color Inside the Actors Studio Invisible Man, The It Takes a Thief It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Jack of All Trades Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, The Jerry Springer John Doe Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot Journeyman Kathy Griffin Keeping Up with The Kardashians King Of The Hill Kitchen Confidential Kitchen Nightmares Knight Rider Kojak Kojak 2004 K-Ville

L.A. Dragnet Land of the Giants Las Vegas Last Call with Carson Daly Late Night with Conan O'Brien Law & Order Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Life Lipstick Jungle Loop, The Lost in Space Lou Grant MadTV Major Dad Make Me A Supermodel Married...With Children Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Maury McHale's Navy Medium Meet The Presidents Miami Vice Millionaire Matchmaker, The Miss Teen USA 2007 Miss Universe Moment Of Truth, The Monk Murder One My Bare Lady My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad My Name is Earl Nanny and the Professor NBA Basketball NBC News New Amsterdam New Dragnet NewsRadio Night Gallery Nip/Tuck Office, The Onion News Network (ONN) Outer Limits Paradise Hotel 2 Partridge Family Picket Fences Pink Panther Cartoons Practice, The Pretender, The Prison Break Project Runway Psych Quarterlife Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Raines Real Housewives of New York City, The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Remington Steele Riches, The Rockford Files Roswell S.W.A.T. Saturday Night Live Scrubs She Spies Shear Genius Simon & Simon Simpsons, The Snoop Dogg's Father Hood So You Think You Can Dance Solitary Soup, The Spider-Man St. Elsewhere Stacked Standoff Stargate Atlantis Starsky and Hutch Starter Wife, The Super Bowl XLII Ads Surface Swamp Thing Talkshow with Spike Feresten Team Knight Rider Temptation Island Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Three Sheets Tick, The 'Til Death Tim Gunn's Guide To Style Tom Brokaw Reports Tonight Show, The Top Chef Top Design Tori & Dean: Inn Love Total Recall 2070 Tremors Unhitched Vanished Victoria Beckham: Coming to America Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Weird Science Welcome Back Kotter Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show What's Happening Now!! What's Happening! Who's the Boss? WKRP in Cincinnati Woody Woodpecker WWE Monday Night Raw Young Hercules

Hulu feature films (in both full-length or clips) at launch or shortly thereafter include, but are not limited to:

20 Dates 28 Weeks Later 40-Year-Old Virgin, The A Guy Thing A Life Less Ordinary Alien 3 Alien Resurrection Alien vs. Predator Aliens All Dogs Go to Heaven All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 Alvin and the Chipmunks An All Dogs Christmas Carol Big Lebowski, The Big Trouble In Little China Birds, The Break-Up, The Bring It On Broadcast News Brokedown Palace Broken Lizard's Club Dread Bulworth CB4 Cheaper By The Dozen Cheech & Chong’s The Corsican Brothers Cheech and Chong's Next Movie Child's Play 2 Clay Pigeons Cleopatra Code of Silence Comebacks, The Darjeeling Limited, The Date Movie Day After Tomorrow, The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Day Watch Daylight Devil Wears Prada, The Die Hard Die Hard 3: Die Hard with a Vengeance Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard Do the Right Thing Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Dude, Where's My Car End of Days Enter the Ninja Epic Movie Eragon Family Guy "Blue Harvest" Fantastic Four Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Fever Pitch Field of Dreams Fierce Creatures Flight of the Phoenix Fly, The (1958) From Justin to Kelly Full Monty, The Garden State Girl Next Door, The Gridlock’d Hills Have Eyes, The Hitman Hot Fuzz I Heart Huckabees I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Ice Age Ice Age 2: The Meltdown In Dangerous Company In Her Shoes In the Mix Independence Day Inspector Clouseau

Intohe Night Island of Dr. Moreau, The Jerk, The Joe Kidd Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie Juno Just Between Friends Kagemusha Keep Your Eyes Open Killing Zoe K-Pax Little Miss Sunshine Lone Wolf McQuade Love and a .45 Love Me Tender Man On The Moon Mark Of Zorro, The (1940) Masquerade Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Me, Myself & Irene Miami Vice Miracle on 34th Street Moonstruck Moulin Rouge Mulholland Drive Mummy Returns, The Mummy, The (1999) Napoleon Dynamite National Lampoons Movie Madness October Sky Office Space Out of Sight Parents Permanent Midnight Planet Of The Apes (2001) Point Break Predator 2 Psycho Psycho (1960) Pumpkin Head Quills Raising Arizona Red Dragon Reno 911!: Miami Requiem for a Dream Robin Hood: Men In Tights Robots Romeo + Juliet Seven Year Itch, The Shape of Things, The Sideways Simpsons Movie, The Skulls, The Slums of Beverly Hills, The Smokin' Aces Sound of Music Speed St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The Super Dave Super Troopers Thank You for Smoking That Thing You Do There’s Something About Mary Three Amigos! Titan A.E. Usual Suspects, The Vertigo Very Bad Things Waitress Weekend at Bernie's Working Girl X-Files X-Men X-Men 2 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.