In March of this year we posted on NBC and News Corp. (aka Fox) launching a video site.

Yesterday, Hulu.com, the new site went live as a closed beta according to the AP. The Hulu home page allows you to register your email address to be added to the beta list.

The site, developed by News Corp. and NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co., offers free viewing of full-length films and TV episodes, supported by advertising.

It will host programming from the two networks, as well as TV shows and films from Sony Corp. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc…Hulu will legally offer hundreds of episodes of current shows such as NBC’s “30 Rock” and Fox’s “The Simpsons,” as well as older shows such as “Lou Grant” and “Lost in Space.”

Its movie offerings will consist of films that have already been edited for television broadcast, which will contain short ads online in the places where they would appear on TV.

The shows will be available at Hulu.com, as well as on distribution partner Web sites such as AOL, MSN, MySpace, Yahoo and Comcast.

See Also: Remember, YouTube is One of Many Services that Allow Users to Upload, Host, and Share Video. Phil Harvey’s list contains more than 80 of these services.

See Also: TVGuide’s Online Video Guide is an Excellent Aggregator of Web Video
Both clips and complete programs. Both free and fee-based content.
SearchforVideo also is a favorite.

See Also: In2TV from AOL, Great Place to Find and View Old TV Shows
Many free.

Blinkx Now Home to Over 18 Million Hours of Content and More Than 220 Media Partnerships

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