I Hulu, do you?

I wanted to throw a quick post up here about a website that I found written up in Entertainment Weekly as well as TV Guide. It is called Hulu. In my opinion it is the largest paradigm shift in streaming video that I could have imagined. The direct quote from their website is that they offer free videos from "50 content providers including FOX, NBC, MGM, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros., Lionsgate". I don't want to sound like a commercial but the fact that they are offering episodes of current primetime shows as well as recently released movies is what has really made me a fan.

One night I can watch an the most recent episodes of The Simpsons and The Office that I missed, and then the next night I can watch the best episode of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, and then the night after that I can check out something that I shudder to share with anyone else.

I can compare this to a service that I also tried a few months ago called Joost. The quality that struck me immediately about Joost was the fact that almost their entire stock of media is older shows (Good shows, don't get me wrong. I watched the episodes of GI Joe, and Volton, Star Trek and others, without remorse or guilt.) If there can be a synthesis or competitive spirit to see who can generate the most buzz and hits, there will be some pretty massive upheavals in the world of TV. I don't think that it will be more then a few more years before it will be commonplace for TV show of professional quality to be filmed and distributed directly to these outlets.


Thats my opinion and I'm sticking to it. Remember my prediction in a few years.