Probably 10 years ago, there was an IBM commercial where a man walked into a shitty motel looking for a room. They had bad service and bad accomodations, except that they provided every movie ever made on demand. Totally awesome. In real life, 10 years later, we still aren't there. But, slowly, network television is moving to give us good quality free video on demand over the internet. Cable and satellite companies are adding more and more to their own on demand offerings. I think you can say that the consumer is winning.
Enter Hulu.com, a joint venture between Fox and NBC to provide a load of good content for free. There are advertisements, 30 seconds for every 10ish minutes of content. To some people that is a major turnoff, I can understand that. However, at some point, content needs to be funded. To me, 30 second ads are more than tolerable--especially if it gives me access to a library that goes from Charlie's Angels
I have 8 invites to Hulu that I'm willing to share with you if you just post in the comments of my still brand new blog with your email address. After I run out, you can sign up at the website for the still-private beta test, but there is a couple of week delay before you'll get in.
Check back here for other useful links and websites and, hopefully, more invites to new services.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Fox and NBC shows on demand on your computer
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4 comments:
Balls,
This looks pretty sweet - can I get one of those hulu accounts?
Hook a brotha up with an account dude!
Yes, please! I feel like this would be perfect for occupying my time during jury duty today.
Ballan, you've changed my life for the better. Here I am, sitting in China, procrastinating the work that I should be doing by reading your blog (which is great, by the way), and what should I come across but this gem.
You're the man, dawg -- many thanks!
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