While you might be excused for thinking that Hulu is a developer focused on delivering complete end-to-end solutions within the wimax technology or an interior district of Terengganu, Malaysia.. it’s the new official name for that long-awaited joint venture video portal from News Corp. and NBC Universal.
The site will allow fans to stream episodes of NBC series such as The Office and Friday Night Lights, along with the soon-to-launch remake of The Bionic Woman. Meanwhile, Fox is planning to offer on-demand episodes of staples like The Simpsons and Mad TV as well as premiering shows such as the New Orleans-set cop drama K-Ville. In addition to Hulu.com, the sweeping venture will see these series distributed across the biggest sites on the Web, including AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!.
Why is Hulu the new venture’s name? According to a note posted on the site by newly installed CEO Jason Kilar, it’s meant to connote fun and simplicity. “Objectively, Hulu is short, easy to spell, easy to pronounce and rhymes with itself,” he wrote. “Subjectively, Hulu strikes us as an inherently fun name, one that captures the spirit of the service we’re building. Our hope is that Hulu will embody our (admittedly ambitious) never-ending mission, which is to help you find and enjoy the world’s premiere content when, where and how you want it.”
Apply Here for beta access, full launch due in October.
Not to be outdone by Silverlight, Adobe has announced a beta version of its Flash player with the ability to play high-definition video. The new player adds support for H.264 - as used in the Blu-ray and HD DVD standards - plus High Efficiency AAC audio.
The company’s Premiere Pro and After Effects software for content creators already supports H.264 encoding, and support for the standard will also be added to Adobe’s AIR platform for rich Internet applications. Get the beta Flash Player here. The final release is expected during the next few months.
We’re coming to this a bit late.. the SuperNova 2007 event was held last month to explore “Business, technology, and social interactions”.
“Intelligence is moving to the edges, through networked computers, empowered users, fluid digital content, distributed work teams, and powerful communications devices. At the same time, new opportunities are emerging through social software, pervasive wireless networking, massively multi-player virtual worlds, and distributed e-commerce, among other trends.”
Whew, we double dare ya to chant that one 3x fast..
The presentation from John Hagel who is billed as a ‘renowned strategy consultant and author, who recently joined Deloitte and Touche, where he will head a new Silicon Valley research institute’ is def. worth watching.
And then there were three.. that’s right folks, between intense sessions of Yatzee and enormous amounts of vodka in this secluded, and for our own safety, top-secret location, we have managed to find a shining moment to merge together the .com | .net | .tv Video Link domains. Of course at this point they all look the same, but without getting too souped-up on our own kool-aid (well, ok maybe a little bit) we have hatched an evil plan for each segment to take on a seperate life of it’s own.
Not looking forward to the morning after.. meanwhile where’s the can?
Who’s Your Daddy announced that the company has launched a media partnership with RawVegas.TV a channel that provides 100% original Internet video content reflecting the uninhibited “anything goes” spirit of Las Vegas, while capturing the essence of Who’s Your Daddy. Popular television shows on the site feature UFC fighters, nightclub promoters, professional poker players and a wide variety of influential and well-known people from various industries, sports and entertainment venues.
Fred Wilson posted Here that Howard Lindzon got on a plane, went to NYC, hired a couple of awesome video producers named Adam and Jeff and a wonderful host named Lindsay. He set out to make a funny short video about Wall Street five days a week for less than $1000 per show. Adam and Jeff figured out how to do that and they’ve been online every work day since October 16th of last year. 10-months later = $5 Million deal..!!
Congrats are certainly in order..
Hotswap.com, a little-known internet video company, stole a little of the digital spotlight last week when Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Red McCombs, who co-founded Clear Channel Communications, said they would provide the firm with venture capital.
According to Wozniak, Hotswap’s solution to bring internet video into the 21st century is likely to yield results. “I like what they’re doing,” said Wozniak. “It’s definitely a step forward.”
btw: Hotswap lets people upload video of their stolen fancy wheels for sale!
