Disney Buys Into Hulu

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LOS ANGELES – Disney movies and ABC TV shows will be available on Hulu.com now that Walt Disney Co. is taking an equity stake in the popular video streaming site, joining its founders, NBC Universal and News Corp.

The deal announced Thursday will bring older Disney movies to the site, along with ABC and Disney Channel shows such as "Lost," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Wizards of Waverly Place" after they run on TV.

Disney hopes to gain new viewers that it does not already capture on ABC.com and pick up new income from sharing ad revenue on Hulu.

 

[clevin]

good, now come on CBS.

 

[jashsayani]

YouTube needs to worry....

 

[liptonlover]

Why? Youtube isn't into full shows and movies yet, and even when they do, they still have their core video service which hulu isn't touching.

 

[talkingfuture]

Disney is quite significant because of Steve Job's presence on their board. I wonder if we will see some Hulu - Mac/iPod integration soon. Perhaps add Hulu to Apple TV and front row.

 

[EricNau]

Now, when will I be able to watch Hulu on my Apple TV?

 

[Saladinos]

Disney is quite significant because of Steve Job's presence on their board. I wonder if we will see some Hulu - Mac/iPod integration soon. Perhaps add Hulu to Apple TV and front row.

At least they now have somebody who understands technology and how to not dilute your brand. Disney's brand has been suffering, partly due to their technology incompetence.

 

[The Phazer]

Why? Youtube isn't into full shows and movies yet, and even when they do, they still have their core video service which hulu isn't touching.

YouTube's core video service loses fantastic amounts of money and their only hope of ever turning that around is full shows that they can sell proper advertising around, so it's a very big issue for them.

Phazer

 

[Tilpots]

good, now come on CBS.

Try tv.com.

 

[localoid]

... Youtube isn't into full shows and movies yet...

In the mid-April, Google announced that their video-sharing site YouTube would begin offering thousands of TV episodes and hundreds of movies...

http://www.youtube.com/movies
http://www.youtube.com/shows

 

[diemos]

Why? I think Hulu will die out within a year.

 

[soldierblue]

Why? I think Hulu will die out within a year.

lawl. Of course.