The folks over at Hulu have made 2500 invites available for the closed beta of the Hulu service for ReadWriteWeb readers.
Hulu is a joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal that puts popular television content from those companies online. It's ad supported (via pre and mid-roll ads) and the videos are quite high quality. Popular shows include 24, The Simpsons, Family Guy, 30 Rock, The Office, House, and my favorite, Psych.
Our network blog, last100, has written often about Hulu. Though pre-launch reports were less than stellar, since launch, things have looked bright for the service. Early reviews for the service were generally positive (or at least not as negative as expected), often from the same bloggers who had panned the service prior to launch.
We called the launch "umpressive," but now it's your turn to decide for yourself.
Invites are on a first come basis and are available at this link.
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I remember reading about the online video service Hulu. I didn’t pay much attention to it until today, when several of the blogs to which I subscribe announced that they had invites to the private beta. I succumbed to what I think was the third s... Read More
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Thank you RWW!I always wanted to sign up for Hulu... :)
Posted by: Virtaaj | December 20, 2007 4:57 PMis not available in Spain? The videos dont's play.
"... this video is not currently available in your Country/Region... "
Posted by: La Curva | December 20, 2007 5:03 PMJosh
In addition to your limited number of invites to the "closed" beta, Hulu also has a sign-up form on their home page, which got us right in.
Is RRW getting paid or getting played, here? Or is there more to your deal than is apparent to readers?
Hulu is worth checking out either way. The video quality for their HD option is impressive. The content, less impressive.
Posted by: James Lewin | December 20, 2007 5:11 PMLa Curva, if you dont live in the US you're out of luck.
Go catodicos.com instead. It launched today and it's a true people's network, not a site depending on what the big Co's decide to do.
Btw, RRW, you should check catodicos...
Posted by: notsobertoday | December 20, 2007 6:12 PMI am in the states and i still get that error about not working in my area.
Posted by: J | December 20, 2007 8:20 PMI kind of love you right now.
Posted by: jessica | December 20, 2007 10:46 PMUS Only :( :( :(
Posted by: EU Anon | December 21, 2007 11:38 PM