Hulu is going abroad. The company has announced that it will go international and expand to Japan. The Japanese version of the site is expected to come later in the year, but unlike the American version, it is going to be a subscription service.
Topic: Hulu
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Hulu spent free money on ad for Super Bowl?
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Joost goes head-on-head with Hulu … in Anime?
Anime fans are rejoicing after today’s announcements. After talking about Hulu’s announcement on anime, Joost has now decided to release an onslaught of new anime titles.
The new anime shows include the original Japanese versions (with English subtitles) of Naruto and Death Note (same as Hulu); the subtitled and dubbed versions of Ikki Tousen, Gun Frontier and Saiyuki; the subtitled versions of Izumo; and the dubbed versions of Astro Boy, Avatar, Blue Dragon, Cosmo Warrior Zero, Mär and Samurai Jack. They also plan to launch more anime titles.
Correction: Hulu steams anime without dubbing
While we did report on the launch of several features and new shows on Hulu, we have now know that both Death Note and Naruto will not be getting the dubbed versions – because of license rights, etc. However, as a compromise – both shows will air as their original Japanese broadcast, with subtitles.
Hulu launches brand new features, shows and channels
Not letting Joost get a foothold of its market share, Hulu – co-owned by NBC Universal and News Corporation – has launched several new features – including discussion forums, show recommendations and better queue management.
Hulu gets big coup – two Viacom shows
NBC Universal’s and News Corporation’s rival Viacom has now seen the light – sort of. Viacom is lending two popular shows on its Comedy Central television channel to the joint venture, which is gaining popularity, and I think it is a major coup, since it only has shows from NBC Universal and News Corporation among the other video content from The Onion and CNET.
Since launching in October 2007, and gone public in March; it has been getting praise, content providers, and traffic. Ars Technica is also boasting that more than 63 million videos have been stream to date.
It has also expanded to Movies, from Sony Pictures, Universal, Warner Bros. and Fox’s movie catalogue.
Competing US networks like ABC and CBS, however, have yet to jump on the bandwagon – likely due to the control and revenue NBC demands for being on Hulu. According to Silicon Ally Insider, CBS has 191 partners who are distributing its content, including on AOL and MSN – the same sites that has to give up 30 percent of its ad revenue to get Hulu content.
While Viacom is giving Hulu a try, its offering consists of 15 episodes from both The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report. However, Viacom is also launching full episodes for both of them at their respective sites at thedailyshow.com and Comedy Central’s site – and I could actually view it from Australia.
TechCrunch is also saying that PBS will be adding shows to Hulu later this month, including its flagship shows – like NOVA and Wired Science (which got the axe! BOO!)
Now, can you focus on your ‘international expansion’ in Canada and Australia – because frankly, you are worst than Apple on not giving us things.
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