Web gives old TV shows a new lease on life…

Television distributors are now growing more keen to the idea of opening up the TV vaults and streaming old TV series online. With the presence of sites such as Hulu, Joost and Veoh the audience and ad dollars to be made are becoming much more formidable and opening the eyes of certain TV executives. “We have all this library content, and we’ve been surprised at how much interest there is in it,” Jeff Zucker, the CEO of NBC Universal, said recently. “Frankly, if there is one person interested it — and there are streaming costs so you have to make sure you’re covering that — we’ve found it’s a new opportunity for our content.”

Sunday News Round-up…

DirecTV lobbied on digital switch
From ‘Starsky & Hutch’ to ‘Lost,’ TV moving online
Portals tune in full TV episodes
Online poll: Fox leads in TV news
Web-to-TV technology opens up entertainment

Alll Eyes on Hulu.com…

All eye’s are on Hulu.com and they are getting even more mention across the web. Here are a handful of news articles related to them:

Chicago Tribune
CBS News
USA Today
Tech Digest
Business Wire

There is no general consensus on the service they are providing, but after nosing around the site myself I would have to say it seems pretty clean. The content is obviously limited at this point, but the presentation is refreshing and different. Its not the typical video looking site. Let the TubeSplash community know what you think with your comments below!

Hulu.com Getting More Build-Up Towards Launch…

Time.com is running a feature on Hulu.com in anticipation of its new platform launch on Wednesday at 12:01am eastern time. They are even giving them comparisons as the Itunes of televisions. Whatever Mr. Jason Kilar (CEO) is doing its working, but lets just hope the product lives up to the hype. I am curious to see how the quality of the streams appears on my television.