Written on May 21, 2009 at 2:44 pm by vppkj1

Hulu set for September UK launch?

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Hulu, the free online video-on-demand service backed by News Corp, NBC Universal and Disney, is set to launch in Britain in September 2009, with 3,000 hours of American content and ITV and Channel 4 as content partners.

According to senior sources close to the UK negotiations, Hulu is trying to sign a deal with both commercial broadcasters in the next few weeks, for a roll-out of the service by September

More info here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/5356527/Hulu-set-for-September-UK-launch.html

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cw-kid says:

May 21, 2009 at 4:47 pm

Great news about time something like this happened in the UK, something like Netflix in the UK would be cool as well!

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gadget says:

May 21, 2009 at 9:23 pm

if Hulu were to become easily available in the Uk, it would certainly make Tunerfree MCE a real favorite in my house

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