Epix: Hulu for film

As Hulu grows and grows and in the wake of it's deal with Disney, it seems that other film studios are getting in on the act of online films. Paramount, Lionsgate, and MGM studios have got together and developed epix.
Working like an on-demand TV channel, the service is currently in beta, it will only be available to those with the epix TV channel. This means that your cable provider will be a deciding factor in whether you have the channel or not.

Read about it here:
http://mashable.com/2009/06/08/epix/

Hulu news

Hulu is now big. It's official:
http://www.marketingvox.com/hulu-cracks-top-3-online-video-sites-for-first-time-043940/

And they finally signed that deal with Disney. More excitingly Disney bought 30% of Hulu:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124110275139073305.html

http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/04/disney_decides_to_dance_the_hu.php

Disney and Hulu ready to begin relationship

Not much has actually changed here. But Disney and Hulu are closer to closing the deal now, it just seems to be taking a long time to sort out all the details.

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090427/disney-gets-ready-finally-to-hold-hands-with-hulu/

Eager for Iger?

Eager to know what Disney's new CEO, Bob Iger, has to say? Well read all about it below. Indirect mentions of the Hulu deal abound:

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090402/live-disney-ceo-bob-iger-at-the-cable-show/

More on the Hulu / Disney deal:
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090402/hulu-makes-room-for-a-third-disney-deal-coming-soon/

News in the world of video sites

Firstly YouTube are planning some changes. I guess it had to come at some point if they were going to make any money ever. The changes essentially centre around separating premium and user content in the future and changing the navigation to a tab scheme.

http://www.clickz.com/3633218

Interestingly they will re-design their player to be more like Hulu's. Which leads us to them also touching on the story of where Disney will be doing putting media online. It looks like Hulu is the place. Obviously this only affects the US at the moment, as most Hulu content is not licensed elsewhere.

Read more below:

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090330/disneys-decision-hulu-youtube-or-something-else/

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cotown-hulu28-2009mar28,0,7839088.story

Hulu news

Hulu is big. Looks good, just a shame you can't get most content in the UK.

Highlights:

...News Corp.’s (NWS) Fox is getting close to a deal to bring Disney’s (DIS) ABC into the fold.

It’s now the biggest video site that isn’t YouTube.

VideoCensus pegs the site’s February traffic at 309 million video views.

It’s not just a video site, it’s a social network

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090312/hulu-bigger-friendlier-still-missing-two-networks/