Content delivery methods are evolving before our eyes. With DVR's, gone are the days that you had to be home Thursday night to watch Charmed. Even if you don't have a Tivo, content providers realize that they need to give more options for on-demand services.
A site called Hulu streams a ton of content when you want to watch it. They offer new episodes of primetime shows like The Office and Battlestar Galactica, and they just struck a deal to provide The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. They have a huge variety of classic shows like Fame, Chicago Hope, and Jerry O'Connell's fun time-travel show, Sliders. They even have movies like Fever Pitch and Sideways.
So how do they offer so much content? Well, it helps that they are NBC Universal and News Corp. Also, they add advertising although they claim that the amount is less than you'd see on TV, and it only happens during normal commercial breaks. read more »
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