NBC Shuts Down YouTube Channel Before Hulu Launch
Tags: Hulu, MySpace, NBC, video sharing, YouTube
Today Reuters ran an interesting story entitled, “NBC Universal removes YouTube channel,” in an attempt to make way for Hulu, expected to launch at the end of this month. Hulu, a joint venture of NBC and News corp. has been widely regarded as a YouTube strong competitor even it is still not officially goes live at this moment. It would served as a more flexible platform that stocked with movies, TV episodes, and of course the entertainment content from these two successful media companies. Given the brand name of NBC and News Corp., it is common sense to assume that it will attract some well-known partners when it is fully launched in the market.
Hulu, though still in private beta, you can go to their landing page and submit your email address in order to get the invitation.
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