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DirectTV to Compete with Hulu.com to Offer Free TV Shows Online?

by Tim Stevens on November 3, 2008 at 09:30 AM

DirectTV To Compete with Hulu Online?
There are plenty of places to watch TV episodes online, like Joost and YouTube, but in terms of overall content and quality of content, Hulu is the best. It offers shows and movies from most of the big players, including Fox, NBC, MGM, and Sony, but it may have a little more competition coming soon from an unlikely source: DirecTV.

The company, known for its digital satellites (and incessant commercials), is rumored to be entering the streaming content business with a service called "Web On Demand." Details are few, other than the above supposed mock-up screen-shot from the service, so don't go doubling-down on your investment in the company yet. While we hate to see more fragmentation in the online television segment, ultimately this new service -- if it turns out to be for real -- adds up to more competition, and we all know what competition means to the consumer: more, better, and cheaper options. If your cable bill is as high as ours is, this is nothing but good news. [From: TechCrunch]

Tags: DirecTV, Hulu, internet streaming, InternetStreaming, Joost, online tv, OnlineTv, streaming, upcoming, YouTube

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