Thanks to Media Center MVP Richard Miller we get news that Hulu is negotiating to open up it’s doors to UK viewers starting this September. The Telegraph is reporting that the service could launch with over 3,000 hours of US content and have ITV and Channel 4 as content partners.
From the Telegraph article:
A source close to the negotiations said: “Hulu is proposing to launch this September with 3,000 hours of American content, as well as material from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. It will be playing catch-up in the short-term until it has enough British TV content and will need a unique selling point in the short term.”
Pundits are predicting Hulu will follow the British VoD pattern and allow access to the British TV partners’ content the night after it broadcasts, making it available for 30 days.
However the negotiations have come to a temporary halt because Hulu wants to retain control over Channel 4’s and ITV’s advertising sales around all of content on the platform.
This of course is speculation at this point but hopefully our friends across the pond will be able to view some great online content soon!
