A big vote for professional TV content on the Internet
December 21, 2008 — Abigail Hamilton
Hulu was code-named “Clown Co.” by skeptics including TechCrunch before it realized runaway success.
Hulu, which offers professionally-produced television and movie content, has recently ranked 6th in online video content with an impressive monthly unique-visitors count of 24 million.
And now it’s won Website of the Year from the AP (didn’t know they made news, thought they reported it 
Online video site Hulu.com’s “trailblazing answer to how professional content can thrive on the Web” led it to be named Web site of the year by the Associated Press, in a “banner year” for professionally created online video, the news service reported Friday.
Hulu was launched March 12 by News Corp. and NBC Universal, and hosts more than 1,000 television shows, such as Saturday Night Live and The Office, from more than 130 content providers.
A big vote for an alternative to — a complement to — user-generated video. The little people in your TV can sigh a sigh of relief.
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