Hulu in Broadband Video Deals with Viacom, PBS

Hulu, the recently launched broadband video joint venture between
NBC Universal and News Corp., has secured programming deals with
Viacom and PBS. The deal with Viacom appears to be a significant
coup for the service, as it sees it offering full-length episodes of the
highly popular and younger-skewing Comedy Central satirical shows,
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report," as well
as a selection of clips from those shows. The deal with PBS,
meanwhile, sees it offering such shows as "Nova," "Scientific
American Frontiers," and "Wired Science," supported by advertising.
According to Hulu, the new deals mean that it now has over 700 movie
and television titles in its library, from around 70 programming
partners.

In other Hulu news: According to data gathered by Nielsen Net
Ratings, the service generated 63 million streams in April, with viewers
watching an average of over two hours of programming per month. It
also recently secured a number of new distribution partners, including
Break.com, BuddyTV.com, Flixster.com, MyYearbook.com, TV.com,
TVGuide.com and Zap2it.com.