If you consider yourself ‘internet-savvy’ then you more than likely have taken a gander at Hulu. If not then go ahead and strip away your self-title moniker and go visit now.

Hulu is becoming a pretty big success, and it’s not real hard to see why. Free television, on your computer, and you can pick and choose what you want to watch. With actual TV, it’s a crap shoot sometimes to turn it on and actually find anything worth watching. With Hulu though, all of the content is there for me to pick and choose as I see fit. If I want to watch the Tina Fey/Amy Poehler video on Sarah Palin & Hillary Clinton, I can at anytime. Or if I’d rather watch an episode of the The Office, it’s there too.

This freedom to be able to filter through content to me is a representation of how media is changing. Primarily through venues such as Hulu. To even further make Hulu more like television, they have added a ‘Channels’ drop down menu to the front page. The channels are divided into comedy, drama, science fiction, etc..

In my mind the only question that remains is not, Will platforms like Hulu dominate TV show viewing? It’s when?

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