Angel Of Death – Episode 3 Is Online Now

Here we go. Episode 3, entitled ‘Workday’ has come online and features Ted Raimi in a guest appearance. Things are ramping up for our favorite female assassin and this time somebody’s not going home.

If you weren’t at WonderCon last weekend, watch today’s episode of AOD to find out why Ed Brubaker’s the mayor of Comicville. It’s burly, so prepare yourself…

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Will Hulu Be Able To Survive?

We’ve pointed out in the past that you don’t compete against piracy by being lame, and you have to give Hulu at least some kudus for doing its best early on not to be lame (despite plenty of expectations to the contrary). However, every time we’ve mentioned Hulu around here, we’ve noticed an awful lot of pissed off comments from users, who complain about too many advertisements or the ridiculous location restrictions (or music restrictions) that Hulu has to put on content at the request of content owners. And, now, with the removal of Hulu content from Boxee, some are beginning to question whether or not Hulu is driving people back to unauthorized options for TV content.

The real question, however, may be whether or not it was ever possible for Hulu to really succeed. This isn’t to knock the team at Hulu, who have actually gone beyond most expectations in delivering what they could, with a definite focus on usability and making the service as reasonable and useful as possible. But, with so many competing interests tugging them in every direction, it’s nearly impossible for the company to actually satisfy the content providers and viewers at the same time. We’ve seen it over and over again — with content providers having totally unrealistic expectations of what sort of limitations need to be placed on their content — not realizing that whether they like it or not, there are other options out there.

Hulu did a pretty good job “competing” with those free options, but as content providers get more and more assertive with their demands for limitations, it seems likely that the company is going to find it more and more difficult to compete against better, more engaging and less annoying (if illegal) competing sites. You don’t compete against free by being lame. Hulu seems to recognize that — but Hulu’s content providers still haven’t gotten the message.

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Netflix will instantly stream directly to LG Electronics HDTVs

LG Electronics and Netflix have announced the first broadband-enabled HDTVs with Netflix streaming software embedded directly in the TV, requiring no external device. LG’s new LCD and plasma “Broadband HDTVs” will display the library of movies & TV episodes that Netflix members can watch instantly directly on the TV with Ethernet connectivity.

The new broadband HDTVs will be available for sale this spring. LG will demonstrate the HDTVs this week at the 2009 CES show in Las Vegas. In addition to the HDTVs, LG Electronics announced plans to release five new models of Blu-ray Disc players and home theater systems that can stream movies & TV episodes from Netflix.

Source: Netflix.com

Anime News Network Announces Two More Streaming Anime

Anime News Network

(ANN) has sent out its official press release announcing the availability of Kite: Liberator on the site, and in addition to Kite: Liberator, the press release also announces that Girl’s High and Ramen Fighter Miki will both be made available on December 15.

As with Kite: Liberator, both series will be available as free, ad-supported VOD streams. Each series will see one new episode posted every Monday for 12 weeks. The series were licensed from North American anime publisher Media Blasters, and as such will only be available to viewers in North America. “With every title we license, ANN will try to acquire rights to show the anime.

in as many territories as possible,” states ANN director of New Media, Justin Sevakis, “Unfortunately, for some shows the options are limited.”

“There’s more coming,” adds Sevakis.

Source: Anime News Network

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