Hulu close to overtaking YouTube (in online advertising opportunities)

Um, maybe a more specific headline then? Yours is almost totally misleading...

But Hulu is tv and movies and youtube is content created by users... with crappy video most of the time.

i don't know about the title here....
but i count hulu as maybe my second favorite site (after current)

and i'm in advertising and it is genious and non-offensive. (i'm offended by my own job at times really)

I like Hulu, in concept, but I'm on a rural DSL connection that's just a hair too slow. They don't let their video streams buffer for very long, so watching on Hulu isn't really an option for me; it hangs up too frequently. I e-mailed their support with questions about this, and their response essentially said "too bad"; their buffers are short for "security" reasons and they don't plan on making slower streaming speeds available.

I still like the idea, though. They're starting to make some content available. They're waking up to a new millennium.

Total streams:
Youtube: 5,024,249
Hulu: 105,830

Unique Viewers:
Youtube: 77,838
Hulu: 3,293

The title should read: "Hulu Gaining Ground on Youtube".

I like Hulu but it's a different market and a lot easier to make money off of old TV and movies.

YouTube is more for user-generated video so it's much harder to build an audience for it and generate ads from it since they have to be very good like HotForWords or HappySlip.

So it's more apples and oranges since YouTube doesn't have the proven business model that Hulu does.

YouTube is more for user-generated video so it's much harder to build an audience for it and generate ads from it since they have to be very good like HotForWords or HappySlip.

They both rule on youtube.
At least at hulu you get fast streaming videos. You don't have to wait 2 hours for youku, or tudku to buffer.

I don't know kind of connection, amount of RAM or video card you have but I never have to wait for either of them to buffer so that's not really a factor

Screw Youtube Hulu rocks. Nothing is better than knowing I can watch all three seasons of It's always Sunny In Philadelphia for free whenever I want. I'd trade every single youtube clip for thirty seconds of "Day man."

Youtube and Hulu are two different things. One is user generated content - the other is legal TV show and movie streaming. Their both video streaming websites but its almost wrong to put them in the same category.

The title is really misleading. I was getting really excited as I had never heard of Hulu before, but it turns out it is not really an alternative to YouTube ...

Thats because Hulu is made up of real content.......not fat kids pretending to sing, grown men wearing tron outfits, and babies laughing.

HU?

I really like Hulu.

I don't like YouTube as much, but it is incredibly useful for sharing video clips with specific people.

YouTube is great if you are making a video for someone specific (like a short film of a vacation that friends and family can watch) but just as a websurfer it doesn't offer much content. In fact YouTube is the epitome of 99 channels and nothing on.

Wanna share a 5min clip of your kids 2nd birthday with friends? YouTube rocks!

Looking for quality content that appeals to a braod audience? Hulu is the winner!

The idea of giving everyone their own channel to make their own shows seems awesome on paper -- but the actual results were a little sketchy. Best (imho) to leave writing to the writers.

can't get it here in Europe...wish I could catch up on some stuff!

Here's a title:

Is YouTube the new MySpace?

I'm not interested in checking out Hulu.

It's almost like the poster thinks we've been wishing for more ads or something.

Hulu will level off in its growth. I doubt it'll have the longevity YouTube will enjoy.

It is always exciting to find a new, amazing internet video site, no matter what the specific market.