ABC’s parent company Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday that they are entering a contract with the free online television source Hulu.  Hulu has a long list of highly rated shows under its belt which include Chuck, Heroes, Fringe, Family Guy, and The Simpsons.

ABC and their sister networks SoapNet and ABC Family will begin airing episodes soon according to Caroline McCarthy at CNET.com.  Shows will include Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, Scrubs and more.

Disney’s Stake in Hulu

The Disney Corporation isn’t just contracting with Hulu for rights to air shows.  They are infiltrating their board.  Three upper level executives from Disney will join Hulu’s Board of Directors including Disney CEO Robert Iger.  Anne Sweeney and Kevin Mayer will be joining him.

So Hulu grows, Disney invades, and we reap the benefits as the reasons for paying for cable get smaller and smaller.

• Drupal and ImpressCMS Make PacktPub’s Winner’s List This year’s Open Source CMS Awards from PacktPub are well underway now.  With three category winners announced already and more to come this year’s awards have some familiar faces and some new comers to the winner’s list. Drupal once again tops the Best Open Source PHP CMS category which they......
• Review: Adobe Technical Communications Suite 2 Adobe has been at the forefront of media creation for years now. With the advent of Adobe Air, the release of their Creative Suite 4, and now the release of their Technical Communications Suite 2 Adobe is set to completely corner the market on media creation. But does the new......
• Widgets, Thingamabobs, and Doohickeys There are innumerable ways to add content to a website.  One way is the use of widgets.  But what is a widget?  How do you use them?  Where can you use them?  These are questions that plagued me at one point and led to endless hours researching on the internet.......
• CMS Just Got Even Cushier CushyCMS, the web based CMS option for static sites, isn't new. In fact they are boasting over 30,000 sites currently. But recent updates and developments may change this.  Stateless Systems, creators of CushyCMS have made some recent improvements that should help Cushy stay at the top of the game. [ad#250x250]......
• Facebook and FriendFeed Make Nice Couple With all the hype recently about Twitter it seems the lesser talked about service FriendFeed was almost forgotten about.  That is until recently.  On August 10th, 2009 Facebook aquired the start-up known as FriendFeed...and things started moving fast for the social site. FriendFeed is not much different than Twitter.  Short......

• Biking Tours Are Fun for the Whole Family Biking is a sport which is often shared with the whole family. This is because it is a low impact sport which is fun. The...
• Mangagement Rings: A Diamond Is Forevhim So you're down on one knee, staring up at your lady.  The Sun is setting just behind her head and she's radiating like an angel....
• How Comedy Shows Bring Families Together Without a doubt, the television is one of the greatest advancements in technology. Most people these days cannot live without a TV; it has indeed...
• Secrecy Increases Suspense at BC Fashion Week Laura Norbury JC Studio Spring 2009 This fall BCFW is eagerly awaited by the local fashion industry for a few reasons. For starters, this will...
• How the Government is Ruining the Lives of Families Blessed by Extreme Makeover Home Edition ABC was onto something when they developed the idea for Extreme Makeover Home Edition. It was a dramatic change from the typical serial-dramas and sitcoms...