Hulu to stream presidential debates live
The new Hulu election hub.
(Credit: Hulu)
Last year, it was all about “remixing” debate footage, but this year, it’s about seeing it live: Video content hub Hulu has secured the right to stream the remaining two presidential debates live on the Web. The first one’s on Tuesday night.
The news was first reported by PaidContent, and Hulu has launched an Election ‘08 hub for the live debate as well as past election-related footage. That includes footage from political satire talk shows The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, the only two MTV Networks shows currently on Hulu.
This is the first-ever live broadcast for Hulu, which began as a joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp.–not surprisingly, NBC and Fox are the broadcast channels that are airing the two remaining debates, respectively.
Hulu will also, according to PaidContent, be the venue for the debut of Crawford, a documentary about President George W. Bush’s hometown.
Cable channel Current, co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore, is streaming all presidential debates live on the Web as part of its “Hack the Debate” partnership with Twitter.
Joost, the video content site that everyone thought would be a runaway success, began offering live TV for the first time this past spring, starting with the NCAA “March Madness” basketball tournament.
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Hulu to stream presidential debates live
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