Hulu.com ~ NBC and Newscorp’s baby set to launch

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Hulu, whose name must come from something between "hula" and "zulu" (i.e., between aloha and safari) is set to launch soon according to Brad Stone at the The New York Times in his article called, "Hulu Readies Its Online TV, Dodging the insults."

"Hulu" apparently means various things, such as "butt," in different languages.  It’s definitely going to head to the b-school case files whether it succeeds or fails.  I’m guessing that it will succeed enough to be the Internet equivalent of a television channel, but definitely not a YouTube killer by any means.

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Posted on October 29, 2007
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  1. Google wants Facebook to meet their Maka : Rapidsea ~ Escape from Paradise on October 29th, 2007 3:46 pm

    [...] in other languages too.  This use of a Hawaiian word is probably a little less ambiguous than NBC and Newscorp’s "Hulu" (sounds kind of like hula and zulu combined).  Everybody loves Hawaii apparently.  Has it become the lowest common denominator in [...]

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