Hulu celebrates the one-year anniversary of its public launch today, and it’s getting social by adding Facebook and MySpace functionality. Many skeptics (*cough* Om *cough*) originally dismissed the joint venture between FOX and NBC as something that couldn’t work, but over the last year Hulu’s premium content service has turned one-time critics into champions, and it’s now the No. 2 video site behind YouTube.

Past might not be prologue for the content provider, however. The online video world is vastly different now than it was when Hulu launched. Hulu may be a victim of its own success, as the premium content era it helped usher in is adopted by the competition. With media companies and cable cos getting into long-form video online, we at NewTeeVee ask the question: Do we need Hulu anymore?

The buzz has been building for Boxee lately. Mainstream news outlets like The New York Times, BusinessWeek and NPR are getting hip to the little open-source media center that could quite possibly change the way you experience TV. Continue »

Next week at this time we’ll have a new President-elect. And though the outcome might get mired in a legal morass, one clear winner from the year-and-a-half campaign has been online video. Now, a new study from Compete and Cisco sheds a little more light on exactly how U.S. voters were using online video, how Republicans and Democrats went about finding video, and how online video affected voters’ engagement in the election. Read more over at NewTeeVee.

It’s a pickle. You just got laid off and now more than ever you need to get a new gig. The best place to meet prospective employers and network is in person at an industry conference (get them drunk!). But now there’s no company paying your way, and you’re pinching every penny. What you need is a discount.

Our NewTeeVee Live Conference is right around the corner, and it not only features a stellar lineup of speakers (the CEOs of Hulu, Netflix and Canoe Ventures, and the creator of CSI, to name a few), but also an excellent opportunity to press the flesh with the media companies that matter. They’ll all be attending.

If you’ve recently lost your job, we’ll give you a so-low-we-can’t-print-it-here discount on a ticket to NewTeeVee Live. All you have to do is email your laid-off story to “tickets at newteevee dot com” with the subject line “LAID OFF DISCOUNT” (bonus points if you attach your company’s downsizing memo!). We’ll send you a code that you can use when purchasing your ticket.

NewTeeVee Live is Thursday, Nov. 13, in San Francisco. Just because the economy is in the dumps doesn’t mean you have to be. We’ll see you there.

Have you ever wanted to see an independent film but were unable to because it’s only playing in New York and Los Angeles, places you don’t live? Or wished that you could experience a classic like “The Godfather” not in your living room, but on the big screen? Well you’re in luck — that is, if you’re in Brazil, home of MovieMobz.

According to founder and CEO Fabio Lima, the idea behind MovieMobz is to eliminate the traditional notion of theatrical windows for movies while opening up independent and art house movies to communities that might not otherwise get them — all while driving additional revenue. And it’s an idea that may be coming soon to a theater near you. Continue »