New media: Internet, mobile media, újmédia, etc.

Hulu-gans are indeed working on this initiative, doesn’t believe the subscription service will come to market this year.

CBS.com is studying how to pile as many commercials as possible on Internet shows; Hulu wants to run fewer ads but charge more for them.

It works with a remote control. It’s a “lean back experience.” But Hulu says its new downloadable application that looks like a TV interface still isn’t intended to be watched on a TV.

Hulu, the US online video service owned by NBC Universal, Fox and Walt Disney, has signed its first batch of content deals with international television producers, the first step towards a full global launch of the service

New Disney-Hulu deal leaves CBS as the lone major network holdout. CBS points to the growth of its own TV.com and the success of March Madness On Demand, which can be accessed from all over the Web, as examples of its successes.

Disney CEO Bob Iger and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes are at odds about the model for offering television shows online. Disney, which owns broadcaster ABC, plans to make TV shows available for free; Time Warner, which owns cable channels, supports a pay model.

Disney joins NBC Universal, News Corp. and Providence Equity Partners as investors, the Burbank, California-based company said today in a statement. Disney will get a 27 percent stake, near parity with NBC and News Corp., and will invest less than $35 million, said a person with knowledge of the plans who declined to be identified because the terms aren’t public.

One month shy of its 1-year-March anniversary, video site Hulu joined the top five top video sites in February, showing some 353 million videos, says researcher ComScore Media Metrix.

Is this the start of a Web video war?

After much confusion, it is becoming clear what works in online video