You’ve probably never heard of many of these Web sites—but chances are, you’ll be using some of them regularly by the end of this year.
BY MARK SULLIVAN
ARGUABLY, 2008 WAS the year of Facebook, Hulu, and Twitter. For a while I was wondering hat Web sites, come next year, we’ll agree had the most impact in 2009, but then I decided to make a few educated predictions. And I chose them from among the sea of new or up-and-coming sites you may not have heard of yet.
BY MARK SULLIVAN
ARGUABLY, 2008 WAS the year of Facebook, Hulu, and Twitter. For a while I was wondering hat Web sites, come next year, we’ll agree had the most impact in 2009, but then I decided to make a few educated predictions. And I chose them from among the sea of new or up-and-coming sites you may not have heard of yet.
TV.com
In May 2008, we predicted Hulu.com’s rise to prominence (see find.pcworld.com/ 62465), and its ascent was a huge win for NBC Universal, which owns Hulu (along with News Corporation).
But CBS is not taking that lying down. When it acquired the tech Web site CNet last year, it bought the rights to the TV.com domain; now it has added full-length primetime shows and movies (not just clips) to the site from partners such as Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, PBS, and Sony—plus content from CBS-owned Showtime. TV.com relaunched in January. Before that, the site oZered only promo clips, cast pro[les, interviews, and discussions—yet it had 16.5 million viewers per month. _at number should climb steadily during 2009 thanks to the new video content. Still, the video quality, even of the high-de[nition stuZ, can’t match the clarity of Hulu’s oZerings. _at will have to improve if CBS wants to dethrone Hulu as “Web video central” this year.
In May 2008, we predicted Hulu.com’s rise to prominence (see find.pcworld.com/ 62465), and its ascent was a huge win for NBC Universal, which owns Hulu (along with News Corporation).
But CBS is not taking that lying down. When it acquired the tech Web site CNet last year, it bought the rights to the TV.com domain; now it has added full-length primetime shows and movies (not just clips) to the site from partners such as Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, PBS, and Sony—plus content from CBS-owned Showtime. TV.com relaunched in January. Before that, the site oZered only promo clips, cast pro[les, interviews, and discussions—yet it had 16.5 million viewers per month. _at number should climb steadily during 2009 thanks to the new video content. Still, the video quality, even of the high-de[nition stuZ, can’t match the clarity of Hulu’s oZerings. _at will have to improve if CBS wants to dethrone Hulu as “Web video central” this year.
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