Wii
owners with broadband Internet access now have a new way to watch their favorite
TV shows and movies. Starting today, Wii owners can subscribe to Hulu Plus for
$7.99 a month and instantly stream current-season hit TV shows such as
Family Guy,
Glee,
New Girl,
Vampire Diaries,
The Office,
The Biggest
Loser and
Modern Family,
as well as full back seasons of hit shows like
Community and
Grey's Anatomy.
Kids can enjoy a growing library of favorites, including
Arthur,
Wild Kratts
and Dinosaur
Train, and families can browse through hundreds of popular movies from
Miramax and more.
"Wii offers the most entertainment fun for everyone in the family, with an
impressive selection of streaming movies and TV shows in addition to an
unparalleled lineup of games that can't be played anywhere else," said Tony
Elison, Nintendo of America's senior director and general manager of Network
Business. "The Wii console is the hub of the living room, and with the addition
of Hulu Plus, millions of households now have even more options for streaming
premium TV shows and movies."
"We want to be everywhere, on every screen where people want to watch their
favorite shows and discover new ones on their own schedule. Wii is not only one
of the most important entertainment devices in the living room, but one of the
most heavily anticipated and requested platforms by users and subscribers.
Teaming up with Nintendo gives millions of households across the U.S. an
immediate way to access some of their favorite current season shows on-demand in
their living room through Hulu Plus," said Pete Distad, VP of Marketing and
Distribution at Hulu.
Users who have a broadband Internet connection can visit the Wii Shop Channel to
download the Hulu Plus application at no extra charge. The application will
allow users to navigate using the Wii Remote controller and search for their
favorite TV shows, movies, clips and more. Hulu Plus offers a variety of
content, including Hulu Latino, which offers hundreds of hours of current and
classic Spanish-language programming, including the entire current season of
prime-time TV shows from Univision, Galavision and Telefutura.
For the first month of launch, users who download Hulu Plus for Wii and do not
already have an existing Hulu Plus account will get a two-week free trial.
Hulu Plus is also coming to the
Nintendo 3DS system
later this year, bringing full current-season TV series and popular movies to
entertainment fans whenever they want.
Nintendo teams up with Hulu plus to offer thousands of TV shows and movies on the Wii console
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- Written by Luke Hackett