So here's the new NBC/Newscorp video sharing site. It has full broadcasts of NBC/TimeWarner material complete with commercials...so there is an actual revenue strain from commercial sponsers.
It's a way to make money off the youtube model and one of the primary points the WGA is fighting over. The producers make money off the add sales, but the writers recieve no compensation for their work being profitably distributed.
While Hulu remains locked to uninvited guests, the web intelligentsia has found a backdoor in.
Check it out. It's a pretty great site - I hope the moneys get properly distributed and shared amongst the creators.
Just change the number at the end of this URL to any value between 1 and 1801:
http://www.hulu.com/embed/100
For instance:
http://www.hulu.com/embed/1501 brings up an SNL sketch "MacGruber" that's pretty damned funny