We’ve been making Current content available in many different ways (including dedicated channels on YouTube and iTunes), and we’re happy to announce that fans of Hulu can now cozy up to the latest episodes of SuperNews!, The Rotten Tomatoes Show, Vanguard, and infoMania, presented in that awesome Hulu viewing experience. If you’ve never checked out some of our shows or watched TV content on Hulu before, head on over, give it a spin, and then let us know what you think.
the team over at SuperNews! are returning to the airwaves this friday with a brand new episode. so, to whet the appetite of the Internets, they passed us a clip from the show in advance.
Current TV’s web series SuperNews takes a funny look at trendy topics and news items, and then animates them into hilarious Web cartoons. Since Star Wars is ever-present in pop culture it makes sense that some characters show up in a few episodes.
If you haven’t checked out their blog yet, you really should. It’s chock full of Star Wars references that surface across the interwebs and in other forms of media. The write-up of last week’s episode of LOST, titled “Some Like it Hoth,” in which Hurley tries to re-write The Empire Strikes Back was a personal fave. Check out their post, titled “The Empire Strikes LOST.” Great stuff.
From the same fan who brought us Star Wars as Dallas comes another excellent TV intro mashup. This time it’s Macgyver! Will Luke blow up the Death Star using chewing gum and a drinking straw? We may never know.
Did that spark an idea for another ’80s TV show + Star Wars mash-up? Too late, the same fan just released a Star Wars as Airwolf clip. Best dig out some old footage from The A-Team.
It’s time for another feature release on current.com! Thanks to our crafty dev team, this time around we have something that has been in the works for some time: a brand new embeddable video player!! Here are some notable new features:
Killer new design and slick new layout
New tools for share and embed — we’re going to add some functionality to the share tool in an upcoming release
Controls disappear during playback, but reappear when you mouseover
Info tab gives you the scoop on the video, a brief description, including who uploaded, and how many responses it’s received
A brand new end slate featuring other current videos
But enough with the talky-talky. Take it for a test drive and let us know what you think:
