Hulu Plus $9.99 per month on iPhone, iPad, Samsung & Vizio

For some time now everyone has been asking the question - how quickly will Hulu make it to the big (and little) screen? That question has been answered. The company today announced Hulu Plus, its $9.99/month plan to bring ad-supported movies and TV shows to your iPhone, iPad, Samsung or Vizio TV. Vizio will be adding Hulu Plus to its Vizio Internet Apps (VIA) platform, so those already running that software can simply perform an update to receive the new service. And more products are on their way soon. For example, Sony's PS3 will have it next month (July) and Microsoft's Xbox 360 will follow early next year. Sony's Bravia TVs will come online sometime later this year.

Hulu Plus is not designed to be a replacement for Hulu.com. Rather, the service is a new, ad-supported subscription product that is incremental and complementary to the existing Hulu service. For almost all of the current broadcast shows on Hulu, Hulu Plus offers the full season. Every single episode of the current season will be available, not just a handful of trailing episodes. Hulu contains an almost limitless amount of content, including such shows as Modern Family, Family Guy, Glee, The Office, 30 Rock, Grey’s Anatomy and Saturday Night Live.

Hulu Plus subscribers will also now also have access to back seasons. For example, all nine seasons of The X-Files can be streamed, all three seasons of Arrested Development, ten seasons of Law and Order: SVU and all seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This is all on top of hundreds of shows already on Hulu.com.

Starting today you can pull up Hulu Plus on your laptop, and via Wi-Fi or 3G on the Apple iPad. Plus, if you’re a Hulu Plus subscriber you can pick up any show where you left off on your iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 or third-generation iPod Touch. The Hulu Plus app on the iPhone streams over 3G and Wi-Fi.

And now the great news: all Hulu Plus content will also now stream, by default, in native 720p high definition.

To sign up for Hulu Plus you can request an invitation here. Because the service is new, Hulu will be sending out invites in limited qualtities as they expand their services. To make sure you get an invite, follow Hulu on Twitter ( www.twitter.com/hulu) or “Like” Hulu on Facebook ( www.facebook.com/hulu). As soon as the service is fully ready to go, Hulu will remove the need for an invitation and start bringing in new subscribers per the demand.