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The competition betweenstreaming video services has heated up in recent years, but Hulu won a pretty significant battle this week in the war for the hearts and minds of television crime drama enthusiasts.

The company announced today an exclusive agreement with CBS to stream all prior seasonsof the hit series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation more than 300 episodes on Hulu Plus. The episodes will be available to stream in April, and will mark the first time the long-running series has been available on a streaming video service.

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Its worth noting that the deal doesnt include any of theCSI spinoff series, which includeCSI: NY,CSI: Miami, and the upcomingCSI: Cyber. Still, the sheer amount of content that comes with the deal is a major acquisition for Hulu, and the shows status as one of thelongest-running scripted non-animated primetimetelevision series in the U.S. (second only to Law & Order: S.V.U.)certainly doesnt hurt Hulus reputation and ability to attract future programming of this ilk.

The terms of the deal as described on the Hulu blog dont indicate when future episodes will find their way to the service, or if theres any possibility of new CSIepisodes becoming available on Hulu shortly afterthey air.

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Hulu gets exclusive streaming rights to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation