Planet Family Guy

Glu Mobile have launched a mini-website to promote their Family Guy Uncensored mobile game where you can try the game for free online. If you like the game its $9.99 from the website.

Planet Family Guy is now on Twitter (actually we’ve been on there for a while, but we just hadn’t got round to making an official announcement). Twitter is a microblogging website of updates of no more than 140 characters in length. By following us on Twitter you’ll be able to keep up to date with the latest news and updates, as well as the latest thoughts and opinions of the Planet Family Guy staff.

If you are a member of Twitter you can now also contact us by including @planetfg in an update.

Twentieth Century Fox has joined forces with popular social networking site MySpace to promote Family Guy. Initially the Family Guy community page will host 150 clips from the show, with a 20 new clips added each month for the next six months. Fox hopes that users will post the clips on their pages, spreading the viral campaign.

In addition to the clips there will be the ability to customise your profile with a Family Guy design and a voting system to “determine which MySpace member is Fan of the Month.”

Nick Reid, head of sales at MySpace UK, said, “We provide a perfect platform for Twentieth Century Fox to reach Family Guy fans. The branded community will allow the campaign to spread virally and grow in scale, driving engagement and interaction.”

The NBC, News Corp., and Disney owned Hulu website that has been offering full episodes of Family Guy among other shows to watch for free may start charging people for use of the site according to a recent statement made by Jonathan Miller, chief digital officer of News Corp.. Chattahbox.com reports that News Corp. (the parent company of Fox) “is thought to be the major player in the eventual push towards charging fees for some content.” News Corp. owns a large stake of Hulu.

However, for the time being full episodes of Family Guy can be watched for free on the Hulu website (with the US).

Fox have partnered with the website Aniboom to launch the Fox-Aniboom Holiday Animation Challenge, an animation contest to find the next great Fox holiday TV special.

The contest is open to any creative and up-and-coming animators from around the world to submit their holiday-inspired animation shorts. Prizes include cash and even a Fox development deal. Could you be the next Seth MacFarlane!

The contest is open until the end of August 2010 and the official rules, eligibility restrictions, and other information is available from the contest website.

With JJ Abrams’ new Star Trek film about to be released in cinemas worldwide, rebooting the franchise, IGN have put together a list of their top 10 Star Trek references on Family Guy. In top position is the William Shatner spoof in the first season’s I Never Met the Dead Man.

AudioMicro, the online music library, is adding over 170 original scores from Family Guy composer Ron Jones to its collection. According to the press release: “The addition of Ron Jones’ collection permits the popular composer’s work to be available for use in everyday video projects from YouTube movies to short films, all at affordable licensing fees as little as $1 per minute.”

Hulu has pulled Family Guy among other shows from third party sites including CBS Corp. owned TV.com. Hulu, co-funded by NBC and Fox, has cited “contractual rights” with content holders for pulling back Family Guy and others from third party sites. Full episodes of Family Guy can still be streamed on Hulu’s website.

Our forums, Damn You All, have been restructured to improve the usability of the main Family Guy and American Dad sections. The main changes are the moving of the Tonight boards to more prominent positions on the front page and the removal of the redundant On the Web and Abroad boards. Go check out the forums and join in with the Family Guy community online!

Fancast.com, a website offering free full episodes of Family Guy as well as other shows, currently has an exclusive Family Guy Trivia quiz up on their site compiled by the writers of the show. Answers to the questions will appear on the site later today.