Fox’s American Idol Exclusively Partners With iTunes

Fox Entertainment and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) have announced a new partnership around the American Idol series today. Individual songs are priced at 99 cents, full episodes at the standard $1.99 and there is a subscription to download the latest episodes as they air.

With Fox partnering with Hulu for streaming video online, will we see American Idol episodes on their offering as well? 

Checking both iTunes and the American Idol Web site moments ago, neither have anything about the relationship nor links in either direction. I assume the iTunes piece will be live after the performances this week.