Strike TV is getting closer to its close-up.

The website devoted to showcasing original works from Hollywood union-repped folks is planning a private beta launch starting Monday. If you're curious, go sign up for updates and info about the venture at www.strike.tv and they'll be sending out log on and password info soon.

The plan is to let a 1,000 or so people into the site to help break it in and work out the bugs before they mount a full-blown launch. Until then, clips and trailers for some of the Strike TV fodder already produced can be found on this Strike TV blog.

Born on the WGA picket line last winter, the Strike TV original content web venture (www.strike.tv) has finally arrived. Here's a link to the site's teaser trailer for this weekend's soft launch, and here's a story in Variety explaining what it is and how it came to be.