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Nice to see Netflix, Pandora, and "more coming soon from Android Market", but beyond that the pickings feel a bit slim. Is it surprising that Hulu Plus isn't o
by irons 16y ago
Nice to see Netflix, Pandora, and "more coming soon from Android Market", but beyond that the pickings feel a bit slim.
Is it surprising that Hulu Plus isn't on board? With Netflix and Amazon as part of the package, Google's not averse to additional subscription or a la carte pricing, and I've got to think that Hulu could have earned higher promotional placement than those time-filling CNBC knuckleheads.
- enjo 16y agoHasn't Hulu had a LOT of issues getting permission to be involved with anything designed to be displayed on a TV? They've blocked Boxee and several other similar offerings. Last I checked their content providers wanted it to be a "everything BUT TV" service.
- irons 16y agoHulu's availability issues are entirely of its own making. The Hulu Plus strategy is explicitly about extending that reach, starting with iOS, Xbox, PS3, and the current-gen TiVo. They're already on TVs, in other words.
- enjo 16y agoI didn't realize that... good to know actually:)
- WesleyJohnson 16y agoRoku just recently announced they'll be officially supporting Hulu Plus in the near future. I'm curious as to why Hulu would work with Roku on a service offering, but not with Boxee.
- mikeryan 16y agoYou have to discern between Hulu and Hulu Plus. Hulu plus is coming to Roku. Boxee scrapes Hulu's main site and passes on all of Hulu's content to its users. Hulu+ okay on big screen, Hulu (regular) not so much. I wouldn't be surprised to see Hulu plus on the Boxee box.
- DannoHung 16y agoIt's gonna be funny seeing Hulu block this thing. It'd be even funnier if Google added in a "Desktop compatibility toggle" to report the user agent as vanilla Chrome to force Hulu to show up.