Apr 21

Hulu blocked on the BlackBerry PlayBook, Android fans say, ‘told you so’

Posted in: blackberry playbook, BlackberryPlaybook, hulu, RIM, streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili

In news that should surprise no one, Hulu has blocked videos from playing in the BlackBerry PlayBook’s native browser, adding the tablet to a long blacklist of devices. But where there’s a will, there’s a way — over at CrackBerry, one commenter reported success in emailing himself the embed code and then opening the link from his Gmail inbox. If that tedious workaround doesn’t help, you’re in for a lengthy, disgruntled wait for a change of tide– right behind some very impatient Android users.

Hulu blocked on the BlackBerry PlayBook, Android fans say, ‘told you so’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 14

Hulu Plus, Kinect updates for Xbox 360 caught on camera (update: video!)

Posted in: hulu, kinect, Microsoft, Today's Chili, video, xbox 360, Xbox360

Our friends at Joystiq have obtained screenshots showing off Hulu Plus in action on the console, as well as a shot of the Kinect Hub with Hulu and Netflix apps included. According to their tipster the Hulu (which looks similar to Zune Video as predicted) and Avatar Kinect apps are “fully functional,” with good tracking of their movements similar to existing uses for the peripheral. there’s no word on whether or not members of the larger public preview will get an early peek at these features, but you can still hit the source link below for a better look.

Update: The folks over at OmniTechNews have a hands-on video of Hulu Plus. Check it out after the break.

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Hulu Plus, Kinect updates for Xbox 360 caught on camera (update: video!) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 01

Hulu Goes Retro for April Fool’s Day

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Hulu - April Fools

You have to hand it to Hulu: it’s not that they even could have existed in the days of dial-up Internet access, but their 1990s-themed Web site for April Fool’s Day certainly looks like it’s optimized for Netscape Navigator. To boost the image, the scrolling featured shows (all accented by JPGs with horrible compression artifacts that load very slowly, just to set the mood) are all popular 90s programs, including shows like The X-Files, Sliders, and NewsRadio. 
The “New Videos” underneath the features shows — in their own HTML frame, for good measure – include Saturday Night live clips from the late 90s and news clips heralding earth shattering events like banks pondering whether they should levy ATM fees for customers who use ATMs they don’t own. The popular shows list includes programs like “The A-Team,” “21 Jump Street,” and “The Commish.”
The site even uses the old Blink HTML tag to call attention to the Hulu Plus link at the top of the page and at the bottom invites you to sign their guestbook, right next to the visit counter. Go on, click to sign it and see what happens. 
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Apr 01

April Fools’ Day roundup: Google overload edition

Posted in: Apple, Chrome, Gmail, Google, hulu, Linux, razer, Today's Chili, Toshiba, toy, video, YouTube

Ah, April 1st. It’s that time of the year again when the internet is rife with odd news and pranks. As before, news sites like us end up with a healthy stream of tips throughout April Fools’ Day (thanks, by the way), so let us round up some of the best findings for your comedic appetite. Contenders include the usual suspects like Google and ThinkGeek, the former of which dominating the gigglesphere this year with some new “features.” We also have some interesting submissions from Hulu, a font company, and probably plenty more to come as the day progresses, so keep watching this space as we add new entries to this post. Right, let the fun commence after the break.

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April Fools’ Day roundup: Google overload edition originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 12

Hulu for Android coming soon, destined for ‘select’ phones with Android 2.2?

Posted in: Android, hulu, nexus s, NexusS, streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili, TV

Since the dawn of Flash on Android — yes, that was just ten months ago — Google smartphone users been largely unable to access their favorite Hulu programs on the go. At CES 2011, we heard that Hulu would indeed come to Android, but not when or where. Today, we’re a step closer to the answer. An eagle-eyed Engadget reader spotted this image at the company’s website, depicting a most unusual combo: an image of a Samsung Nexus S (which comes with Android 2.3) and a suggestion that Hulu Plus will soon be available on a subset of devices running Android 2.2. We can’t say which devices quite yet, but we’ve heard this tune before, and suspect Hulu will only run on phones that have DRM baked into their hardware. Now how about that Google TV?

[Thanks, Raymond D.]

Hulu for Android coming soon, destined for ‘select’ phones with Android 2.2? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 09

Hulu Plus on TiVo apparently being tested, live streaming to iPad apparently being considered

Posted in: Apple, content, dvr, hulu, ios, ipad, rumor, slate, streaming, tablet, tablet pc, TabletPc, tablets, tivo, Today's Chili

So, an update. Er, a refresher if you will. Back in September of last year, TiVo announced that ingrained Hulu Plus access would be coming to its DVRs “in the coming months,” but we’ve heard precisely nothing on the matter ever since. Enter the present. We’ve got a tipster who owns a TiVo Premiere and was just invited to join a Field Trial to “test Hulu Plus on TiVo,” and he’s also receiving codes to receive a free month of service. It’s hard to say what kind of gap we’re looking at between the testing period and the go-live period, but at least we’ve got a little assurance that no one simply forgot about their promise. In related news, other tipsters are starting to receive some fairly interesting surveys from TiVo itself, with a few questions in particular asking consumers how they’d feel about the option to “stream live TV, DVR recordings and TV shows from a cable company’s On Demand library to one’s iPad.” This seemingly includes in-home and remote streaming, and we have to say — streaming to the tablet just might be the magic feature that finally gets TiVo out of the hurt locker. Probably not, but are you really going to judge us for being blindly optimistic?

Gallery: TiVo’s Hulu Plus, iPad streaming survey

Hulu Plus on TiVo apparently being tested, live streaming to iPad apparently being considered originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 15

Apple’s New Subscription Model Is Evil [Apple]

Posted in: amazon, Apple, feature, hulu, itunes, kindle, Movies, Music, netflix, Today's Chili, top

Digital subscriptions for the iPad are here. Huzzah! Sounds pretty good! You can subscribe to the New Yorker or PopSci with one click, and it’s automagically delivered. No in-app purchases; no muss, no fuss. I’ve been holding out on renewing my paper mag subscriptions, waiting for this very moment. More »

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Feb 15

The Entire Criterion Collection Is Coming to Hulu Plus [Hulu]

Posted in: hulu, Movies, Today's Chili, top

Good news for the handful of you that subscribe to Hulu Plus (and live in the U.S.): there are now over 150 pristinely-restored, culturally-important Criterion films now available on the subscription service, with over 800 titles—everything in Criterion’s library—slated to appear exclusively on Hulu in the next few months. That’s actually pretty damn incredible. More »

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Feb 02

Hulu CEO welcomes back The Daily Show & more from Viacom, lays out a battle plan for the future

Posted in: amazon, hulu, netflix, Today's Chili

The news spinning around Hulu hasn’t been positive lately, with increasing competition and rumors of a change in business model, but CEO Jason Kilar’s latest blog post tells a different side of the story. First, after popular choices like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report were unceremoniously yanked back in April it has a new deal with Viacom that’s bringing those shows back to Hulu and Hulu Plus starting today, with episodes of current shows like Jersey Shore and Tosh.0 showing up 21 days after they air. Strictly for the pay subscribers, library episodes of The Chappelle Show and others will show up on Hulu Plus.

As for the future of the business, he sees Hulu as able to serve trends giving customers more convenient video access with less ads and more social media presence — a goal we can get behind, but that may leave content providers wondering how they’ll get paid in this shiny new world. To that end he’s touting the growth of Hulu’s ad revenue as seen in the chart after the break and the rising number of Hulu Plus subscribers with a promise to hit 1 million this year. While that’s well behind Netflix’s most recent count, he’s taking a new shot at the throne by claiming Hulu can afford to pay more for content and that studios should start signing deals on per-user, per-month basis instead of the flat rates Netflix has negotiated so far. Give the full thing a read to get a better idea of where Jason’s head is at (when he’s not planning a GTL run, check the pr after the break for more details on that), we’ll be busy watching Jon Stewart’s interview with Michael Steele.

Update: Peter Kafka over All Things Digital has word that the deal cost Hulu somewhere between $40m and $50m — and that sum could increase depending upon the shows’ performance.

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Hulu CEO welcomes back The Daily Show & more from Viacom, lays out a battle plan for the future originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 02

Rumor: Amazon could launch unlimited movie streaming in February, no major studios on board yet

Posted in: amazon, hulu, netflix, streaming, Today's Chili, WatchInstantly

Just a few days after we got an early peek at Amazon’s unlimited movie streaming setup, the LA Times reports “people familiar with the matter” say we could see an official launch by the end of this month. Amazon apparently pushed back its original date for technical reasons and while it tries to acquire more content to take on Netflix. Amazon reportedly has yet to lock up content from any of the six major Hollywood studios, which matches the selections seen in our screenshots, as the studios continue to evaluate the impact of streaming on their DVD sales. Amazon may not be the only one jumping in either as Hulu Plus could be looking to add more movies, though both are primarily looking at titles more than seven years old. That’s bad news if you were hoping to see a fresher selection than what Watch Instantly offers for your $7.99+ a month, but as always, any of these things could change before launch.

Gallery: Amazon.com unlimited video streaming menus

Rumor: Amazon could launch unlimited movie streaming in February, no major studios on board yet originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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