Jun 29

Hulu Plus announced with support for iPad, iPhone, PS3, Xbox Live, and more (update)

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We’ve just received word that the premium Hulu service we’ve heard chatter about for a while now has just become official. Dubbed Hulu Plus, the $10 / month service will feature entire seasons of shows that are available in limited quantities on the free service, as well as other programming not available via Hulu on the web. There will be iPod and iPad apps available (streaming with WiFi or 3G), along with support for Samsung connected TVs and Blu-ray (via Samsung Apps). Also in the works is support for TVs and Blu-ray players from both Vizio and Sony (fall 2010), PS3 (July) , and Xbox 360 (as part of a “custom experience” in Xbox Live Gold, early 2011). Hit up the source link to get in on the “invitation only” preview of the service, and to keep abreast of availability for your favorite hardware. Video after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Gallery: Hulu Plus

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Hulu Plus announced with support for iPad, iPhone, PS3, Xbox Live, and more (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 27

ABC’s subscription video plans leaked in consumer survey?

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At Engadget HQ, we take great care not to trumpet the claims of a web survey, as it’s always difficult to tell who’s actually doing the surveying — and even if we could, consumer surveys are all about a “what if” that may never actually come to pass. That said, it looks like maybe ABC is conducting a study asking folks whether they’d be interested in a subscription to an ABC.com streaming video service, and maybe that service might have a wide variety ABC shows, past and present, fully on-demand. Sound familiar? Interestingly, the subscription would seem to be offered alongside the existing free service, and both paid and free would have advertising, though reduced by 20 percent for those coughing up the fee. You can find a list of potentially potential shows included in the gallery below, forwarded to us by an anonymous tipster; we tried to take the survey ourselves, but were promptly rejected for our love of FlashForward.

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ABC’s subscription video plans leaked in consumer survey? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 May 2010 20:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 26

Fox Mobile launches Bitbop beta, a Hulu for your phone

Posted in: BlackBerry, hulu, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili, TV
While Hulu might be missing out on the mobile space due to licensing issues, Fox Mobile-backed Bitbop is looking to step in and take the reins. The app, currently in beta and available only for select BlackBerry devices, has 25 content partners including Fox (of course), CBS, NBC, and Comedy Central. It’s said to work over WiFi or even 3G data connections and is free so far, though a section in the FAQ intimates that Fox will also launch a premium plan with “unlimited, full-length, network TV shows with no commercial interruptions” for $10 a month, and mobile movie rentals are also apparently on the way. And never fear, Android and iPhone lovers — mocoNews reports that apps for your smartphone of choice are coming, too. Let’s hope Fox gets it working on Froyo, before Hulu kills that workaround.

Fox Mobile launches Bitbop beta, a Hulu for your phone originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 21:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 24

How to get Hulu running on Android 2.2, for now

Posted in: Android, froyo, hack, hulu, streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili
Android 2.2 and Flash 10.1. A perfect combination for combination for a little Hulu on the go, right? Not quite, as Hulu has decided to block videos (for legal reasons) when it detects a mobile device, but it turns out there is a surprisingly simple workaround. As Absolutely Android explains, all you have to do is make Hulu think you’re using a desktop browser, which can be done simply by entering “about:debug” in the address bar and switching the UAString setting from Android to desktop. The only downside to the trick is that you’ll now also get the full desktop version of the Hulu site (and any other site, until you switch it back), and there’s a better than decent chance that Hulu will close this loophole before you can finish your first episode of Kojak.

How to get Hulu running on Android 2.2, for now originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 May 2010 12:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 19

Clicker.tv brings streaming internet video to your TV’s browser; it has a web browser right?

Posted in: streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili, TV

When Clicker launched last fall it seemed like just another me-too streaming video aggregator, but we’ll have to give it another look after it’s followed up its Boxee integration by showing off the HTML5-built Clicker.tv site at Google I/O today. Designed as a “ten-foot” experience for TV screens it can be perused via mouse and keyboard or just a remote, bringing Clicker’s index of video including network TV, webisodes and web-only content, plus premium sources like Amazon VOD and iTunes. It’s currently in beta, but if leaning back and browsing from the couch is your thing — or on the off chance someone launches a Google TV with Intel processor, support for all those streaming codecs we love and a QWERTY remote from Logitech tomorrow — it could be worth bookmarking.

Clicker.tv brings streaming internet video to your TV’s browser; it has a web browser right? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 22:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 19

Cerevo Cam live! packs on-board USTREAM support

Posted in: camera, streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili, wifi
Japan’s Cerevo already has a fairly unique product on its hands with the 3G-enabled Cerevo Cam, but it looks like it’s now managed to pull one more trick out of its hat: built-in support for USTREAM live streaming. That comes in the form of the Cerevo Cam live!, which is otherwise identical to the company’s previous Cerevo Cam (it’ll get USTREAM support in a firmware update), and is available with an optional USTREAM kit that includes a wide-angle conversion lens, a mini tripod, and a 4GB microSD card. As for the camera itself, while livestreaming is limited to 352 x 288, you’ll of course still be able to capture video up to 720p resolution and snap 9-megapixel still images, and you’ll be able to upload video directly from the camera over WiFi in addition to 3G. Still no indication of a release over here, but it looks like this one’s already available in Japan for a downright reasonable ¥19,999 (or about $216).

Cerevo Cam live! packs on-board USTREAM support originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 13:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 14

Hauppage WinTV gets WiFi streaming for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch

Posted in: Apple, ipad, ipod, ipod touch, IpodTouch, streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Television, Today's Chili, TV
If we’ve learned anything from the long gestation of the SlingPlayer iPhone app, it’s that folks want to stream video to their iPhone, iPad, and / or iPod touch. At least the folks at Hauppauge think so — and the new version (v7.2) of WinTV for the WinTV -HVR tuner board for the PC now includes that functionality. Indeed, the software will even stream 16 and Pregnant (or whatever it is you’re into these days) to your Mac computer. Sadly, all of this streaming is going down via WiFi, but who knows? Maybe you really want to record TV on one machine and then watch it five feet away. It will be available directly from Hauppauge for $9.95, although the company is making a free upgrade available to current owners of WinTV-HVRs. PR after the break.

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Hauppage WinTV gets WiFi streaming for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 15:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 13

Hulu says HTML5 ‘doesn’t yet meet all of our customers’ needs’

Posted in: flash, hulu, streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili, video
As you may be aware, Hulu rolled out an updated version of its video player today, but what you may not have noticed is that the company also took advantage of the occasion to briefly talk about HTML5. In a post on the Hulu blog (which has curiously since been pulled, though it remains in the RSS feed), Hulu’s VP of Product Eugene Wei took a moment for an “aside on HTML5,” in which he said that while Hulu continues to monitor developments on HTML5, “as of now it doesn’t yet meet all of our customers’ needs.” Wei further goes on to note that Hulu’s player doesn’t just stream video, that it also must do things like secure the content, handle reporting for advertisers, and do “dozens of other things that aren’t necessarily visible to the end user” — all of which are critically important for Hulu and often part of contractual requirements. Of course, Wei also notes that it’s possible that HTML5 will one day meet those needs, but it doesn’t look like a switch is coming anytime soon.

Hulu says HTML5 ‘doesn’t yet meet all of our customers’ needs’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 13:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 03

iPad 3G’s non-WiFi video playback restrictions detailed

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iPad 3G's non-WiFi video playback restrictions detailed

We could hear the echoing howls of discontent over the weekend as thousands finally received their very own iPad 3G and learned they couldn’t watch Dancing With the Stars whilst on the go. Now we have the details on why, exactly, and the repercussions. As it turns out, it’s simply a carry-over of an iPhone OS HTTP Live Streaming rule that states quite clearly:

You must include a low quality stream of no more than 64 Kbps for your app to resort to when network conditions demand it, along with the higher quality streams you want to deliver to your customers when the network can support it.

It seems the ABC Player devs chose to skip that option, so when you lose WiFi you also lose Tom Bergeron’s charm and wit. Other apps, like Netflix and YouTube, do provide a lower bitrate fallback, but that of course results in nasty compression artifacts when on the go. In other words: there’s a very good chance that 3G streaming will come in a future ABC Player release, but when it does it ain’t gonna be pretty.

iPad 3G’s non-WiFi video playback restrictions detailed originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 May 2010 09:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 28

Hulu app for Android revealed by Google search

Posted in: Android, AndroidOs, app, application, content, froyo, Google, hulu, iPhone, streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili, TV

Dell’s Android-loving Thunder already boomed about its future “integrated web video Hulu app,” but now we’re also getting confirmation, albeit an unintentional one, from Hulu itself that an Android app for the streaming service is in the works. A reader spotted the incriminating info above when searching for more info about just such a program — as you can see, “Hulu App for Android devices” is specifically named in the blurb below the link to Hulu Labs. The actual Labs page has no new info, and our suspicion is it will stay that way until Android 2.2 brings integrated Flash support to the platform. We’re also seeing a reference to an iPhone OS application, but since that bit of text trails off, it’s a more equivocal implication — though not an illogical one at all. Either way, this is the most concrete indication we’ve had yet that Hulu is going mobile, in what seems to be a pretty big way.

[Thanks, Zach S.]

Hulu app for Android revealed by Google search originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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