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Hulu Testing Client App; Boxee Dispute Explained

Posted by kdawson on from the my-way-or-the-i-way dept.

N!NJA sends in word of Hulu's new beta section, Hulu Labs, which is now showcasing Hulu Desktop, a client that runs on both Windows and Mac. The author believes that Hulu Desktop explains why Hulu has been so touchy about Boxee. "This clearly explains why Hulu has been so persistent in blocking Boxee — an open-source media-center application for Macs, Apple TVs, and other devices — from including its content. Since Hulu provides free, ad-based mainstream content from the largest studios and networks in the business, they are under tight constraints imposed by these major players. We have already seen good examples of where Hulu is heading with integrated advertising inside the browser. A desktop client produced in-house will be much more conducive to monetizing Hulu using these kinds of campaigns."

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  1. Boxee? by neoform · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's this Boxee business? Did Boxxy create a company without me knowing?

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  2. Re:No love for the Penguin? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    1. There are more windows 95 users than Linux desktop users. Desktop linux is dead. Get over it.

    2. They use streaming h264. No adobe shit required

  3. Re:No love for the Penguin? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    1. There are more windows 95 users than Linux desktop users. Desktop linux is dead. Get over it.

    Wouldn't it have to have been alive at one point in order to die?

  4. Re:I don't think ads were the sticky issue with Bo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Uh... have you not poked around boxee's site AT ALL? They give you VERY clear instructions on how to add the repository (Ubuntu is supported).

    And this is why Linux will continue fail. Its user base are impolite and know no other response than, "RTFM!!!".

  5. Re:Hulu / Boxee by whiledo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why would I need Plex or a Mac when I have SageTV and BitTorrent?

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  6. Re:No love for the Penguin? by Thornburg · · Score: 1, Troll

    In any case, the Hulu web experience is pretty good, and runs fine full-screen...

    You must watch a different Hulu than I do.

    I'm searching for alternatives, becaues Hulu will randomly stop streaming after 1 or more hours of working fine. And no, it's not my FiOS internet connection. Both Joost and Netflix (when I had a subscription) streamed absolutely fine, but the GD Hulu player hangs the connection. I then have to load a different page of the Hulu site, go back to the video, and skip forward to where I was.

    I wouldn't consider this a problem at all, except that watching 3 ads in a 20 minute program already takes up enough of my time.

    I'm not interested in piracy. Does anyone have any other legal, licensed for viewing in the US TV streaming sites?