[wase]

Do we REALLY care about Television THAT much?
People need to put things in perspective...its only stupid TV, Stupid NETWORK tv at that!!

[DogHouseDub]

I'm hypothesizing that this change is due to one of two things:

1. Hulu is planning to generate revenue via banner ads so they need users of the site to access via a web browser. Likelihood = high (unfortunately)

2. Apple is planing to integrate Hulu into the AppleTV, perhaps a new model of the AppleTV, and wants people to access Hulu via their interface. Likelihood = low

[protean]

I don't care anymore. I just got into watching Babylon 5 from the start on Hulu via Boxee via Apple TV on my TV, in front of a warm fire, on a couch with my cat, and did mention wine? I'm not going to sit in my office and watch it. I'm through with this petty rubbish. Good riddance.

[jamus]

Something smells very fishy here, and it has the taint of spoiled money...
I think FOX/NBC has taken an interest in Netflix's big online growth spurt. They see how Netflix has licensed the online access into other company products from Samsung, Microsoft, Roku, etc... My guess is that they do not want a FREE solution to be allowed when they can do some type of license requirement for a paid product and allow access only from licensed devices.
Of course, the content execs are cutting off their own foot and both Hulu and Boxee know it. Make it easy and affordable for people to view content and they comply, make it difficult and well, let's just say the torrent traffic shows how that will work out.

[NONfinis]

I don't know how Hulu works per se, in terms of their ads and how they get money from them... but is it possible that they pulled the plug on Boxee's access because they couldn't keep track of the amount/type of ads or shows being watched, thus not being able to aggregate that data in order to sell ads?



I'm not excusing Hulu, as its particularly frustrating for me. I'm just trying, like everyone else, to understand why. Sadly, I just got the invite to use Boxee on my Apple TV, and haven't gotten around to installing it. Guess I won't have to worry about that now...

[PaulWo]

That is what I do.

[Jason Snell]

buzglyd said:

I think Boxee plays more formats than ATV which explains why all the stealers are upset about this.

On the contrary -- "the stealers" are all downloading commercial-free HD torrents. They don't have any use for Hulu at all. Hulu is only for people who want to consume content legally.

[Paulyboy]

I only just got Boxee and knew Hulu support was too good to be true. I guess this is further proof why we won't ever see a Hulu app for the iPhone/iPod Touch. : (



-PN

[deesee]

That's why I'm doing what this guy did:

http://terrywhite.com/techblog/?p=1639

Basically it's hooking up a computer to your TV. You can go directly to all network sites (including abc.com which boxee cannot access), you can surf the web, check email, blah, blah, blah, you can play DVD's you rent with the built in DVD drive on the computer, you can access Neftlix to stream movies (which you can't do with ATV and/or Hulu), you can access iTunes and buy movies or rent them there if you wish, you sports fans can still access some (albeit not all) events on espn360.com, and you can basically get rid of cable tv.

So next to my TV I currently have a cable box, DVD player, and ATV. Now, I'll just have a mac mini and that's it.

You get everything and you save money in the long run.

[ShakeyBobWillis]

There's already a plug-in work around. Yay open source community!

[Sigil]

Please, Mommy & Daddy get back together. You can make it work. Don't you love each other anymore. Is my fault?