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Report: Disney in talks to bring content to Hulu

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 09:30 AM

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 09:40 AM

What really sucks about HULU is that I as a US citizen currently staying outside of the country can't watch their content. Well at least not without ponying up for a Private VPN to foul their stupid location based IP blocking...
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 10:11 AM

ABC's streaming technology is the better than Hulu's, especially their HD streaming, and it would be nice if they could incorporate some of that into Hulu. By better I mean smoother and sharper; the ABC user experience is not as good as Hulu because commercials pop out in a separate window that requires re-clicking the play button in order to return to your show.
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 11:05 AM

I don't even watch ABC, except for Lost and that only has one more year - I am sure ABC has enough other viewers so that I am not missed. I am curious what other content Disney would bring though. This is good for Hulu and potentially a bad sign for Apple's pay-too-much-for-every-show business model, which I left behind after connecting a Mac (well, Hackintosh) to my TV. Now I don't have to pay Apple to watch TV anymore. Life is wonderful.
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Posted 27 March 2009 - 11:37 AM

What would make this better? Hulu back on Boxee
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Posted 30 March 2009 - 12:21 PM

Say what you will about iTunes pricing, I'm not sure I like the idea of putting all these eggs in the network-owned hulu basket. There was a time that ads weren't so annoying on TV. The same geniuses behind hulu have ruined television, I don't see why they wouldn't ruin internet streams.
I do give hulu a lot of credit for the fact that you can skip to the last few minutes of a show without watching all the ads. Great for those time when TiVo cuts out early because the networks can't read a clock.
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