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Hulu kills Boxee support... again
The Boxee team figured that since the new build didn't mess with Hulu's service in any way, but simply used the publicly available RSS feeds to pull in videos just as you would if you were using a web browser like Firefox or Internet Explorer, that all would be kosher. Apparently they were wrong. Hulu today blocked access to Boxee's browser.
The move shouldn't be surprising. If the content owners that provide TV shows and films to Hulu didn't want Boxee serving up its videos in February, they don't want it doing so today either. Ultimately this means that Hulu's backers don't want to make it easy to watch the internet videos hosted on the site on your television. They'd rather you watch them the old fashioned way. You know, on your DVR while zapping past the commercials with your remote control.
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Subscribe to commentsstep21Mar 6th 2009 7:06PM
@Adam Oh so true ... For me the whole last.fm thing was the last nail in the coffin for TechCrunch, they totally lost any credibility they had left, and things like this show it's not getting any better.
MysteriusMar 6th 2009 9:55PM
Wrong post?
MysteriusMar 6th 2009 9:55PM
How has Hulu identified Boxee? By user agent?
Can Boxee work through Firefox to access Hulu, or something?
Victor Agreda, Jr.Mar 6th 2009 10:19PM
Yeah, on the Boxee blog there are a few suggestions that they simply change their user agent to IE or something. Still, the underlying problem is there: a management team completely out of touch with reality and unwilling to make an attempt to understand the situation.
Usually in cases like that, the most organized and well-funded party wins. Except in David v. Goliath.
RocketboyMar 7th 2009 9:45AM
Managment team, or content 'owners'?
JimMar 7th 2009 8:43AM
So frustrating, not that it got broke again, but that Hollywood doesn't get it still, and that they'd rather I watch it on my computer (downloading a torrent with NO ads) or on my tv- with my tivo skipping ads anyway.
you finally had a way to get me to watch your TV with your ads, and you kill it.
So now you lose.
ogoldbergMar 7th 2009 9:39AM
they fixed it. if you restart, you'll find it working again.
zimbu1234Mar 7th 2009 10:11AM
works for me
JamusMar 7th 2009 12:11PM
It is like the cold war nuke race all over again...
I think Hulu woudl actually be ok with Boxee presenting video via their site, but the content providers are strongarming Hulu. Mafia tactics at their finest.
MiguelMar 7th 2009 2:12PM
Hulu sucks
mattmcbMar 7th 2009 4:43PM
Does Hulu not provide an RSS feed? The whole thing is weird.
Try the best homepage
afrosamuriiMar 7th 2009 4:25PM
F*&^ Hulu and its content providers. They are a bunch of stuck up rich bastards who thinks only for themselves and not US the consumers. We are the ones watching their stupid adds why cant we choose how we watch the videos. I only have one thing to say F#$% Hulu's content providers!!!!!!
Eric H.Mar 9th 2009 12:50PM
Boxee was a great thing, but as long as Hulu allows fullscreening they will not stop me from watching it on my TV. Ive got my mac mini hooked up to my TV and I just use a wireless mouse and keyboard.
The problem with the studio execs is that they are all too old and they don't understand how the Internet or computers work. Most of them follow the mantra that the internet is a series of tubes and they are still waiting for "an internet" that was mailed to them last Monday.