Boxee delivers Hulu to Apple TV
by Darren Murph 
posted Oct 20th 2008 at 1:00PM
At boxee, one of our main goals is to bring all your entertainment into one place. Today we take a big step in that direction, announcing that users can now watch and share TV shows and movies from Hulu.com within boxee (and on their AppleTVs).
Users now have free access to Hulu's entire catalogue of great high-quality shows like The Office, The Daily Show (a company favorite), Heroes, and more, along with hundreds of movies whenever they want. Whether on AppleTV, Mac or Linux, boxee offers more flexibility and access to online content than any other media center. People can also more easily share Hulu videos now with friends through boxee's social feed and recommendation feature.
In addition to Hulu we've also added CBS.com to our Internet video sources. The embeddable flash player for both sites was adapted by boxee's team to run in our interface. We've also done a lot of work to optimize the way content from each site is displayed to enable people to find what they're looking for quickly and easily. While both sites know of the announcement, boxee does not have specific partnerships with either site.
We're officially announcing this during our presentation this Monday at CEA i-Stage in Las Vegas, an exclusive event for cutting edge consumer technology companies.
Filed under: Media streamers, Other formats, Apple
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bob @ Oct 20th 2008 1:42PM
Can't wait to try this when I get home tonight.
Bill Dollar @ Oct 20th 2008 11:12PM
Well, I loaded it, and it is stuttery and slow -- as expected. Hulu doesn't perform very well on Macs with processors lower than 1.8 GHz, and the processor inside the AppleTV is 1 GHz.
frankie @ Oct 20th 2008 3:39PM
Caused some new errors for me but I think this update is worth. Now back to configurations.
mitchelljd @ Oct 20th 2008 4:09PM
now if only boxee, netflix and other programs could be installed with ease and apple approval on an apple tv, i'd be really happy.
if so, i would then buy another one
eric.wc @ Oct 20th 2008 4:38PM
or use xbmc and playon with you appletv
Very easy no a days
Jonathan @ Oct 21st 2008 9:20AM
Where's the same feature for Vista Media Center?! I'm sure more than a few of us would LOVE that!
jon @ Oct 21st 2008 9:12PM
i agree with that .....give me Vista Media Center plugin....oh pllllleeeeasssseeeeee....hulu, cbs, nbc, abc...i want one plugin to rule them all
cdpage @ Oct 22nd 2008 1:17PM
does this work in Canada or are we going to have a region problem like many of the US networks?
and good to know Bill Dollar, thanks.
I'm thinking about picking up an TV rather than an Airport Express to plug into the back of my RXV2700 not sure if that'll work though.
bk @ Oct 24th 2008 1:49PM
So far so awesome! It's a little buggy, but I welcome the added content. The interface has been pretty nicely implemented.
Now if Netflix could work on ATV...!!!