All Articles Tagged Hulu

Julie Jacobson | 10/22 02:33 PM, 2 Comments

I don’t use my iPad for much except for Hulu Plus, email, news and Kindle. Mostly Hulu Plus. Given that, I’m sorely tempted to join the Windows 8 camp for the new Hulu Plus app that does so much more than the inelegant app for iPad – just little things like multitasking capabilities that let you check email or browse the Web while watching a show. Most importantly, the Win 8 user interface crushes its iOS counterpart in so many ways. Your content “queue,” for example, is simpler to build… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 07/31 07:11 AM, 2 Comments

Hulu Plus, the increasingly popular movie and TV streaming service, has finally arrived on Apple TV. The $7.99/month service will be billed directly to the user's iTunes account. In the past, Hulu has been available on very few media streaming devices -- mostly Roku, Xbox, PS3 and Wii -- with the big gaping holes being Apple TV and Google TV. Slowly but surely, Hulu Plus is being picked up by more devices and more streaming services, including Netgear, WD and RCA media players; Denon, Marantz and Toshiba Blu-ray players; LG,… View this story

Rachel Cericola | 04/05 09:42 AM, 5 Comments

People apparently weren’t all that mad at Netflix for raising its prices last year. The Convergence Consulting Group (via Entertainment Weekly) reports that about one million people dropped cable and satellite services in 2011 and turned to Netflix, Hulu and iTunes for their content. The report says 2.7 million U.S subscribers have said goodbye to cable and satellite services over the past three years. However, a million of those were just in 2011. The CCG says that 900,000 more will follow this year. Of course, that’s just a drop in… View this story

Steve Crowe | 02/01 01:27 PM, 0 Comments

Super Bowl XLVI between the New England Patriots and New York Giants, which takes place Sunday, Feb. 5 2012 at 6:30 p.m. (ET), is going to set a record as the most-watched program in television history, according to Media Life's annual pre-Super Bowl poll. It will be the third straight year that the Super Bowl has set that record. Experts are saying the Super Bowl will draw 113-plus viewers, which would break last year's mark by more than two million viewers. There are a lot of football fans in this… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 12/14 12:17 PM, 0 Comments

Which streaming video service offers the best quality audio? Which has the most movies with subtitles? Which has the richest parental controls? Our friend (and neighbor) Gabe Gagliano at Tech of the Hub created an incredible chart comparing these and other features of the major premium video services: Amazon Instant and Prime, Hulu Plus, iTunes, Netflix and Vudu. [continues] Click for the full chart He offers some excellent analysis to go with the chart, including these notable updates since the last update in Q3: Other notable changes since the August-September… View this story

Maxine Giza | 05/23 07:06 AM, 0 Comments

TV junkies just got another way to get their programming fill - Hulu Plus has just launched on TiVo Premiere. The move helps keep Hulu competitive in the streaming media world as Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Instant Video and Blockbuster are already available to TiVo Premiere subscribers. TiVo Premiere subscribers will need a separate Hulu Plus subscription ($7.99 per month) to access the content. However, TiVo and Hulu are offering six months of free Hulu Plus service to new TiVo Premiere DVR subscriptions, giving people a chance to get hooked. Special… View this story

Jason Knott | 01/18 12:55 PM, 10 Comments

I can still remember seeing my first “home automation” system 20 years ago at the International Security Conference. It was from security panel maker Digital Security Control (DSC), now part of Tyco. The product wasn’t getting too much attention back in 1990 for various reasons, but I recall how clunky it was to have to move menu to menu to control HVAC, lighting, security and other subsystems, especially since it was hardkey-based with a tiny black-and-white LED scrolling readout. It kind of reminds me of navigating streaming media content today.… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 12/20 06:42 AM, 5 Comments

That giant sucking sound you hear is Google TV pulling out of the Consumer Electronics Show. Apparently, Google has asked Sony, Toshiba, LG, Sharp and possibly other partners to delay the introduction of new TVs incorporating the new Web TV platform. The New York Times reports that Google “caught some of the manufacturers off guard” with the late-hour request: “Google as a company is not a particularly partner-friendly or partner-focused company,” said James L. McQuivey, an analyst at Forrester, who added that because of the delay, it might take another… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 11/01 04:47 AM, 3 Comments

What’s the difference between Hulu, Netflix, Google TV and all of the other streaming content services now flooding the market, and how can you get them? HD Guru Gary Merson provides a handy overview of the most popular online music and movie services, and links them to the connected TVs that provide them. Merson only glosses over Hulu Plus, CinemaNow, Blockbuster on Demand, Netflix, YouTube, Vudu, as well as some music services (Pandora, Rhapsody) and popular apps (Skype, Flickr). So you won’t use this pocket guide to select your services.… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 08/11 08:26 AM, 4 Comments

Remember this editorial I wrote last year? In the piece, titled “Be the Content Pro,” I suggested integrators qualify their customers not by the products they desire but by the content they enjoy. If a family is passionate about professional baseball, for example, sell and install a system that gets them easy access to games, stats and fantasy leagues. If they’re nuts about the Food Network, build a solution that streams their cooking shows when and where they want it. After that 2009 editorial, maybe one or two dealers responded… View this story