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Super Bowl 2012 commercials, here are the top 10 as determined by Hulu users
Yesterday we mentioned how you could watch all of the 2012 Super Bowl commercials over on YouTube. And well, as it turns out those same commercials were also all being displayed on Hulu. Anyway, in addition to watching the videos on Hulu (and on YouTube) — those watching were able to vote for their favorites. more »
Hulu Plus Android app hacked, will now run on most Android devices, still requires you to pay for the Plus service though
If you visit the Android Market and download the Hulu Plus app it is only going to run on select devices. In fact, according to the description in the Market listing, the app will only work on ten devices to include the following; Nexus One, Nexus S, HTC Evo 4G, HTC Thunderbolt, HTC myTouch 4G, more »
Hulu is working on two new original shows
Hulu isn’t content with just holding content that the networks and cable channels produce, it’s been creating a few shows of it’s own. Before the summer of this year Hulu will have two more original shows to add to its content library. The first show is called Battleground. it will be a 30-minute show filled more »
Netflix appears to be getting twice as much viewing time as compared to Hulu
Based on some recently released comScore numbers, it looks like Netflix is getting about twice as much viewing time as Hulu. That being said, the numbers break down as follows; users spent about 1 billion minutes on Netflix as compared to about 480 billion minutes on Hulu. And despite Netflix and Hulu being among the more »
Hulu Face Match identifies the actor whose name you can’t remember
We’ve all been in a situation when we see an actor on a television show and can’t figure out for the life of us where we’ve seen them before. Other times we know what other roles that actor had, but can’t remember their name. Hulu has stepped in to help solve this little problem with a new feature called Face Match. Face Match is currently available for testing and works with five episodes of The Office, Lost, Modern Family, Wilfred and Glee.
Watching streaming videos may lead to a higher internet bill
Web-based video services such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and others have one important thing in common – they aren’t associated with cable companies. Many people (myself included) have decided to cancel cable service in favor of internet video consumption and over-the-air broadcasts. As subscribers for cable services decrease, cable companies are trying to figure out a way to make up for all that lost revenue. One solution may be to charge customers based on how much internet bandwidth they use in a billing cycle.
Vizio Tablet owners get three free months of Hulu Plus
Hulu Plus is finally coming to the Vizio Tablet, and to celebrate users will get three months of the service for free. Hulu Plus will be added to existing users’ Visio Tablets via a software update soon. Or, if you don’t have a Vizio Tablet yet, it will come preinstalled if you do buy the more »
Hulu Ad Swap lets users choose commercials on the fly
Hulu has been letting its users choose their ad experience for a while, but Hulu has another way to maximize the effectiveness of those ads. On Monday, Hulu introduced Ad Swap which does exactly what you may think. If you become annoyed with a commercial that is in no way relevant to you, you can instantly change the commercial to something more tolerable.
Facebook rumors suggest they are planning to announce Hulu integration this week
The F8 Facebook conference is getting ready to kick off and while we have been hearing quite a bit of rumors suggesting music service integration — it also looks like they may be unveiling something with Hulu and maybe even Netflix. Though, that being said, the chatter seems to be more on the focus of more »
Dish Network is trying to buy Hulu
It was recently revealed that Dish Network is preparing to launch its own streaming video service in October. Though details on the matter are scarce and unofficial, the service is believed to be a Netflix competitor. The streaming service is said to include movies from Starz, which will be exiting from Netflix in February 2012. Dish Network is also one of the three companies currently bidding on Hulu.
















