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iPhone/iPod Touch Compatible Hulu.com Coming? [Updated: No]

Tuesday March 18, 2008 7:01 am PDT by longofest
An anonymous source is claiming that Hulu.com and Apple will be launching an iPhone/iPod Touch compatible version of the site as early as this Thursday.

Anonymous sources tend to be inaccurate more times than not, but lending some level of credence to the rumor is that it appears that Hulu's base encoding is H.264 which would make such a version of the site at least technically feasible.

Hulu.com came out of private beta last week and is now open to the public.

Update: Silicon Alley Insider claims that such a pairing is not in the cards (yet) according to a Hulu.com spokesperson.
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speakerwizard
51 months ago
now add uk support :)
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Motley
51 months ago
Sounds pretty nifty. I assume it would only work using wi-fi and not edge.

The question is would you be able to hook the iPhone/Touch up to a tv using the av/cables and watch the shows (correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the av cables only outputted video if it was stored on the device it self and wouldn't output things such as web surfing):confused:
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Shagrat
51 months ago

now add uk support :)


Don't hold your breath!
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Motley
51 months ago

now add uk support :)


We will when you let us watch your damn BBC online.

(Yeah I know completely different, ad supported vs tv licenses supported and all that.)
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bob122989
51 months ago

Sounds pretty nifty. I assume it would only work using wi-fi and not edge.

The question is would you be able to hook the iPhone/Touch up to a tv using the av/cables and watch the shows (correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the av cables only outputted video if it was stored on the device it self and wouldn't output things such as web surfing):confused:


thats what I thought too but was extremely pleased when I was loading a QuickTime movie & it worked. Even the youtube app works great on tv. I watched a bunch of Red Vs Blue using my phone on my tv.
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djdole
51 months ago
Kinda seems like a conflict of interest for Apple.
Doesn't the ability to watch full episodes on hulu conflict with Apple's iTunes?
I know I stopped buying eps on iTunes when I found they were available free on Hulul. (Also the fact that iTunes & vista suck ass together didn't help any)
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ibrainch
51 months ago
Would be huge. I think Apple may go for this in exchange for getting NBC shows back on iTunes. It really would be great to have hulu on my Apple TV the same way youtube is there - hulu really has some great content which would be nice to have access to.
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pauldy
51 months ago
In other news Ahmadinejad and Olmert are secretly working to bring peace to the middle east through a song and dance number they will perform live on international TV sometime next month.

Somehow I seriously doubt Apple has a direct hand in this at all even though an iphone version of hulu is entirely possible I'm pretty sure it will come from the broadcasters involved in hulu not Apple/NBC.
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Roy Hobbs
51 months ago

Kinda seems like a conflict of interest for Apple.
Doesn't the ability to watch full episodes on hulu conflict with Apple's iTunes?
I know I stopped buying eps on iTunes when I found they were available free on Hulul. (Also the fact that iTunes & vista suck ass together didn't help any)


Hula can create a iPhone/Touch version of their site without any input or blessing from Apple.

How is this a conflict of interest??
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vandlism
51 months ago

It really would be great to have hulu on my Apple TV the same way youtube is there - hulu really has some great content which would be nice to have access to.


This would be the key. Hulu on AppleTV. Just a fantastic idea.
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