Subscribers have been impatiently waiting for it, and now it is finally here: the new Hulu TV experience has arrived on Roku media devices. Though Amazon Fire TV is increasingly wooing consumers, Roku is arguably the most popular media streaming devices in homes, and so it made Hulu TV's lack of support for them a major sticking point.
Hulu is set to spend around $2.5 billion on content this year, company CEO Mike Hopkins revealed yesterday at the Paley Center for Media in New York. The company introduced some big changes to the service year with the introduction of its live TV product, and it is also seeing growing success with its original shows like 'The Handmaid's Tale' and 'Harlots.'
For quite some time now, Hulu has been rolling out its new user interface on a variety of different devices. This UI attempts to make navigation through Hulu's library easier with improved design while looking fairly sleek in the process. Today two new devices are receiving support for this new UI: the PS4 and PS3.
Hulu has just pushed out an update for it Android app, which is itself blessed (or cursed, depending on your tastes) with the video platform's newest interface. The update brings some tweaks that refines things and, in one case, makes actually watching content on the app a whole lot easier. Those who update to the latest version get full-screen previews with simplified scrubbing.
It isn't rare to see companies offer their services at a discount for students, but this new promotion from Spotify and Hulu is definitely a head-turning one. Today the two companies announced that they're teaming up to bundle Hulu and Spotify Premium together in the same subscription. Even better is the discount students will be getting by signing up, as it offers significant savings over subscribing to both separately.
Hulu has just added 'The CW' to its channel lineup, making the service a touch more attractive for those who want the best of cable, but without the contracts and cable boxes. The service offers live television channels delivered over the Internet rather than through traditional methods; The CW, though not the most important of channels, is counted among the top networks people want.
Here's a bit of good news for those of you subscribed to Hulu's Live TV service: beginning today, you can use your Live TV subscription on PC and Mac. Previously, Hulu Live TV was only available on mobile devices and connected devices like smart TVs and game consoles. It even sounds like Hulu's decision to make Live TV available on PC and Mac is coming a little earlier than the company planned.
The Xbox 360 may be a thoroughly dated device at this point, but it is long from being forgotten. The previous-generation Microsoft console just got support for Hulu's livestreaming television service, making it one of a slowly growing number of supported devices. The app's arrival comes alongside news that Hulu will soon unify its two iOS apps into a single offering that includes the Live TV platform.
If you're an Android user, you've had access to Hulu's live TV service and fancy new interface for many weeks. If you're an iOS user, though, you're just getting access to both of those things...at least as a single, unified app. The wait was worth it, assuming you're a Hulu subscriber; the interface is sleek and arguably better designed, and watching live television soon won't require the use of a separate, secondary app.
As Disney announces its own streaming service separate from Netflix, the wave of network-owned streaming services begins. Soon we'll find that every big media provider has its own streaming service, and we'll have the opportunity to select what we want, when we want, for a fee. A fee that goes to each company, individually, every month.
Hulu, as part of its efforts to acquire vast numbers of movies and TV shows, has announced a new big milestone for the company: it just got the rights to offer up ABC's 'classic' TGIF sitcoms spanning the 1990s. Hulu has nabbed exclusive streaming video on-demand rights for these shows via a new deal with Warner Bros. Shows will include Family Matters, Full House and more.
Hulu's Live TV service is being added to the Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, spreading availability of the company's latest beta, and its new interface. The update, which is rolling out today, will include more personalization and, the company claims, better content recommendations. Amazon's set-top boxes join gadgets from Apple, Microsoft, and others in having support for the new Hulu.
