Filed under: Video, Windows, Beta
Boxee Alpha media center for Windows to go public on June 23
by Brad Linder Jun 4th 2009 at 7:30PM
But that'll change soon. Boxee founder Avner Ronen says Boxee Alpha for Windows is going public on June 23rd.
No word on whether Boxee will include Hulu support that day or not. The company has been fighting an ongoing battle with Hulu over the issue of streaming Hulu video using Boxee's media browser. But Ronen has publicly stated that he's encouraged by the fact that Hulu has launched its own desktop media player.
One ostensible reason Hulu had been blocking Boxee was because Hulu's content partners didn't want to make it easy to watch internet streams of TV shows on an actual TV. But that's exactly what Hulu Desktop does. On the other hand, that could be the reason Hulu has been battling Boxee... because it has its own media player to promote.
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Jonny said 10:02PM on 6-06-2009
Boxxy?
In my Windows?
Its more likely then you think.
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James said 8:17AM on 6-18-2009
No, Hulu is battling Boxee because its content providers are scared shitless over the idea of their shows getting to your TV without 8 minutes of high-paid OTA ads running during each of them. Witness: try to find any Sony content on the Hulu Desktop app. Can't do it -- they're terrified someone might find it *convenient* to watch their stuff over the Internet.
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