[opendtv] Hulu Plus Now Open to All (With $9.95 a Month to Spare)
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OpenDTV Mail List <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 08:31:48 -0400
http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2010/11/05/05gigaom-hulu-plus-now-open-to-all-with-995-a-month-to-spa-37644.html?ref=technology
Hulu Plus Now Open to All (With $9.95 a Month to Spare)
By LIZ SHANNON MILLER of GIGAOM
Published: November 4, 2010
Want Hulu Plus, but tired of waiting for your invitation? Well, the
enemy of Dish Network executives announced today that the video
host's paid service is now open to anyone interested.
The blog post also adds 2010 Sony Bravia TVs to the list of connected
devices that can access the service, and makes mention of new content
additions to the Hulu Plus backlog, including four full seasons of
Battlestar Galactica (which Netflix itself only recently added.)
In addition, Hulu Plus will soon be available to all PlayStation
users, not just those subscribed to the $50/year PlayStation Plus
service. (This is good news for anyone who's ever dealt with Sony's
disastrous credit card authorization system.)
No mention was made by Hulu of a rumored price cut that would drop
the service from $9.95 to $4.95 a month, making it cheaper than
Netflix Instant (with much of the same content).
However, by increasing its availability to devices like the Roku and
TiVo, Hulu Plus may be able to postpone such a move - at least
temporarily.
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