Hulu Plus for the Xbox 360 is aaaaalmost here. It launches tomorrow in the US, with the main Xbox perk being integrated Kinect controls. It’s gonna be free for the first week for all Xbox Live members, but then the usual Hulu Plus subscription fee will kick in.
A new update just brought Vudu’s collection of HD streaming movies – some 4000 of them in all – to Boxee Boxes. More movies! Never a bad thing. These ones arrive in 1080p with Dolby Digital surround sound, and they’ll cost Boxee owners $US2 a pop for two-night rentals. The Boxee team says they’re still on track for an update that’ll brings Netflix to the set-top box later this month, too. When it rains it pours. [Boxee]
Heaps of ABC TV shows and movies will be coming to Netflix soon, thanks to a new deal with Disney. That includes all of Lost, all of Scrubs, the first two High School Musicals and a whole lot more.
Netflix is making a big move to get more content for its live streaming service, offering $US75,000-$US100,000 for new episodes of TV shows in the middle of a TV season, the New York Post reports
Boxee is definitely getting Hulu Plus – under the condition Boxee removes all links to Hulu’s free streaming service. Boxee’s CEO is expected to confirm it later today, but until then that’s making the new Box look even costlier. [AllThingsD]
As promised, the D-Link Boxee Box is finally shipping in the US! And that’s not all the good news its makers have for us today:
Consider this a potentially huge win for Australian IPTV fans – the BBC has announced that they are going to make their BBC iPlayer IPTV portal available to people around the world from next year. That should excite some Top Gear and Doctor Who fans…
Ahh, download caps. The bain of a legal downloaders life – you want to pay to rent that movie online, but you don’t want to have to pay for it twice. Fortunately, TiVo customers on ispONE and Comcen can now take advantage of the Caspa VOD service without worrying about blowing out their download caps.
