Hulu is making a cable box for your TV

Hulu, just like Neflix is an online streaming company co-owned by Disney and 20th Century Fox. They have worked out a deal that will bring Hulu to viewers at home with a cable box product. Details are still in the blueprint stages. This product will still work as an online service. From what is given by Hulu, the cable box will have a direct link to your Hulu account and stream the service to your TV to an input (HDMI) for direct access.

The war between the Stream Kings has now come to the next level. This may be ground zero. Will Netflix counter with a box of their own. Right now you can get apps on Smart TV's, laptops, computers, phones, gaming consoles, to name a few. Access to Hulu and Netflix is not limited but this may spring a reaction from those still use to physical media, like cable boxes, DVD's, and VHS tape. This may also launch the Streamissance for companies like HBO and Showtime. If they start offering their channels and go into direct competition.

I believe they should, if they are offering movies and original shows at the same rate or lower then slowly transition away from cable. This could be the beginning of something big or something to be totally exploited and then made to hurt the little guy. I guess we'll find out. According to a post in the Wallstreet Journal by JOE FLINT and SHALINI RAMACHANDRAN

For more on my thoughts on this issue take a look at Episode 24 of Talking Through The Medias.

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