The Boxee/Hulu saga continues

March 8th, 2009

Friday the folks at boxee announced an update to the their software which integrates video play into their rss reader allowing for the traversal and viewing of Hulu feeds.

Yay!

Less then a day later, it was reported Hulu blocked the boxee browser from accessing their site at all….

Now the first thing that popped into my head was, just spoof the user agent being sent in the browser. This would obviously work around Hulu’s block attempts. I realize boxee is trying to play fair by accessing the service in the same manner as a normal browser. However it’s apparent that that’s clearly not the problem in Hulu’s eyes.

The simple fact you’re watching Hulu on a TV is what is freaking everyone out.

However, short of blocking everything, Hulu can’t really do much to stop people from putting it on their TV. They’re just delaying the inevitable.