The Boxee/Hulu saga continues

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.

Boxee asked to remove Hulu from their interface

Yesterday Hulu asked Boxee to remove their channel from their software…

This makes NO sense from a business standpoint. How does a busniess make money buy making their products harder to get? The reality is people are moving to their computer-connect TV’s instead of cable boxes. It’s cheaper, more conveinent and less commercials but with the potential advantage of commericals being highly targeted since they’re delivered on a per user basis.

I just don’t get big media companies sometimes.