Boxee delivers Hulu to Apple TV

For Apple TV owners who don't shy away from tinkering, we've got some excellent news. As of today, video viewers can now catch Hulu.com content from within Boxee (and by extension, on their Apple TVs). No need to wipe the sleep from your eyes -- Hulu accessibility has arrived on Apple's set-top-box, as the embeddable player has been ported over to Boxee. Additionally, Boxee has added CBS.com to its list of viewable internet video sources; head on down to Boxee's website for more, and jump past the break for the full release.

At boxee, one of our main goals is to bring all your entertainment into one place. Today we take a big step in that direction, announcing that users can now watch and share TV shows and movies from Hulu.com within boxee (and on their AppleTVs).

Users now have free access to Hulu's entire catalogue of great high-quality shows like The Office, The Daily Show (a company favorite), Heroes, and more, along with hundreds of movies whenever they want. Whether on AppleTV, Mac or Linux, boxee offers more flexibility and access to online content than any other media center. People can also more easily share Hulu videos now with friends through boxee's social feed and recommendation feature.

In addition to Hulu we've also added CBS.com to our Internet video sources. The embeddable flash player for both sites was adapted by boxee's team to run in our interface. We've also done a lot of work to optimize the way content from each site is displayed to enable people to find what they're looking for quickly and easily. While both sites know of the announcement, boxee does not have specific partnerships with either site.

We're officially announcing this during our presentation this Monday at CEA i-Stage in Las Vegas, an exclusive event for cutting edge consumer technology companies.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 1:42PM]

Can't wait to try this when I get home tonight.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 11:12PM]

Well, I loaded it, and it is stuttery and slow -- as expected. Hulu doesn't perform very well on Macs with processors lower than 1.8 GHz, and the processor inside the AppleTV is 1 GHz.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 3:39PM]

Caused some new errors for me but I think this update is worth. Now back to configurations.

[mdntcallr Posted Oct 20th 2008 4:09PM]

now if only boxee, netflix and other programs could be installed with ease and apple approval on an apple tv, i'd be really happy.

if so, i would then buy another one

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2008 4:38PM]

or use xbmc and playon with you appletv
Very easy no a days

[JonathanRN Posted Oct 21st 2008 9:20AM]

Where's the same feature for Vista Media Center?! I'm sure more than a few of us would LOVE that!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 21st 2008 9:12PM]

i agree with that .....give me Vista Media Center plugin....oh pllllleeeeasssseeeeee....hulu, cbs, nbc, abc...i want one plugin to rule them all

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 22nd 2008 1:17PM]

does this work in Canada or are we going to have a region problem like many of the US networks?

and good to know Bill Dollar, thanks.

I'm thinking about picking up an TV rather than an Airport Express to plug into the back of my RXV2700 not sure if that'll work though.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 24th 2008 1:49PM]

So far so awesome! It's a little buggy, but I welcome the added content. The interface has been pretty nicely implemented.

Now if Netflix could work on ATV...!!!