“Boxee at its Brooklyn launch event revealed that the Boxee Box and the software platform would be getting a handful of key launch partners,” Electronista reports.
“Hulu Plus is the highlight and will see Boxee offer the $10 monthly streaming service on its media hub,” Electronista reports. “The company didn’t say if the free web version will be blocked outright, but it said free wouldn’t be an option and promised a ‘real’ Hulu designed for TV rather than just the browser.”
Electronista reports, “Netflix is coming onboard by the end of the year and will come with a new version of the Boxee remote to jump directly to the streaming movie feature.”
Read more in the full article, including info about Boxee’s UI changes, here.
ugly, hot, late
They’ve been talking this up for ages. I actually wanted one at one point, but got tired of waiting. Now no need.
Hulu already blocked Boxee Box.
The launch was at Irving plaza in Manhattan, not Brooklyn.