Hulu pulling out of Boxee & TV.com

[SunnyD]

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Looks like everyone that wanted to ditch cable completely is pretty much screwed.

The pertinent quoted info:

There's nothing connecting Hulu's decisions to pull out of TV.com and Boxee on the same day, according to sources close to the company.

Hulu's managers were motivated by very different reasons in each case, said the sources (TV.com is owned by CBS, parent company of CNET News). Nonetheless, the decision to dump Boxee is bad for the start-up, for Web video fans, and for Hulu.

In a blog post published Wednesday, Hulu executives said they have asked Boxee to remove their content--starting on Friday-- because their content partners don't want their material to appear on the service. Hulu has more than 100 content providers, but my sources say the companies Hulu is referring to are its founders: NBC Universal and News Corp.

A Hulu representative declined to comment.

 

[eplebnista]

Oh well.