Comments on: OPENhulu: setting Hulu’s videos free? http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/ Tracking the digital lifestyle Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: thinker http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-62539 thinker Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:58:21 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-62539 if you dont live inside the states than use a us screaning site. it will mask your ip. and give you one from where it is. i was told about one called saveyourass.com check it out and dont complain when there are so many loop holes if you dont live inside the states than use a us screaning site. it will mask your ip. and give you one from where it is. i was told about one called saveyourass.com check it out and dont complain when there are so many loop holes

]]> By: Jim Minosin http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-53646 Jim Minosin Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:01:05 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-53646 OpenHulu will fail to function in Canada due to Geo Ip refusal beyond the USA and to a point will also fail with proxy access.. OpenHulu will fail to function in Canada due to Geo Ip refusal beyond the USA and to a point will also fail with proxy access..

]]> By: Brian http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-50804 Brian Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:18:11 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-50804 I cannot believe that so tech guru has not figured out a way to redirect the feed so as to allow the rest of us to view with out the geo-lock. I am in Canada, so it isn't like we are not inundated with US programing already, lol. I cannot believe that so tech guru has not figured out a way to redirect the feed so as to allow the rest of us to view with out the geo-lock.

I am in Canada, so it isn’t like we are not inundated with US programing already, lol.

]]> By: Fireveo http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-28706 Fireveo Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:41:22 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-28706 Check out OnAirToday.com to fetch videos from around the web. Also try out Fireveo - It's a Video Toolbar for your browser that gets the latest video feeds. It's free! http://www.fireveo.com Check out OnAirToday.com to fetch videos from around the web.

Also try out Fireveo – It’s a Video Toolbar for your browser that gets the latest video feeds. It’s free!
http://www.fireveo.com

]]> By: Paradisio http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-18421 Paradisio Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:31:24 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-18421 Another Hulu "mirror", but with all shows/episodes available, a clean interface and fullscreen player : http://tvparadise.org/ Another Hulu “mirror”, but with all shows/episodes available, a clean interface and fullscreen player :
http://tvparadise.org/

]]> By: Brentp http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-17339 Brentp Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:06:07 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-17339 A little bit of info on the IP geo-locking. It comes down to how TV shows are licenced/syndicated. Shows like the Simpsons, Family Guy, Heros, etc are shown all over the world and they do so by the channels who want to show them paying a fee. Burried in among all the contractual jargon are rules governing how the show can be broadcast, specifically that the licence is only valid for a particular country. Broadcasting that content on the internet allows viewers from other countries to see those shows. If you, as say an Australian TV company, paid xxx amount for the rights to broadcast a series of Heros in Australia, you can kick back knowing it will draw in the viewers, meaning more eyeballs on the ads your channel airs, giving you more money in the pot from the companies who pay to advertise with you. If those viewers can instead watch an American channel online, with their adverts (which contribute to that channel's income), then the massive amounts of cash you 'invested' in being able to air a particular show was all for nothing. So, online TV content tends to be geo-coded and sadly it isn't just hulu, the BBC restrict their online video content to UK-only IP addresses and I'm sure other broadcasters in other countries do the same. It just further highlights how the global broadcasting infrastructure wasn't really designed to cope with online media and how desperately in need of an overhaul it is. A little bit of info on the IP geo-locking.

It comes down to how TV shows are licenced/syndicated. Shows like the Simpsons, Family Guy, Heros, etc are shown all over the world and they do so by the channels who want to show them paying a fee. Burried in among all the contractual jargon are rules governing how the show can be broadcast, specifically that the licence is only valid for a particular country. Broadcasting that content on the internet allows viewers from other countries to see those shows.

If you, as say an Australian TV company, paid xxx amount for the rights to broadcast a series of Heros in Australia, you can kick back knowing it will draw in the viewers, meaning more eyeballs on the ads your channel airs, giving you more money in the pot from the companies who pay to advertise with you. If those viewers can instead watch an American channel online, with their adverts (which contribute to that channel’s income), then the massive amounts of cash you ‘invested’ in being able to air a particular show was all for nothing.

So, online TV content tends to be geo-coded and sadly it isn’t just hulu, the BBC restrict their online video content to UK-only IP addresses and I’m sure other broadcasters in other countries do the same.

It just further highlights how the global broadcasting infrastructure wasn’t really designed to cope with online media and how desperately in need of an overhaul it is.

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-17044 David Mackey Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:30:02 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-17044 Well, the sites still up at this point, but I can't imagine it staying up much longer. Well, the sites still up at this point, but I can’t imagine it staying up much longer.

]]> By: tutva http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-16604 tutva Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:24:30 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-16604 I'll take an invite if anyone's got one. Would love to try it out. I’ll take an invite if anyone’s got one. Would love to try it out.

]]> By: Simon http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-16577 Simon Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:00:53 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-16577 I have the same issue as Jerratrix, some of the time my IP works, sometimes I get told I'm not in the USA - I'm in Los Angeles, not far from Universal City :( GeoIP is only maybe 90% useful at best, it bugs me that companies are taking it for 100%. At one point I was working for a Fortune 50 and our IP range in all the offices in the world was from our German office - highly annoying having some sites default to German instead of looking at browser language. I have the same issue as Jerratrix, some of the time my IP works, sometimes I get told I’m not in the USA – I’m in Los Angeles, not far from Universal City :( GeoIP is only maybe 90% useful at best, it bugs me that companies are taking it for 100%. At one point I was working for a Fortune 50 and our IP range in all the offices in the world was from our German office – highly annoying having some sites default to German instead of looking at browser language.

]]> By: F.D. Athow http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-16526 F.D. Athow Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:18:18 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-16526 OpenHulu... Great idea, except it will be quickly forgotten as Hulu turns from beta to real. It's a bit like someone came up with a way of circumventing Gmail's invite system only for Gmail to become available one year later..... Oh, and it is next to useless for everyone outside the US. Case in point, I've got a hulu.com invite but I can't use it because I am not in the states. How lame is that? OpenHulu… Great idea, except it will be quickly forgotten as Hulu turns from beta to real. It’s a bit like someone came up with a way of circumventing Gmail’s invite system only for Gmail to become available one year later….. Oh, and it is next to useless for everyone outside the US. Case in point, I’ve got a hulu.com invite but I can’t use it because I am not in the states. How lame is that?

]]> By: Faris Jefri http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-16470 Faris Jefri Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:12:12 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-16470 Well it's a great idea, but falls short i guess. It only works for 5% of the population: http://digg.com/tech_news/OpenHuluhNot Well it’s a great idea, but falls short i guess. It only works for 5% of the population:

http://digg.com/tech_news/OpenHuluhNot

]]> By: Jake http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-16466 Jake Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:38:24 +0000 http://www.last100.com/2007/12/10/openhulu-setting-hulus-videos-free/#comment-16466 Nice attempt. But, as an ex-pat living abroad I can't view any of the shows. No worries though, I'll just download them from a torrent network. Nice attempt. But, as an ex-pat living abroad I can’t view any of the shows. No worries though, I’ll just download them from a torrent network.

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