Hulu Japan has mailed in a status update noting that its content library has increased by more than 300 percent since launching last fall, now amounting to over 800 films and around 6,900 TV shows. Newly added to that list is Mad Men and more notably, "select HBO shows" including Entourage and Sex And The City today, followed by Entourage and Band of Brothers later this year. Of course, similar to the situation that sees Showtime favorites like Dexter available on Netflix in Latin America but not here in the States, it doesn't make it any more likely HBO will suddenly become cord-cutter friendly at home -- this is an international deal only. Hulu does have more good news in Japan though, now that it works on more devices with the Wii coming soon and "aggressive expansion" planned for the rest of 2012. While it doesn't help the list of Hulu Plus-compatible Android phones grow any faster, there is a quick trailer celebrating the new content, viewers on either side of the Pacific can check it out after the break.
Continue reading Hulu Japan lands HBO content, but don't expect any changes in the US
Hulu Japan lands HBO content, but don't expect any changes in the US originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |
Hulu Blog | Email this | Comments
Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/B2E2Gldswgk/
Dell Cypress Semiconductor Accenture Acer Adobe Systems Advanced Semiconductor Engineering
No comments:
Post a Comment