Hacking NetFlixNetflix News & Info. New Releases Every Monday.Hulu Gets Daily Show & Colbert Report- June 10, 2008 TechCrunch reports that Hulu has added The Daily Show and Colbert Report. Because Hulu is now streaming full episodes of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report, from Comedy Central. No more Tivo. No more dealing with BitTorrent. I can just log in and watch the show in 480p, and that makes me very, very happy.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HackingNetflix/~3/309109562/hulu-gets-daily.html Comcast & Time Warner Throttling Internet Customers- June 10, 2008 Despite claims of "Net Neutrality," Time Warner and Comcast are starting to throttle high-use customers, according to Wired. Selected customers in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and Warrenton, Virginia, are expected to receive e-mails on Wednesday highlighting the program. The 30-day tests are expected to begin Thursday. "Unless you are an extremely heavy user of internet resources (which is not likely) you will not notice any change to your internet experience during this test," Mitch Bowling,...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HackingNetflix/~3/309101405/comcast-time-wa.html Flexplay Disposable DVDs are back... at Staples- June 10, 2008 Engadget reports that Flexplay disposable DVDs will be available at Staples, and Zatz Not Funny has a review: Yep, Ive publicly poo-pooed the idea of disposable DVDs But it seems to me that Flexplay has found a compelling market for the products: Airline passengers. In this era of Netflix, digital downloads, and Redbox kiosks, I doubt their target audience is large enough to keep them going. In fact, I assume this space will eventually be served by iPod and iPhone video-loading stations. But...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HackingNetflix/~3/309034815/flexplay-dispos.html New Releases for June 10th, 2008- June 9, 2008 Click here for the full list of new releases this week (130). Interesting movies this week include John Adams, The Bucket List, The Other Boleyn Girl, Jumper, Frontline: Bad Voodoo's War, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Witless Protection, The Signal, Out of the Blue, Player 5150, Otis, Heavy Metal in Baghdad, Army Wives: Season 1, and My Boys: Season 1.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HackingNetflix/~3/307922891/new-releases--3.html Roku's Netflix Player To Add Hulu or YouTube Content- June 6, 2008 John P. Falcone on Crave likes the Netflix Player, and now he wants a Hulu box. The Roku Netflix Player debuted last week to largely positive accolades. And why not The $100 Netflix box delivers on-demand video to your TV for a flat monthly fee that's as low as $9 a month--the same price that would rent you just two to three movies on Apple TV or Vudu. But if the Roku box (and subsequent Netflix-compatible players) has an Achilles heel, it's the dearth of content: only about 10 percent of...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HackingNetflix/~3/305711196/rokus-netflix-p.html |