Hulu Plus launches on TiVo Premiere and it adds instant streaming of thousands of hours of current TV hits and classic programming to TiVo’s unique solution combining cable programming with the best of Web entertainment. To access Hulu Plus on the Premiere users must also pay TiVo its normal monthly service fee which is $19.99 per month for a year’s commitmen and that fee is waived is users buy the product lifetime service for $499.99…………
TiVo Inc. , the creator of and a leader in advanced television services ncluding digital video recorders (DVRs) for consumers, content distributors and consumer electronics manufacturers announced that beginning today Hulu Plus is available via subscription to TiVo subscribers with retail TiVo Premiere boxes. In celebration of Hulu Plus on TiVo Premiere, TiVo and Hulu will give six months of free Hulu Plus service to newly purchased TiVo Premiere DVRs. A free trial of Hulu Plus is also available to current TiVo Premiere customers. Visit www.tivo.com/hulu to learn more. With the recent addition of hit shows from Comedy Central and MTV including The Colbert Report and The Daily Show alongside popular hit shows from ABC, FOX and NBC like Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, Glee, Family Guy, The Office and 30 Rock, TiVo further extends its lead as the only one-box solution that integrates in one easy-to-use user interface the full complement of programming made available to users through their existing cable or fiber optic provider alongside the ever-increasing choice of broadband and on-demand offerings.
“Hulu’s mission is to help people find and enjoy the world’s premium video content when, where and how they want it. To that end, we are thrilled that today we are opening up the Hulu Plus experience to TiVo Premiere users,” says Andy Forssell, SVP of Content Acquisition and Distribution for Hulu. Hulu Plus joins other top broadband content providers such as Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Instant Video and BLOCKBUSTER to offer TiVo Premiere subscribers the ultimate choice in entertainment programming, all easily accessed by TiVo’s elegant user interface and iconic peanut remote control. Hulu Plus programs are easy to find by title or by browsing Hulu Plus’s network listings and genres. TiVo’s SVP and General Manager of Content Services and Media Sales Tara Maitra added, “I’ve watched with great admiration as Hulu has built an impressive business by offering up some of the world’s greatest entertainment content on demand. As the world’s first smart DVR, TiVo Premiere brings the best entertainment from cable and the web together in one place, with one easy-to-use remote and simple search features for one truly Brilliant TV experience.” According to recent figures from Santa Monica, Calif.-based research firm Interpret, the number of people who said they streamed a TV program increased to 41 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010. The number of TV programs streamed per respondent reached nearly nine episodes in the last three months of 2010, up 37 percent from 6.41 programs streamed in 2009.
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