Re:Hulu Plus Arrives on Apple TV
by rkudeshi on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @11:11AM
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This app has been purportedly ready for 10 months and was just waiting for the "politics" to be worked out between Apple and Hulu.[1]
Now that it's here, I wonder if the sticking point was Apple's cut of any new subscriptions. If you start a Hulu+ subscription from the Apple TV itself, it seems to be charged to your Apple account, instead of being billed by Hulu directly.
I wonder if that means Apple is getting a lifetime 30% cut, like they've recently started enforcing for iOS apps with subscriptions?
Now that it's here, I wonder if the sticking point was Apple's cut of any new subscriptions. If you start a Hulu+ subscription from the Apple TV itself, it seems to be charged to your Apple account, instead of being billed by Hulu directly.
I wonder if that means Apple is getting a lifetime 30% cut, like they've recently started enforcing for iOS apps with subscriptions?
[1] http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/31/hulu-plus-app-is-ready-for-app...