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Oct 19
2010
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Fox content is currently unavailable on Hulu for Cablevision customers pending resolution of a carrier dispute between News Corp and Cablevision. News Corp is demanding about $150 million to air their content to Cablevision subscribers, and has also barred Cablevision’s broadband internet subscribers from viewing the content on Hulu. Carrier disputes among media companies are not uncommon, but blocking certain ISP customers from viewing content on Hulu is unorthodox. Hulu is already unavailable in most of the world because of licensing requirements but Americans have always been able to enjoy whatever content they want. Is this a sign of more restrictive and expensive times to come, where each ISP is required to pay licensing fees to media giants in order to be allowed to display content? Of that I am not certain, but Cablevision subscribers can thwart this ban on content by using a proxy service such as lockfox which will make it appear as though they are coming from somewhere else.

Fox blackout on Hulu for Cablevision customers


