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Is Hulu coming to Microsoft’s Xbox Live online service?

Rumors are floating that Hulu’s video service, which carries clips from the ABC, CBS, and NBC broadcast networks which own stakes in the company, will debut on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video-game consoles as one more option on the Xbox Live online entertainment service.

Gear Live has reported that it has seen a version of the Xbox 360 dashboard with Hulu as one of the options for streaming video. Microsoft will reportedly announce the option as part of its press conference at the E3 trade show in mid-June. Microsoft has declined comment on the rumor, and we have not independently confirmed it. Microsoft already has other video options such as Netflix and its own downloadable movies.

If it’s true, it shows that Microsoft has been able to continually update the Xbox 360’s connected services over time in its attempt to stay ahead of the PlayStation 3 from Sony.

[Illustration: Engadget]

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.