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Hulu Launching iPhone Application? [Pretty please?]

Posted by Mavrik | Filed under Movies & TV, Tech

NBC’s Hulu may be launching an iPhone application, so you’ll be able to check out the service’s thousands of hours of programming on the go. How sweet it that!? According to unnamed sources, Hulu on iPhone will launch within a few months.

Both Hulu and Apple haven’t said anything, although this isn’t the first time the idea has been brought up. NBC Universal’s chief digital officer George Kliavkoff has said, “There wasn’t a lot of premium video being released [online] in a consumer-friendly way, so we decided to launch a joint venture and go down that path. I don’t know why we couldn’t do something similar for mobile.”

One issue that may be causing the delay is that fact that Apple’s iTunes could be seen as Hulu’s major competitor in bringing video content to people on their phones.

Apple has allowed video streaming apps from CBS’s TV.com and Joost, but has turned down the Slingplayer application (which is probably the most similar to Hulu) and Podcaster, so you have to figure Steve Jobs and company are carefully weighing the pros and cons of adding a huge program like Hulu to their platform.

Report: Hulu app coming to the iPhone soon [CNET]

UPDATE: George Kliavkoff was asked to resign a couple months ago so no way of knowing if the plans to continue a hulu app are a go still. Thanks Sol superior.

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Tags: Apple, Hulu, iPhone, iPod touch, Technology