Whoo Hoo! I Have Hulu
One of my great frustrations when I moved from the US to Vancouver was not getting access to US websites as a US resident.
In some cases, like iTunes, I want to be seen as Canadian. (It costs less with the dollar plummeting.)
Being seen as a Canadian resident means losing access sites like to Hulu. Hulu can’t be watched in Canada as it’s network sensitive. The TV powers don’t want us watching it, so they’ve blacked it out.
Hulu has a lot of the top shows and HD programming – all for free. With a HDMI link from my Mac to my flatscreen, I can now watch all the shows I like, when I want. It’s almost like TIVO on demand.
I found a work-around called Hide My Ass. Hulu hasn’t blocked this proxy yet.
Happy Hulu’ing. Get it and then check out my favourite show (Not available in Canada):
February 4th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Hotspot Shield is good for few gigabytes of transfer a month not mentioning one can find using tricks like this “unethical”.
I really wish HULU would finally made its content legally available in Canada. In a meantime canadian broadcasters like CBC, CTV and Global are making their shows available for canadians online for free. Er, House, Desperate Housewives, Corner Gas, South Park and many others are already there.
http://diyfreetv.blogspot.com/2009/01/no-hulu-in-canada-no-problem.html
April 4th, 2009 at 10:19 am
hey! thanx loads! really appreciate the info
May 27th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
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October 10th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
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