Hulu Breaks Up with Boxee

It looks like Hulu’s “evil plot to destroy the world” comes with a few caveats. Shortly after pulling their videos from CBS’ TV.com, Hulu has asked Boxee to be removed from their media center software.

This is a big blow to Boxee, many of whose users (yours truly included) became fans of the software because it provided and easy way to bring Hulu to the TV. And, in their commitment to keep everything legit, Boxee left Hulu’s ads intact.

Hulu CEO Jason Kilar wrote a blog post today entitled “Doing Hard Things” in which he acknologed that ” there is no immediate win here for users.”

“Our content providers requested that we turn off access to our content via the Boxee product, and we are respecting their wishes. While we stubbornly believe in this brave new world of media convergence — bumps and all — we are also steadfast in our belief that the best way to achieve our ambitious, never-ending mission of making media easier for users is to work hand in hand with content owners.”

Both Hulu and Boxee have said that they will continue to work with content providers to restore the service.  In the mean time, try SageTV or PlayOn.

Read Boxee’s blog post on the subject here.