Hulu Also Lose Rights To Stream Doctor Who
From
Gryphon@1:2320/100 to
All on Thu Feb 25 19:46:47 2016
For Dallas and Paul,
Here's an article from an Doctor Who Online.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hulu Also Lose Rights To Stream Doctor Who
27 January 2016
Following on from yesterday's confirmation that Netflix will no longer
have the rights to stream Doctor Who episodes from 1st February 2016,
Hulu have now also confirmed to DWO that they too will no longer have
the rights.
Earlier today we asked Hulu, via Twitter, if the recent rumours
regarding them losing the rights were in fact true:
@jsb1980 @netflix rumours are that @Hulu are also discontinuing
their #DoctorWho library - hope they are just rumours. What say you,
@Hulu?
-- Doctor Who Online (@DrWhoOnline) January 27, 2016
To which Hulu responded:
@DrWhoOnline We didn't drop #DoctorWho. We just no longer have the
rights to stream it and are lacking a TARDIS to remedy the
situation. :(
-- hulu (@hulu) January 27, 2016
We then asked if there was any way around the issue, and once again got
a reply:
@DrWhoOnline Unfortunately, not right now, but we're always striving
to license shows our viewers (Whovian or otherwise) want to see.
-- hulu (@hulu) January 27, 2016
Speculation is that the BBC are pulling streaming rights to give more
focus to their own BBC Store service, but this has yet to be officially
confirmed.
UPDATE - 28th January 2016
In a recent article on Decider.com, the BBC stated: "We hope to
announce a new digital partner for Doctor Who shortly". Whether this
means the re-inking of a deal with Netflix or Hulu, or their own
stateside streaming service, is yet to be confirmed.
+ Follow @DrWhoOnline on Twitter!
[Sources: DWO; Hulu]
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A4 (Raspberry Pi)
# Origin: "I will always remember when The Doctor was me." (0:0/0)
* Origin: LiveWire BBS - Synchronet - LiveWireBBS.com (1:2320/100)