Have you ever wondered why its still pretty difficult to watch Hulu or other streaming tv shows on your big screen tv? Could it be that the big media companies want to keep the two seperate on purpose? The Big Media companies are desperately trying to protect their antiquated business model by purposefully blocking and holding back the new internet tv technology.

Of course the people to suffer from this restriction is the poor viewer. But its a building tidal wave that can only be held back for so long. Hulu have made sure set-top boxes such as Roku cannot stream its content on your big screen tv. And trying to get your pc broadcasting on the tv is not the easiest thing in the world. But why? Because the big networks are making it as difficult as possible for you.

So what exactly is the problem? It seems that the networks are terrified of losing their advertising revenue when viewers move to the internet, but the internet is also where the pirated and free to watch content can be found.

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