Hulu, HBO Working With Google to Add Streaming to Chromecast - Bloomberg

Hulu LLC, the TV streaming company owned by major media companies, and Time Warner Inc.'s HBO said they're working with Google (GOOG) Inc. to add their paid-subscription services to the company's new Chromecast device. Google introduced Chromecast, a small $35 dongle that plugs into a TV's HDMI input, last month to allow customers watch and control online videos without a remote control using Wi-Fi. It works with devices using Google's Android operating system as well as Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Apple TV and Roku, which also connect to the Internet and stream content, already show paid streaming services such as Hulu and Netflix Inc. (NFLX) "We are actively working with Google to bring Hulu Plus to the platform," Los Angeles-based Hulu said today in an e-mailed statement. Time Warner Inc.'s HBO is in talks with Google to add HBO Go to Chromecast, according to an e-mailed statement from the company today. Google, owner of the world's most popular search engine, rose 1.8 percent to $903.29 at 3:47 p.m. New York time. Time Warner added 1.5 percent to $63.17. Hulu Plus, which had 4 million paid subscribers at the end of the first quarter and charges $8 a month, is owned by Walt Disney Co. (DIS), Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox Inc. and Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)'s NBCUniversal. To contact the reporter on this story: Andy Fixmer in Los Angeles at afixmer@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Anthony Palazzo at apalazzo@bloomberg.net via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEDG7J0_VLXgm9K6JjIpfdjaI2IwA&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-01/hulu-working-with-google-to-add-streaming-service-to-chromecast.html

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