Hulu Plus Subscription Service , Canada Lags Far Behind

Canadians continue to have access to The Pirate Bay, though.

I'm sure CRTC is having fun trying to figure out how we can all get "Canadian Content" with Hulu or any other Hulu type service.  God save us all if it's going to go through Rogers or Bell or Telus or Shaw, they are all in the same bed.  We need more competition (big time competition) here in Canada.  CRTC can approve a porn network but can't push along new telecommunication mediums. God save us all.

"You would think that the Canadian market and competition being smaller than the US would enable a fast simple solution."It's the other way around. The less competition, the less innovation. Imagine Hulu coupled with Netflix streaming... You could get unlimited movie and tv show streams for like 30-35 a month!

I personally want answers from all the major outlets here in Canada along with the CRTC on the reason why it is that we don’t have this service. Many of the comedy shows that hit mainstream media in the US are populated with Canadian comedians.With websites like ABC, NBC, Hulu and more streaming their content over the internet on a demand basis, I can understand that Rogers, Shaw, Videotron, Bell and all the smaller less known content providers are scared however this seems to be an anti-trust issue. I am currently helping my fiancé move to Toronto from here in Montréal and I looked into getting Rogers cable hooked up along with the internet service. now I know for a fact that cable providers broadcast basic cable to every household that they provide a connection to save for those that have had the cable cut. Hence the reason that they cut cables. If the place that she is moving into did not have a previous negligent payer, installation would have been instant and I would have walked out with internet and tv for her but because they have to provide an installation, there is a fee.Back to what I was mentioning with the broadcasting content, if you have cable internet through one provider or another, they are also broadcasting you the basic cable package. When you pay for cable, the installation process involves them removing a 1.5in dongle that they have placed between their lines and your connection, usually in your building or apartment. So with that being said, the $39.99 that you pay for the absolute basic stations, that the majority of are provided free to them, is being sent to you regardless of paying for it and causes no more effort on their part at all (save for service calls obviously).If these companies would realize that if a content consumer, such as myself wants to watch the content, we are going to find a way, legal or otherwise. Their best bet is to provide higher quality content by means of, and this is only a suggestion, charge us more for internet, perhaps 70-90$ a month for high speed internet, and understand that it is no extra effort to provide basic cable with the same infrastructure (included in price), but allow the tv shows and networks to have their content shown online in Canada. Hell, if any of you cable providers tell me that for 100$, I can have 10-15mbps connection including basic cable and Hulu along with all the other streaming media will be opened up: I will sign up today. You can even have a contract out of me for 2 to 3 years (pending legal copy).

I hate hate hate the CRTC and being force fed Canadian content.... I could give a 'bird' about Canadian whatever....let me watch what I want to watch... make it part of a platform and I will sooooo vote for that party.... Komrade

There is a proxy-less workaround to watch Hulu in Canada: lifehacker.com/5583515/access-hulu-from-outside-the-us-without-a-proxy-server