Is Hulu really coming to the iPhone?

Rumors have been swirling around that a Hulu app will soon make its place in the App Store. I myself first heard the report from CNet that the app is in the making and will be here in just a few months. I felt this a good thing to post on the blog later so I did a quick check on that post and i seen they had added an update quoting one of the workers from Hulu saying that they do not have plans to build an iPhone application. So I put off the blog post since it was obliviously just a rumor. I later was talking with a friend I mentioned how nice it would be to have a Hulu app on the iPhone so I went back to the blog post to give him so he could check it out. But I noticed they had removed the quote from the person at Hulu.

This could mean a few things. 1. Hulu asked them to remove the quote. 2. They removed it so people will talk and get more publicity. 3. They actually didn’t speak with someone at Hulu.

So will we see a Hulu application coming to the iPhone? I think not, let me elaborate on this…

If you are a user of the wonderful application Boxee you will know that Hulu asked them to be removed from they’re streaming sources because of issues with Hulu’s advertisers not being happy with it. This made Boxee users furious and puzzled at the same time. The reason being the adverts that display durring the videos still show when streaming Hulu video through Boxee but they didn’t want it. So anyways it ended up Hulu told them they had to remove it. So I am thinking if Hulu’s advertisers doesn’t want people streaming content through Boxee on your Apple TV or Mac, why would the advertisers be happy with streaming to the iPhone? Just something I thought I would mention.

What do you guys think? Will a Hulu app be coming to the iPhone? Do you care if it does or doesn’t? We’d like to hear your input! Leave a comment or video comment, with our new seasmic plugin, and let us know what you think.

In my opinion iMobileCinema should update to make Hulu videos stream on the iPhone.