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Hulu Plus Added to Sony Bravia TVs, Available Without Invite

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Hulu Plus has been added to Sony Bravia 2010 TVs, and the subscription-based video service is now available without an invitation, Hulu announced Thursday.

Additional Bravia devices will get Hulu Plus in the near future, Hulu said in a blog post. In the next week, Hulu will also roll out the ability to download Hulu Plus to all PS3 owners with a PlayStation Network account. This will coincide with a PS3 app update that incorporates some feedback about Hulu Plus, Hulu said.

When Hulu Plus made its debut in June, those interested in signing up had to request an invite from the company. That is no longer the case, and anyone who wants to sign up can do so on hulu.com/plus. "As we scale our infrastructure throughout the preview period, we want to open the service to a larger subscriber base," wrote Rob Wong, director of product at Hulu.

For $9.99 per month, Hulu Plus provides full-season access to TV shows on Hulu; free access is still available on Hulu.com for recent episodes. Hulu Plus is available on the PC, but also on Apple's iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and third-generation iPod touch, Samsung TVs and Blu-ray players, and now Sony TVs and Sony's PS3. Support for Vizio TVs and Blu-ray players, Microsoft's Xbox 360, the Roku box, and TiVo Premiere are expected soon.

In recent weeks, Hulu said it has added several new TV shows to Hulu Plus, including "Raising Hope," "No Ordinary Family," and "The Event," as well as back seasons of "Monk," "Psych," and "Battlestar Galactica."

For more details, see PCMag's full review of Hulu Plus and Hulu Plus for iPhone.

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