How They’re Blocking Google TV

Hulu, NBC and other content providers are blocking Google TV devices by checking against Flash version IDs. Lawyer fun in 3, 2, 1..

Both Flash players are at functional level 10.1, further suggesting that the blocking of GTV is not motivated by a lack of technical playback capabilities. We can demonstrate that Flash playback is involved by calling up the standard Flash settings dialogue on the PC.

Unlike the browser client information, the GTV Flash player ID data cannot be reasonably altered by users to bypass Google TV blockades.

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