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Question about Hulu Live before I go back to no ad plan

I bumped up my no ad service and started a week trial of Hulu Live without ads and I am a bit disappointed in a few things. I was thinking of dropping DirectvNow (still on the grandfathered Go Big plan). I do not mind losing a few channels but there are a few things I find a bit annoying so far. I am hoping to get a confirmation or work around before I revert back to my $11.99 plan. (I'm not complaining. I am looking for answers.)

  1. If I miss a recording and go to the shows page to watch the stream I still get ads even though I am on the Hulu ad free service. I know I will get them during live TV but thought they would not be there for delayed streaming (FX show). The silly thing is, I can watch the same thing recorded on DirectvNow and fast forward through the ads. :/

  2. My granddaughter wants to watch the latest episode of Raven's Home and we did not record it. I can go to the show page on DirectvNow and the latest episode is there. If I go to the shows page on Hulu it is not. I find that crazy since Disney has so much ownership in Hulu.

Am I missing something? Would I have to rely more heavily on the DVR if I go through with the switch?

Thanks for any input.

Posted Sep 23, 2018, 10:59 PM UTC

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nightowl911•

The ad free option is only for standard Hulu content, not the content from Hulu Live. For example, anything from CBS network will still have commercials.

It’s odd that the Disney channel show wasn’t in the Hulu live but is in DTVNow. My experience with DTVNow was that it took weeks for their on demand content to get updated. Been much happier with Hulu since I switched over a few months ago.

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NobodyByChoice•

First step, verify that you still have the ad-free option. There was a similar post recently where someone had the ad-free option, moved to a live plan, (knowingly) did not include the ad-free option in the switch, and then couldn't understand why they were getting ads.

  1. Hulu Live does not eliminate ads from live TV or recordings of live TV.

  2. Different TV providers, different access rights. Keep in mind that Disney's gameplan is to begin their own streaming service.

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reinkingOP•

Thanks. I did verify that I am still on the no ad version. I also found a workaround, at least when it comes to Disney shows, if I miss a recording. They have the show available on the Disney Now app.

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sasky_81•

I had the same thing happen to me with The Good Place episodes. I got ads, even with confirmed ad free service. It's one of the reasons I switched to Sling.

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