Problems With Hulu Live TV app on Apple TV

That was the most excellent, detailed, articulate, comprehensive and clear description of a problem I have ever read on any forum in the history of the world. Seriously.

I love the first paragraph especially. “No people… it’s NOT x, y, z… etc.”

I have all of the exact same problems as described. I have the same equipment you have.

I’ll add 1 additional problem. The Hulu app crashes CONSTANTLY. For me, the remedy of scrubbing live tv backward 15 seconds works maybe 50% of the time. The other 50% of the time it crashes the app, which results in the “QR Code of Death” b**l s**t. Then the Hulu app must be quit and rebooted and re-navigated to live tv because Hulu has no ability to remember any default settings.

Hulu app is 100% the problem. It’s pure garbage.

It’s as if no one at Hulu has ever even used their own app. They’ve definitely never tested it. All of these Hulu issues you describe have been ongoing for at least a year. The problem you describe with the DVR has been going on for the past 4 years since I first got Hulu.

Using Hulu is like using computer operating systems in the 90’s. It’s a constant effort just to keep the thing from crashing or to have the most basic feature actually work properly.

Remember the 90’s when computers would constantly freeze or crash and the only support solution would be… “have you tried rebooting?” That is the Hulu experience.

Insult to injury… Hulu refuses to acknowledge that all the problems you articulated so well are 100% a result of Hulu.

Not AppleTV.

Not my WiFi (Gigabyte optical)

Not TVOS.

Not the HDMI port or cable.

Not the ridiculously over priced ($350 each) HomePods.

This is 100% on the doorstep of Hulu engineering incompetence. I was forgiving 4 / 5 years ago. But now Hulu has Disney money and technological access. Hulu doesn’t get a “pass” any longer for being “new”. Hulu is Disney owned. No excuses Disney. Stop jacking up prices and FIX YOUR S**T Hulu APP.

In the past 4 years Hulu prices have gone up 300% (price increases every 6-8 months) The usability of the app is pathetically poor. The features don’t work properly. Full of glitches and bugs. And the app reliability is in the toilet.

“Cord cutting” and dumping cable companies like Comcast (evil, hateful, price gouging, s**t company) in favor of streaming and selecting apps a la carte, is still an unfulfilled hopeful promise.

Hulu now charges as much as the worst cable companies used to charge, but the Hulu functionality and reliability and UX are worse than cable ever was.

Trouble is, the live tv alternatives like Sling and YouTube TV are even worse.

Thank you for describing the issues so well. But don’t waste your time troubleshooting with Apple. It’s not Apple. It’s Disney / Hulu.

Has anyone successfully used Airplay to send the Hulu Live TV app from an iPhone, iPad or Mac to a TV connected to an Apple TV device?

I am a frustrated Spectrum TV app user who has trouble casting from my iphone, iPad and MacBook to my TV via Airplay and my 2nd generation Apple TV box. Every other streaming service app works fine when I cast from my devices, ie ESPN+, Disney+, Hulu, Peacock, Max. Only Spectrum TV can't do this.

Thus I am looking for alternatives to Spectrum TV app that offers live TV channels and networks like CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC, NBC, CBS, local TV programs and news, etc.

I am trying to avoid the cost of buying a new Apple TV box where this thread is showing problems with it running apps as well.

Thank you in advance for any advice given.

Just curious - any reason you don’t just install the Spectrum Mobile App on Apple TV? I had Spectrum prior to switching to HuluTV and then now to YTTV and it worked great on AppleTV. I didn’t want Spectrum Internet anymore and their stupid app doesn’t give you all channels when on anyone else’s internet.

My Apple TV box is an old model that doesn’t support apps such as the Hulu TV app. I just want to install streaming apps on my iPhone, iPad or Mac and have them play on my TV via AirPlay.

Spectrum is the only streaming app that doesn’t work. So I need to find a replacement that has live network and local TV. Two candidates look like they have what I’m looking for: Hulu Live TV and YouTube TV. So I’m trying to see if they have any issues when cast via AirPlay to my old Apple TV connected TV.

Yes. My Apple TV is an older HD model, but it did recently update to the current tvOS. My TV is a 10+ yr old Sony HD so has no native apps of any value. I stream Hulu via the app most of time but when I have issues I cast my iPad playing Hulu or ESPN+ to the Apple TV. We were living in an Airbnb before the house was ready and they had this sling tv on a Roku and we only got 3 local tv stations and no sports. So I hooked up my Apple TV and streamed almost everything from my iPad which still had my directv login working. When that ended, I signed up for Hulu+live since it has the best overall line up.

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Also. I have used other apps on my iPad like Disney+. ABC, NBC, History, etc to stream to the appleTV and just use Hulu as my tv provider in my iPad settings or when an app asks for tv provider, haven’t had any problems going that way as well.

Please tell me this will be resolved. It drives me crazy and correct, it doesn’t do this on any device and I also have a Roku in another room where it works perfectly.

Same complaints for years; Hulu seems committed to never fixing the Apple TV Hulu app.

I have seen a couple of comments that YouTube TV is worse. I switched off Hulu Live for all the same reasons expressed here and have had zero issues. I think it’s great.

To confirm my understanding, you are able to watch Hulu live TV app run from an iPhone or iPad cast via AirPlay to your Apple TV connected TV? If yes, this will solve my problem. Thank you!

Yes. You can try Hulu+live for 30 days free I believe.

I responded to your post as it’s the most recent. My issues are similar, spinning wheel of death freeze ups, programming will not start. Switch to Hulu app on Samsung TV and it’s fine.