Hulu's Hollywood overlords have forced the popular American web TV portal to block fans from watching streaming shows on television sets with Boxee.

Citing pressure from content providers, Hulu said the site's steaming shows will no longer be available through the free and open source media center platform. A joint ventures between media giants NBC and News Corp. - owners of the Fox TV network - the site is just a day removed from unceremoniously pulling its content from TV.com, calling the matter an issue of "contractual rights."

While Hulu has been rather curt about the TV.com content yanking, it sounds downright regretful about parting ways with Boxee. Hulu CEO Jason Kilar wrote in the company's blog that although the website never had a formal relationship with Boxee, the decision nevertheless "weighed heavily on the Hulu team."