Hulu to stream Austin City Limits live on Facebook

This weekend, starting Friday at 10:30 a.m. PDT, Hulu will be live-streaming the Austin City Limits music festival. Hulu will be using its Watch Now application on Facebook, which has a live events box integrated so that users can discuss the concert as they watch.

(Credit: Hulu)

You can see the schedule of acts on the Facebook application page for the live-stream. Unfortunately, the stream features only a fraction of the acts that are playing the festival. In fact, some of the biggest acts, including Kings of Leon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dave Matthews Band, and Pearl Jam are missing from the live-stream lineup. Luckily, we still get to check out some great acts like Thievery Corporation, The Decemberists, Ben Harper, and The Dead Weather. There's no real indication of how the selection was made and I'm certainly grateful that we are getting a stream at all, but I can't help but wish that the full compliment of acts would be available for streaming.

[bsmithtwz]

Would be great to see all of the acts but this is a good start. Hopefully the weather will cooperate as there's a high chance of rain this weekend.

[blastjacket]

There is still resistance by a number of artists to participate because of their belief the negative of a potential bad performance far outweighs any positives that may result.

[harrisonh1]

It's promotion though. The potential for a bad performance doesn't stop people from performing on Conan or SNL. I would have to think that it has something to do with royalties or licensing rights for the music. I haven't looked into the specifics yet, but just wanted to express my disappointment at not being able to see some of these bands.