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<p>Richard Irving, an 18-year-old Microsoft veteran who most recently worked on the <a href="http://ift.tt/1MD4YvZ">Xbox One&#8217;s major dashboard interface overhaul</a>, has left the company to join streaming site Hulu.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://ift.tt/2a3QjMQ">According to Variety</a>, Irving will lead Hulu&#8217;s &quot;long-term product strategy.&quot; He joins the streaming platform ahead of its &quot;skinny bundle&quot; pay-TV rollout scheduled for 2017.</p>
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<p>Irving&#8217;s official title at Hulu is VP of product management. He&#8217;ll report to Hulu senior VP Ben Smith, a former Xbox manager who came in Hulu last fall.</p>
<p>&quot;Irving will be responsible for managing Hulu&#8217;s long-term product strategy, including establishing product team goals, aligning cross-team efforts, and fostering growth and innovation in all areas of product management for Hulu&#8217;s subscription VOD and livestreaming offerings,&quot; according to Variety.</p>
<p>Hulu&#8217;s &quot;skinny bundle&quot; TV subscription service, which was officially announced in May, will stream some cable and network shows live instead of sometime later. Go to GameSpot sister site <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ift.tt/1UzlJw9">CNET for a more detailed breakdown on what this is all about</a>.</p>
<p>According to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ift.tt/29XEvfS">Irving&#8217;s LinkedIn page</a>, he also worked on the<a href="http://ift.tt/18k9JSv"> Xbox 360</a>&#8216;s New Xbox Experience update, as well as Kinect. Perhaps more relevant to his new gig at Hulu, he also contributed to the Xbox One&#8217;s live TV efforts in his role at group program manager for incubation. In this position, he also worked on Microsoft&#8217;s augmented/virtual reality headset, HoloLens.</p>
<p>Live TV was a major point of focus for the Xbox One at its launch. More recently, however, Microsoft said it was <a href="http://ift.tt/2954Qdv">putting its plans for a live TV DVR service through Xbox One on hold</a>.</p>
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<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://ift.tt/29Siu1y">GameSpot</a></em></div>
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