Jason Kilar was named Hulu CEO in late 2007. Hulu was announced in March 2007 with AOL, NBC Universal (then co-owned by General Electric and Vivendi), MSN, Myspace, and Yahoo! planned as "initial distribution partners". Individuals who were instrumental in the founding of Hulu include Bruce Campbell, Peter Chernin, JB Perrette, Mike Lang, Beth Comstock, George Kliavkoff, Darren Feher, and Jason Kilar. History įourth logo, used since NovemEarly years (2007–2010) And so when we were launching Hulu, we thought, "what a great name that is." And it had this great sort of symbolism of the holder of precious things, which is the holder of premium content. Jason Kilar, who served as CEO of Hulu, said the name comes from a Chinese proverb: The name Hulu comes from two Mandarin Chinese characters, húlu ( 葫芦/ 葫蘆), " calabash bottle gourd", and hùlù ( 互录/ 互錄), "interactive recording". However, in 2014, Hulu Japan was spun off and acquired by Nippon TV. In 2011, Hulu launched its services in Japan, marking its first and only international expansion. In 2017, the company launched Hulu with Live TV-an over-the-top live TV service featuring broadcast programing channels.Īs of April 1, 2023, Hulu has a total of 48.2 million subscribers in United States. In 2010, Hulu launched a subscription service, initially branded as "Hulu Plus", which featured full seasons of programs from the companies and other partners, and un-delayed access to new episodes. Hulu was initially established as a joint venture between News Corporation and NBC Universal, Providence Equity, and later The Walt Disney Company, serving as an aggregation of recent episodes of television series from their respective television broadcasting.
It was launched on October 29, 2007, and offers a library of films and television series from studios including 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, Disney Television Studios, ABC, Freeform, and FX Networks among others, as well as Hulu original programming. Hulu ( / ˈ h uː l uː/) is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast's NBCUniversal holding a minority stake that is pending sale to Disney which would make Hulu into a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney. Comcast (through NBCUniversal) (33%) (until 2024 sale to Disney pending)Ĥ8.2 million (as of April 1, 2023 ).
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