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Hulu, LLC (/ˈhuːluː/, HOO-loo) is an American subscription streaming media service owned by Disney Streaming, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment segment of the Walt Disney Company.
It was launched on October 29, 2007, initially as a joint venture between News Corporation (later 21st Century Fox) and NBC Universal (later bought by Comcast). Many companies like AT&T’s WarnerMedia, Providence Equity, and The Walt Disney Company bought stakes in the service. Hulu served as an aggregation of recent episodes of television series from the respective television broadcasting by its owners. 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. In 2017, the company launched Hulu with Live TV—an over-the-top streaming television service offering access to broadcast television channels.
In 2011, Hulu launched its services in Japan, marking its first and only international expansion. Three years later in 2014, Hulu Japan was acquired by Nippon TV and spun off from its American counterpart.[2] Since February 2021, Hulu’s original content has since been distributed outside of the U.S. via Disney+ under the Star brand. In 2019, Disney acquired Fox’s stake in Hulu as part of its acquisition or 21st Century Fox, gaining a majority stake in the service, and subsequently acquired the remaining stakes held by AT&T and Comcast in 2019 and 2023, respectively, giving it full ownership. After the acquisition, Disney soft launched an integration of Hulu into Disney+ as a content hub in December 2023, allowing subscribers of both services to access Hulu content from within the Disney+ app. Hulu is one of Disney’s 3 flagship streaming services, alongside Disney+ and ESPN+.
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The name Hulu comes from two Mandarin Chinese phrases, húlu (葫芦; 葫蘆; “calabash, bottle gourd”) and hùlù (互录; 互錄; “interactive recording”).[3]
Jason Kilar, who served as CEO of Hulu, said the name comes from a Chinese proverb:
Hulu is Mandarin for gourd. 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. So that’s why we named it Hulu.[4]
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Early years (2007–2010)
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Individuals who were instrumental[vague] in the founding of Hulu include Bruce Campbell,[5] Peter Chernin,[6] JB Perrette,[7] Mike Lang,[8] Beth Comstock, George Kliavkoff, Darren Feher, and Jason Kilar. Rus Yusupov, the lead designer on Hulu’s original design team, played a key role in shaping the platform’s initial interface and user experience.[9] Hulu was announced in March 2007 with AOL, NBCUniversal (then co-owned by General Electric and Vivendi), MSN, Myspace (then owned by News Corporation), and Yahoo! planned as “initial distribution partners.” Jason Kilar was named Hulu CEO in late 2007.[10][11] NBC shut down its earlier online video effort NBBC in order to focus on Hulu.[12]
The name Hulu was chosen in late August 2007, when the website went live with an announcement only and no content. It invited users to leave their email addresses for the upcoming beta test.[13] In October 2007, Hulu began the private beta testing by invitation, and later allowed users to invite friends.[14] Hulu launched for public access in the United States on March 12, 2008.[15]
Hulu began an advertising campaign during NBC’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII with an initial ad starring Alec Baldwin titled “Alec in Huluwood.”[16] Advertisements have since aired featuring Eliza Dushku, Seth MacFarlane, Denis Leary, and Will Arnett.[citation needed]
In July 2007, Providence Equity, the owner of Newport Television, became one of the earliest “outside” investors by purchasing a 10 percent stake in the company for US$100 million equity investment,[17] before the company was known as “Hulu.”[18] With its investment came a seat on the board of directors, where Providence was said to act as an “independent voice on the board.”[18] In April 2009, The Walt Disney Company joined the Hulu consortium as a stakeholder, with plans to offer content from ABC, ESPN and Disney Channel.[19][20][21][22]