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1. Hulu

   Hulu () is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast's NBCUniversal holding a minority stake (1:2). It was launched on October 29, 2007 and it 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 was initially established as a joint venture between News Corporation and NBC Universal, Providence Equity Partners, and later The Walt Disney Company, serving as an aggregation of recent episodes of television series from their respective television networks. 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 undelayed access to new episodes. In 2017, the company launched Hulu with Live TV—an over-the-top live TV service featuring linear television channels. As of October 1, 2022, Hulu has a total of 47.2 million subscribers.

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1. HULU

   Hulu is a popular streaming platform that offers on-demand video streaming services, allowing users to watch a wide range of TV shows, movies, and original content through an internet-enabled device. It provides a subscription-based model with different plans offering various features and ad-supported or ad-free viewing options.

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1. Hulu

   Hulu's ambitious and never-ending mission is to help you find and enjoy the world's premium content when, where and how you want it. We hope to provide you with the web's most comprehensive selection of premium programming across all genres and formats – television shows, feature films, clips, and more. At Hulu, you'll find a vast selection of premium programming across all genres and content types including hit shows, movies, clips and more. Hulu offers current primetime shows like The Office, Prison Break, Bionic Woman, House and Bones, and episodes from TV classics like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Miami Vice, Arrested Development and more. We've also partnered with premier content owners like E! Entertainment, FUEL TV, SciFi Network and USA Networks to add to our growing collection of premium programming.

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1. hulu

   Founded in March 2007, Hulu is operated independently by a dedicated management team with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Seattle and Beijing. NBC Universal, News Corporation, as of April 2009, Disney, Providence Equity Partners and the Hulu team share in the ownership stake of the company.Hulu is an online video service that offers a selection of hit shows, clips, movies and more at Hulu.com, numerous destination sites online, and through the ad-supported subscription service, Hulu Plus. Hulu brings together a selection of videos from over 260 content companies, including FOX, NBCUniversal, ABC, Criterion, A&E Networks, Lionsgate, Endemol, MGM, MTV Networks, Comedy Central, National Geographic, Digital Rights Group, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., TED, etc. Hulu also offers a wide array of acclaimed movies and documentaries.The site focuses exclusively on professional video content and does not take on YouTube directly as a viral video destination. Hulu videos are played in their own embeddable branded player. Content from at least a dozen TV networks and two major film studios is promised. Initial distribution partners include AOL, Comcast, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo.Jason Kilar, Hulu’s former CEO, explains the meaning of Hulu’s name, “Objectively, Hulu is short, easy to spell, easy to pronounce, and rhymes with itself. Subjectively, Hulu strikes us as an inherently fun name, one that captures the spirit of the service we’re building.” However, some aren’t so sure it was the wisest name to pick.In September 2007 that Hulu acquired Bejing-based startup Mojiti and used its platform for the basis of the product.Hulu gives advertisers an opportunity to associate their brands with its online video content. And, through the Hulu Plus subscription service, advertisers can extend their reach to the users of Hulu Plus enabled devices on market today.

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1. HULU

   What does HULU stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HULU acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

How to pronounce hulu?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say hulu in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hulu in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hulu in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of hulu in a Sentence

1. Matt Roush:

   There's something subversive about 'The Simpsons,' but there's a lot of love in the spirit of the show, 'Family Guy' has more shock value to it and that works for Hulu because that's Disney's service for edgier content.

2. Chief Executive Dave Shull:

   News should be personalized for you, hyper-local, and on-demand just like your favorite shows on Netflix or Hulu, you shouldn't have to wait for the local news to come on at 11 p.m.

3. Michael Timmermann:

   A lot more people are planning their binge watching to save money, they watch Netflix for two months then put it on pause, then go to HBO Max to catch up on movies, then a couple months later switch to Hulu.

4. Andrew Hare:

   I'm not sure Does Quibi have much historic evidence that a younger demo is willing to pay much for short-form mobile video, consumers are looking at their budgets closer than ever. Many are paying for pay TV, HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Spotify and more already... It's really going to need to prove extraordinary value to consumers to drive subscription scale.

5. Scott Donaton:

   It's a newer thing for Hulu.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulu
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hulu
4. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hulu