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Hulu Announces Original Programming, Debuts ‘Battleground’

Hulu Announces Original Programming, Debuts ‘Battleground’

Hulu on Sunday launched the network’s first original TV series Battleground. The fictional show following a political campaign in Wisconsin and was produced by JD Walse, Haigai Shaham and 500 Days of Summer’s Marc Webb. The company is likely to […]

Hulu Revenue Soared To $420 Million In 2011

Hulu Revenue Soared To $420 Million In 2011

Hulu CEO Jason Kilar predicted in March 2011 that the company would earn half a billion dollars in revenue before the end of the year and while Hulu didn’t reach that goal the company still managed to pull in an […]

Video Ads Now Make Up 15% Of Viewed Online Video Content

Video Ads Now Make Up 15% Of Viewed Online Video Content

While watching your favorite clips on YouTube or your favorite TV series and movies on Hulu might make up a bulk of your online video views a new study by comScore shows that 15% of all videos viewed are actually […]

Charter Aggregates Amazon, Hulu, Netflix Content on Charter.net

Charter Aggregates Amazon, Hulu, Netflix Content on Charter.net

Charter Communications is taking three of the most popular streaming services- Amazon, Hulu and Netflix- and pulling them together to pool the content for subscribers on Charter.net. The mish-mash of content from the three services will increase the amount of […]

Hulu, CW Wrap 5-Year Deal to Stream Network’s Content

Hulu, CW Wrap 5-Year Deal to Stream Network’s Content

By year’s end, video streaming site Hulu will become the only service in the genre to carry content from emerging network CW, thanks to a five year deal signed by both parties. While many networks and content providers (like Disney) […]

Hulu Is No Longer For Sale, Company Decides On ‘Business As Usual’

Hulu Is No Longer For Sale, Company Decides On ‘Business As Usual’

After months of speculation and various billion dollar bids from the likes of Google, Amazon, Dish Network and Yahoo the owners of Hulu have decided not to sell the popular TV and movie streaming website. In a joint statement regarding […]

Yahoo Reportedly Loses Hulu Bidding As Google Hangs On

Yahoo Reportedly Loses Hulu Bidding As Google Hangs On

The bidding process for Hulu is slimming down and reports are now circulating that Yahoo, Inc. has dropped out of the process after placing a big in the vicinity of $1 billion to $2 billion. The Wall Street Journal revealed […]

Hulu, Netflix Battling Over ‘Arrested Development’?

Hulu, Netflix Battling Over ‘Arrested Development’?

Say what you want about the increase in popularity of streaming video content (if you’re a naysayer and hate the newfangled equipment, or the quality, or the selection), there are some places where the advent of the services brings the […]

Hulu Launches Ad Swap, Allows Users To Change Ads In Real-Time

Hulu Launches Ad Swap, Allows Users To Change Ads In Real-Time

Hulu on Tuesday announced a new “Ad Swap” program that allows users to swap out ads they are watching for a new ad if the current offering isn’t something they are interested in. The announcement comes after recent studies have […]

Dish Network Made Highest Hulu Bid at $1.9B

Dish Network Made Highest Hulu Bid at $1.9B

Discounting a reported $4 billion bid for Hulu that Larry Page flew down to make in person for Google, Dish Network reportedly put in the highest bid for the content streaming service at $1.9 billion. Although Hulu has a million […]

Hulu Now Has More Than 1 Million Paying Subscribers

Hulu Now Has More Than 1 Million Paying Subscribers

Hulu reached a major milestone on Thursday announcing that they have managed to pull in 1 million pay subscribers at a time when the site is currently up for sale to the highest bidder. The announcement comes ahead of schedule […]

Hulu Negotiations Could Be ‘Threatened’ by Single Touch Patent Filing

Hulu Negotiations Could Be ‘Threatened’ by Single Touch Patent Filing

Single Touch Systems, a mobile media company that holds 140 patents in the market, have sent “Letters of Notification” to streaming video companies including Netflix, Disney and Hulu claiming ownership of certain technologies used by the companies to stream media […]

Why buying Hulu would be nothing but a mug’s game

Why buying Hulu would be nothing but a mug’s game

As my colleague James Johnson here at Medacity has written about a few times here, Hulu is apparently up for sale to any company dumb enough to fork over the money, and lots of it, only to quite possibly end […]

Meet Hulu’s Expanded Advertising Options, Find Your Own Brand Experience

Meet Hulu’s Expanded Advertising Options, Find Your Own Brand Experience

Nearly 24 million people use Hulu every single month and those users account for more than 1 billion video ads across the company’s network and now Hulu is utilizing their large advertiser network to provide their visitors with more advertising […]