About Hulu

About Hulu Company

Hulu is the American leading premium streaming service offering live and on-demand TV shows with and without commercial ads, both in and outside your house. Hulu was founded by Jason Kilar and Beth Comstock on 29th October 2007. Hulu’s headquarters is in Los Angeles, California, United States. Hulu is owned by The Walt Disney Company.

As per the second quarter of 2021, it is reported that Hulu has about 41.6 million paid subscribers, 70000 Plus TV episodes and movies, 75 Plus live channels and its offices across the US and Beijing.

Hulu is parented by The Walt Disney Company & Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution. Subsidiaries of Hulu are Universal Television, CBS Media Ventures, Fox Sports and Sony pictures.

History of Hulu

Hulu has covered a very long way since its launch in 2007. Following is the history chart of Hulu, lets check about Hulu.

2007 – Hulu was established as the joint venture between News Corporation and NBC universal and later on providence equity partners and the Walt Disney Company.

2008 – Hulu.com was launched and television was brought to the customers in the free ad supported environment.

2009 – Hulu’s first super bowl ad was aired. In the iconic commercial, Alec Baldwin talks about Hulu’s TV offerings as “an evil plot to destroy the world” .

2010 – Hulu launched its subscription service and Hulu Plus. The subscription service gave customers access to full series of some of their favorite shows and marked the first time the service was available on many platforms.

2011 – Hulu is the first streaming service to launch original content with its first original, ‘A day in the life’. In September, Hulu completed its 1 million subscribers.

2015 –  Showtime becomes the first premium network add-on offered on Hulu and today Kullu offers Showtime, Cinemax, Starz and HBO add-ons. Hulu gives more choices to its subscribers and launches a  commercial free plan.

2016 – Hulu completed its 12 million subscribers.

2017 – Hulu goes live with Live TV. The introduction of live TV makes Hulu the only streaming service to offer customers live channels plus an on-demand library all in one place. Hulu became the first streaming service to take home the “Outstanding Drama Series”  Emmy award with The Handmaid’s Tale.

2018 – Hulu celebrates its 10 years. March 10th marks 10 years since Hulu’s public launch.

2019 – The Walt Disney company takes full operational control over Hulu.

About Hulu Services

Hulu allows you to watch movies, TV shows, series and Hulu originals. Whether you want to watch new TV shows or watch again your favorite TV series or want to discover and browse new movies, Hulu is everything you will need. Users  can explore and watch movies and can even stream TV shows and series. A user can watch 10,000 hours of movies and TV shows without any interruption. Hulu offers its content in only two languages : English and Spanish. Hulu is available only in the United States and Japan.

Hulu offers four subscription plans–

Hulu –  Users can make a payment of $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year to buy this plan. In this plan, users can explore and browse TV shows and watch movies and more in the huge streaming TV library. Users can watch thousands of TV shows and series. This plan contains commercial ads.

Hulu (no ads) – Users can make a payment of $11.99 per month to buy this plan. This plan is similar to Hulu’s plan but it gives you  add free experience except for some shows and users can even download from thousands of titles to watch offline.

Hulu Plus live TV – Users can make a payment of $64 point 99 per month to buy this plan. Users can watch live TV from 75 plus channels, including live news, sports, movies and much more. Plus, users also get unlimited access to the entire Hulu streaming library through this ad supported plan.

Hulu Plus live TV (no ads) – Users can make a payment of $70.99 per month to buy this plan. This plan is similar to Hulu’s Plus Live TV plan but it gives you a free experience except for some shows and you can watch movies, TV shows, series or live TV’s without any interruption.

Users can also buy channels on Hulu like –

• HBO Max for $14.99 per month
• Cinemax for $9.99 per month
• Show time for $10.99 per month
• Starz for $8.99 per month

Users can also buy some addons with Live TV –

• Unlimited screen add ons for $9.99 for month
• Enhanced cloud DVR add ons for $9.99 per month
• Both of them for $14.99 per month

Users can also by network addons too –

• Español (English) add on for $4.99 per month
• Entertainment add on for $7.99 per month

Hulu also offers subscription bundles with some of the other networks like Disney Plus, ESPN Plus, Spotify and Sprint.

About Hulu Benefits

Read about Hulu benefits below and know why you need to use this entertaining website.

1. Users can stream any movies, TV shows, series and on any device including smartphones, Xbox, Apple TV, tablets and laptops.
2. Hulu also provides its own original content which is very interesting. Users can find some good movies, TV shows and documentaries distributed by Hulu only.
3. Hulu offers many subscription plans which are available at affordable prices. Also, Hulu offers a 30 days free trial.
4. Hulu also streams live TV and on demand channels. In the 30 days free trial, users get a free live TV for 7 days.
5. There are many ways in which users can pay for Hulu subscriptions which are US based debit or credit cards like American Express, Visa MasterCard and Discover.
6. Digital methods like PayPal and Venmo can be used to pay for Hulu’s subscription.