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. Japan third Hulu Logo, used since 2021 Early 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". Three years later in 2014, the Japan counterpart of Hulu was acquired by Nippon TV and has since been operated as a separate service under the name Hulu Japan. In 2011, Hulu began its first and only overseas expansion by launching its service in Japan. In 2017, the company launched Hulu with Live TV-an over-the-top live TV service featuring linear television channels.Īs of January 1, 2023, Hulu has a total of 48 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 undelayed access to new episodes. 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. It was launched on Octoand 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 ( / 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 (1:2).
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