The Hulu Plus app for Android has a new update, and the most noticeable change is that its player UI to closer match the one on its website and in iOS. It also brings features from those platforms like 10 second skip back and a preview thumbnail in the scrub bar. Hulu also claims it's rebuilt "for optimized awesomeness" with reduced buffering, better playback, and more device compatibility. … [Read more...]
Hulu Plus comes to Windows Phone today
May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It was six months ago that Hulu Plus made its official debut on Windows 8 PCs and tablets. Now, Windows Phone users are about to suffer a similar loss of productivity. The WP8 app will be available today as a free download, featuring unlimited streaming and Live Tile support -- provided you're willing to fork out the standard $ 8 monthly subscription, that is. In any case, it should be available … [Read more...]
Hulu: Paid subscriptions have doubled to four million in past year
April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Hulu's future ownership may be in question, but the video streaming site is apparently doing fairly brisk business on the paid subscription front. During an advertiser event this morning, the site announced that it has managed to double its Hulu Plus accounts in the past year, up to four million. The site's revenue also hit a record for the first quarter of the year, though Hulu's not giving out … [Read more...]
Reuters: Media exec Peter Chernin bid $500 million for Hulu
April 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Since the sun came up today it must mean that Hulu is up for sale, again. The latest extension to the sale rumors for the video streaming site is one from Reuters citing anonymous sources that indicates Peter Chernin, a former News Corp exec and Hulu board member has submitted a $ 500 million bid. There's no word on how big a stake he'd be interested in taking, but that's significantly lower than … [Read more...]
Hulu Possibly Up for Sale Again
March 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Hulu's board spent a good chunk of 2011 shopping the company around to potential buyers. In the end, the company gave up the effort, but evidently Hulu's investors have started to feel the itch to sell again. It sounds like the board is approaching a potential sale in much the same way they did last time, quietly talking to potential suitors to guage interest before going public with their … [Read more...]
Latest Hulu rumors suggest it could be up for sale, again
March 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
While viewers enjoy promotions like free Star Trek and Kurosawa, Hulu's owners are once again considering selling the video streaming site. The last bit of news was that News Corp and Disney were considering buying one another out, but according to Reuters, anonymous sources confirm that the board is reaching out to several potential buyers while it considers its options. Another possibility from … [Read more...]
Stop doing everything else, start watching free Star Trek all the time on Hulu
March 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
That's essentially the message Hulu's sending in making the entirety of the Star Trek series free for everyone, starting today through the end of March. That's not just Shatner-era Star Trek, but literally all of it: the Original Series, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise. Normally this bountiful selection of space operatics would only be available for Hulu Plus paid … [Read more...]
Hulu Plus on Apple TV redesigned with simplicity and easy discovery features in mind
March 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It's not often that we see those services present on the Apple TV get tweaked, but today Hulu announced its Plus offering has been on the receiving end of a major design overhaul. Clearly taking a cue from Cupertino's own iTunes app on the tiny media box, the Hulu Plus redesign makes perfect use of a top navigation bar, which, as pictured above, lists familiar entries like TV, Movies, Kids, … [Read more...]
Hulu taps Andy Forssell as next CEO following Jason Kilar’s departure
March 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
We've known since early January that Hulu CEO Jason Kilar will step down sometime in the first quarter, and now that we're well into March, the streaming service has additional news. Writing on the Hulu blog, Kilar said that when he departs "at the end of this quarter," senior vice president of content Andy Forssell will assume the role of CEO. In addition to praising Forssell's efforts in … [Read more...]
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