HULU :

FOUNDED: 29 October 2007

FOUNDERS: Jason Kilar, Beth Comstock

REVENUE: $4.4 billion (2020)

USERS: 39 Million Subscribers (2020)

The name Hulu comes from two Mandarin Chinese words, húlu (葫芦/葫蘆), “calabash; bottle gourd”, and hùlù (互录/互錄), “interactive recording”. Jason Kilar, who served as CEO of Hulu, said the name comes from a Chinese proverb.

Hulu (stylized in all lowercase as hulu) is an American subscription video on demand service fully controlled and majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company. Hulu along with Disney+ and ESPN+ are the three main Disney streaming platforms in the United States.

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 became the first streaming service to add “Plus” to its name when it 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 IPTV service featuring linear television channels. Time Warner (now WarnerMedia) later held a stake in the service. As of the second quarter of 2021, Hulu had 41.6 million subscribers.

APOLLO 11, the success of NASA has been video taped and made a movie with that video visuals. This movie can be watched in hulu.

Hulu original series The Handmaid’s Tale won two awards at the 33rd annual Television Critics Association Awards for Program of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Drama. At the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, Hulu earned a total of eight awards for the series and became the first streaming service to win Outstanding Drama Series. The Handmaid’s Tale also received Emmys for Outstanding Directing, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Cinematography and Outstanding Production Design. Elisabeth Moss won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress, and Ann Dowd the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress. At the 75th Golden Globe Awards The Handmaid’s Tale took home two awards, Best TV Drama and Best Actress in a Drama TV Series (Elisabeth Moss).