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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Hulu announced today that it has inked a multi-year license deal with CBS , to add library content from the network to Hulu Plus.

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JANUARY 7, 2011

Los Angeles-based Hulu said last night that its Hulu Plus service is headed to Android mobile phones, and also to Vizio's HDTV platform. According to Hulu CEO Jason Kilar at CES last yesterday, Hulu is looking to bring Hulu Plus to Android phones running Android OS 2.2 in coming months, on specific Android phones.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

Los Angeles-based television streaming site Hulu said Thursday that it has named Mike Hopkins as its new CEO. Hopkins was formerly the distribution president of Fox Networks. Hopkins replaces acting CEO Andy Forssell, who is leaving Hulu. hulu executive streaming television content hollywood' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2017

Los Angeles-based streaming television provider Hulu has officially launched its new, live TV streaming service into beta, saying it will offer up more than 50 sports, news, entertainment, and kids' channels for $39.99

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

More rumors around a who will be the next CEO of Hulu have bubbled up today, as the New York Post says that Intel OnCue TV head Erik Huggers may be considering the job for the top spot at Hulu. Hulu has been looking for a CEO since March, when Jason Kilar left the company, and is currently being run by Andy Forssell.

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JULY 1, 2011

A report Friday from the Los Angeles Times says that Google is in preliminary talks to buy Los Angeles-based Hulu. According to the LA Times--citing "people familiar with the situtation"--Hulu has also been shopped to Microsoft Corp. Hulu has reportedly retained investment banks Morgan Stanley and Guggenheim Partners to shop the firm.

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APRIL 23, 2013

It''s increasing a world where online video distribution channels (YouTube, Hulu) are more important than the old-fashioned broadcast and cable television -- and where online video channels are helping to pave and define a new way of reaching audiences and pioneering content. TasteMade is backed by Redpoint Ventures, and announced $5.3M

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu announced late Thursday that it is selling its Japanese business to Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV). Hulu had only launched services in Japan three years ago, in September of 2011. Hulu had only launched services in Japan three years ago, in September of 2011.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based online video site Hulu announced today that the firm has added a new feature which allows users to search the captions of the shows on its service. Hulu is taking advantage of the fact that many of its shows--from TV networks--include closed captioning for the disabled. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Los Angeles-based Hulu , the online video streaming service, appears to be steadily growing its online audience, based on the latest numbers from comScore. comScore released its latest Video Metrix report Thursday, showing that Hulu had 34.5 million unique viewers in November. That's up from 31.9M in October, and 29.2M in September.

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APRIL 30, 2009

The Walt Disney Company is the latest firm to invest in online video aggregator Hulu , saying this morning that it has agreed to join NBC Universal, New Corporation, and Providence Equity Partners as a joint venture partner in the site. Tags: streaming media capital venture content video hulu walt disney. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based video streaming and entertainment site Hulu has just inked a deal with the New York Times , to feature videos produced for the paper , according to a report today. The report , from the Nieman Journalism Lab, says that videos produced for NYTimes.com will be available alongside the rest of Hulu's content.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu has swapped its CEO, saying Tuesday morning that Mike Hopkins has stepped down, and Randy Freer has been named as CEO. Hopkins had been CEO of Hulu since 2013. Freer previously was President and COO of Fox Networks Group, where he had been since 2013, and also is on Hulu's board.

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JULY 10, 2012

Apparently, Silicon Valley cannot get enough of Hulu CEO Jason Kilar. According to a report> Tuesday afternoon from the New York Post, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook , is "eyeing" Kilar for a top job at the social networking firm.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Los Angeles-based streaming television provider Hulu said this week that it has added two new "add-ons" for its Live TV subscribers, including both a new set of Spanish channels, as well as new Entertainment content. Hulu also said it will be launching Discovery Networks on Hulu with Live TV later this year.

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APRIL 24, 2015

Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu and Turner Broadcasting said Thursday that the two are in their first licensing agreement between the companies, which will bring such titles as Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Last Ship, and Murder in the First to Hulu's service.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Santa Monica-based content delivery network (CDN) provider EdgeCast said this morning that it doubled its revenues in 2012, and now has more than 225 employees. The firm provides edge network services to help deliver content from such customers as Twitter, Pinterest, Sony, and Hulu to end users.

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APRIL 29, 2015

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu said this morning that it has scored the streaming rights to Seinfeld , to all episodes of the sitcom. Hulu disclosed the deal at its annual Hulu Upfront presentation in New York, where Jerry Seinfeld announced the deal with Hulu onstage. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 10, 2008

Los Angeles-based Hulu, which offers TV shows, movies, and clips from the major networks, is adding the ablity to embed Hulu clips on social networking sites such as MySpace.com and Facebook, in a new deal with content syndication service SplashCast.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu has added five channels from Discovery Brands , including Discovery Channel , TLC , Investigation Discovery , Motor Trend and Animal Planet , the company said on Wednesday. Financial details of the new distribution agreement were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Los Angeles-based MySpace said Wednesday that the firm has launched a new application which links user profiles on the social networking site to the Hulu video site. According to MySpace, the new MySpace Primetime Application allows users to embed videos from Hulu and MySpaceTV on their profiles and home pages. READ MORE>>

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JANUARY 27, 2016

Santa Monica-based online movie and television streaming site Hulu says that it has inked a deal with IFC Films , to act as the exclusive streaming home for all future documentary releases from IFC Films, Sundance Selects and IFC Midnight. Hulu said the streaming release will directly follow theatrical releases of those films.

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MARCH 25, 2016

Los Angeles-based streaming television and movie site Hulu said Thursday that it has rolled out a new virtual reality application for Samsung Gear , which gives user access both to its 2D streaming library as well as new, 360 degree video content.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

Time Warner has taken a 10 percent stake in Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu , the companies said this morning, and also has inked a deal to add TNT, TBS, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, truTV, Boomerang and Turner Classic Movies to Hulu's new, upcoming live streaming service.

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AUGUST 31, 2015

Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu scored a major win this weekend, and has inked a deal with television network Epix , after Netflix said it would not renew and existing deal with Epix for its content. Epix--known for its Hollywood movie lineup--is a joint venture of MGM, Lions Gate Entertainment, and Paramount.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Those firms were Campus Explorer , headed by Jerry Slavonia, with 1,497% revenue growth; EdgeCast Networks , headed by Alex Kazerani, with 521% growth; and Hulu , led by Jason Kilar, which had 907% percentage revenue growth in the period. Editor's note: socalTECH was a sponsor of this event.).

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based OpenX appears to be continuing to bolster its executive ranks--and a possible IPO bid--with the naming of Tom Fuelling, the former CFO of Hulu, as its Chief Financial Officer this morning. openx fuelling hulu executive merger acquisition' Fuelling was at ARTISTdirect when it went through its own IPO. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

Hulu to allow users to download shows to their phones, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies eyes European network, and TeamDom raises $1 million to sell advertisements from influencers.

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JUNE 6, 2012

Netflix, Hulu & HBO Go are coming from the opposite direction – the Head End. ” That is why Hulu has invested so much in building its Hulu Plus subscription service. Hulu announced $500 million to fund new content and Netflix has, for example, resurrected the hit / cult show Arrested Development.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Santa Monica-based content delivery network provider EdgeCast said Wednesday that it has extended its multi-year partnership with hosting provider SoftLayer , and will continue to offer a CDN which is built on EdgeCast''s network. EdgeCast says its CDN services are being used by such customers as Hulu, Twitter, and Pinterest.

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JULY 17, 2012

Los Angeles-based content delivery network (CDN) provider NetDNA said late Monday evening that it has turned to the NGINX web server package for its web server software. Financial aspects of the deal were not announced.

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MAY 18, 2012

As Mountain View-based social networking site Facebook hits the market today, in what is the largest tech initial public offering in history, one question is if it will spur what has, so far, been a lackluster IPO market for Southern California technology firms. Despite the huge interest in Facebook's IPO--the firm priced at $38.00

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The move, which has big potential ramifications for online video sites like Hulu , streaming video services from Netflix , and others, Level 3 said that Comcast had demanded fees for transmitting content which competes with its own, cable TV and Xfinity delivered content. Tags: comcast level3 internet video streaming hulu.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. Much of network television can cost $100,000 / minute to produce. It’s why many talent agencies or ad networks struggle to get scale advantages.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Western Digital said that its new product streams popular Internet channels from YouTube, Netflix, Hulu Plus, VUDU, and other services, in addition to streaming a user's own personal photos, music, and video. Irvine-based WD has debuted a new streaming video player today, called the WD TV Play.

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MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network. James Segil: EdgeCast is the fastest growing CDN in the world. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2017

Volvo signs deal for AeroVironment’s EV chargers, Hulu Live TV won’t include Viacom networks, and DirecTV sports fee varies wildly by zip code.

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