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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. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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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

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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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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. Hopkins is leaving for Sony Pictures Television. The two said Freer will be based in Los Angeles.

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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? For those who don't know about EdgeCast, CDN services, who/what kind of clients you serve? We serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network.

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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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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Cable provider Comcast appears to be taking aim at online video sites, and has demanded that Internet Service Provider Level 3 pay the company fees in order to transmit Internet online movies and other content to Comcast customers. Tags: comcast level3 internet video streaming hulu.

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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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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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FEBRUARY 13, 2011

It had the audience, the people, the network, everything! This potential merger is another example of media companies getting together in what seems like a monopolistic way that still might find itself as prey for market innovation of the future; like Hulu for example. Where exactly it missed the mark is hard to say.

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MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. Who is the ideal audience for this service--studios, independents, others? What's your background?

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking). Surf Air ($2.6M, Los Angeles, subscription aircraft service). LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. Surf Air Gets First Aircraft. Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine). Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence).

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

It’s the biggest night for television and streaming media services tonight as the stars are gathering to celebrate themselves at the 70th annual Emmy Awards. While NBC isn’t available on these services in all areas, check and make sure that your provider of choice has the network should a viewer want to tune in.

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AUGUST 26, 2020

The startup--led by Matt Knox--says the app helps users with movie recommendations across such services as Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and more. Los Angeles-based Bingie , a new startup, debuted a new, social recommendations app that helps users get movie recommendations from their friends on Thursday.

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MAY 22, 2015

El Segundo-based satellite television service DIRECTV has launched a new, iOS application which lets kids view its content for free on their iOS device--as long as families are already subscribers to the service. DIRECTV Kids looks to be more of a direct competitor to Hulu's own kids service, Hulu Kids.

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APRIL 7, 2020

Irvine-based television manufacturer VIZIO said today that it is launching 30 new, free linear TV channels as part of its free SmartCast TV streaming service. The company said the new, ad-supported TV services are seeing a 59 percent increase in viewin gsessions over the last three weeks of March. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

Thus the subscription model (low fixed monthly payments), has become the norm for new products and services. By providing access to a large variety of titles, like NetFlix with streaming movies, or Hulu for TV shows, with new content added regularly, there is always a reason to keep up your subscription. Network model.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Recently, San Diego-based Rippol (www.rippol.com) launched its web site, a service which uses social networking to help people find and discover interesting videos related to their interests. So is this more social networking, or is this search? We caught up with CEO Aaron Crayford to learn about the company.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

They incumbents might provide terrible products or services that you think you can better. Or maybe you’re trying to dramatically change the way TV is consumed, like Boxee or TV advertising works on the Internet, like Hulu. But be sure that along your ascent they’re going to notice you and respond.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Does the world need another, online streaming media service for movies and television? Why a new, streaming service -- and how is this different from Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, etc? We''re next day TV with the networks. How long has the service been available? What''s the story behind M-GO? So, they just ave up.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

seamlessly connect to your smartphone, PC, and streaming media services. The company's all- in-one Play:3 lets users control their music wirelessly, and stream from your music library, music services, or radio stations. using 4G LTE networks. Sonos is based in Santa Barbara. Mint Plus Cleaner. is based in San Diego.

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JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The big three options right now are Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, and they’re getting bigger: Americans are watching more than an hour of streaming content per day , a number excepted to steadily increase over time. So let’s took a look at the basics of each, and which service may appeal to you. Hulu Basics.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Thus the subscription model (low fixed monthly payments), has become the norm for new products and services. By providing access to a large variety of titles, like NetFlix with streaming movies, or Hulu for TV shows, with new content added regularly, there is always a reason to keep up your subscription. Network model.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo! Finance and a host of other wonderful services brought to you by their sponsors. People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks. Why do you think this form of advertising will be effective?

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MARCH 2, 2015

Thus the subscription model (low fixed monthly payments), is rapidly becoming the norm for new products and services. By providing access to a large variety of titles, like NetFlix with streaming movies, or Hulu for TV shows, with new content added regularly, there is always a reason to keep up your subscription. Network model.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Streaming services are designed to be easy – open an app, hit play, and you’re pretty much just where you want to be. But the latest range of streaming services also offer a lot of customization options…even if they are hidden from view. Hulu/Hulu Plus. Hulu offers current shows ASAP. PlayStation Vue.

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