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Hulu Plus Hitting 2 Million Paid Subscribers This Week
Hulu Plus will hit 2 million paid subscribers this week according to The New York Times. This means that Hulu Plus has added 500,000 new subscribers in the last four months. “We grew the business 60 percent from 2010 to approximately $420 million in revenue” in 2011 said Hulu CEO Jason Kilar back in January. This was around the same time that Hulu Plus hit 1.5 million paid subscribers. Hulu Plus is doing very well, but Netflix was hitting about 1 million subscribers per quarter at their height.
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Hulu Plus Coming To Kindle Fire
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced that the Kindle Fire will have a Hulu Plus application and an ESPN ScoreCenter application. This is a follow-up to Amazon’s announcement of Facebook, Pandora, Rhapsody, EA, Zynga, and Rovio apps. [paidContent]
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Fox’s Eight-Day Delays Lead to Huge Spike in Torrenting
Fox has been sticking to its eight-day delay guns for a week now, and the company’s future already looks grim. As anyone with half a brain predicted, when faced with an eight-day delay to popular programming, consumers respond by getting their tv illegally. TorrentFreak reports a 114% increase in downloads for Hell’s Kitchen and a 189% increase in downloads for MasterChef, which had its season finale this week. The episodes used to be available next-day on Hulu, but Fox is now only giving Hulu Plus and Dish Network the next-day privileges.
Hulu Plus Available for Six Lucky Android Phones
Hulu announced yesterday via the Hulu Blog that Hulu Plus will now be available on Android smartphones. The app is currently only available on six phones: Nexus One and Nexus S; Motorola Droids II, X and Atrix; and HTC Inspire 4G. Consumers with the right phones are excited, but most Android phones are left without the upgrade and, as Gizmodo notes, Hulu Plus is not offered for any of the Android tablets. The Android Market promises announcements of other supported devices in the future, but no word on exactly when those updates will happen.
Hulu Plus Now Available On TiVo
Back in September 2010 TiVo had annoucnoed that Hulu Plus would be coming to their service. Eight months later and it has finally arrived. Hulu Plus is now available on TiVo just like Blockbuster, Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, and YouTube.
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Colbert Report and Jon Stewart Return To Hulu Through Viacom Partnership
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report are returning to Hulu.com through a broad content agreement with Viacom. Each of the shows will be available on Hulu.com the morning after they air. Hulu will also offer episodes of Jersey Shore, The Hills, Chappelle’s Show, Reno 911, Teen Mom 2, and Tosh.0 21 days after the on-air premiere. “Welcome to Hulu Plus, Snooki,” wrote CEO Jason Kilar on the Hulu blog.
Hulu Drops Plus Price To $7.99 Per Month
Hulu has announced that they have lowered the price of Hulu Plus to $7.99 per month. In the same announcement, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar said that Hulu Plus is also now available on the Roku media player. Those who were early Hulu Plus subscribers will receive retroactive refunds. [Hulu Blog]
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Hulu Plus Now Available On The Sony Dash
Hulu Plus is now integrated on the Sony Dash Personal Internet Viewer device. To access the thousands of movies and shows from ABC, Fox, and NBC, you will need to pay $9.99 per month. The 7-inch Sony Dash touch screen also has access to over 1,000 free applications. The device retails for about $199. [CNET]
Hulu Considering Dropping Hulu Plus Price To $4.95
Hulu is considering bringing down the cost of Hulu Plus to $4.95 from $9.95. Hulu Plus is a subscription service that started being tested in June. Hulu Plus is Hulu’s second revenue stream after advertisements.
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Hulu Plus Lets You Watch Full Seasons Of Shows For $9.99 Per Month
Jason Kilar, Hulu CEO has announced Hulu Plus, a $9.99 per month service that gives you access to full seasons of specific TV shows. Hulu Plus will work on Samsung Internet-connected TVs, the iPad, and the iPhone. Currently Hulu Plus is a U.S. only service.
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